Walks in 11

[ViperVenom2k9]

I was just getting ready to finish up a season in the franchise mode of 10, in the final week and a half. In years past I always was quick to try and get a hit. When I got this game, I tried to take as many pitches as possible. I had gotten 255 walks with Albert Pujols, with 9 games left. When I worked out walk 256, the totals went to zero, and also, his at bats had 255 taking away, eliminating him for the MVP race. Will the same thing happen in 11, or will the total be worked up a little more?

[Heroesandvillains]

Ya dun broke the dang thing! LOL

Are you serious, 200+ walks with one player?!?! I know some guys that didn't accumulate that with their entire team...

Just curious...what difficulty do you play on, and where is CPU strike frequency and control at?

You sir, are "The Greek God of Walks." Forget "Youka.." LOL

[ViperVenom2k9]

It was on HOF difficulty. I didn't touch any of the sliders. I would take a lot of pitches, esp with pujols and really not even swing until 2 strikes, unless it was right down the middle. I would get a lot of fouls as well, but was working a ton of walks. Most of the time it would be in the 7-9 pitch range. Origionally my goal was to take pitches and tire out the starter, but then I was just seeing how many walks I could work out. Hoping they bump it up a bit for the 11 edition, just in case.

[Two Seamer]

I don't have an answer to your question, but I'm curious - what did his stat line look like?

[ParisB]

Interesting.

When I take pitches, it's almost a guaranteed 0-1, 0-2, or 1-2 count....every time.

If I foul off a bunch of pitches, all I'm doing is increasing their strike % and as a result their confidence. It's really tough on default sliders to get a good BB/K count with accurate strike %. The CPU is just too accurate and a strike throwing machine, especially once their confidence is in the 75% range or above you can almost forget about drawing walks as their strike % starts approaching 85-90%.

I have to put their strike frequencey down to 3 or lower, and turn down their consistency to 3 to get perfect results. I leave their Control at default 5 because if you lower it they start throwing more meat balls.

[Heroesandvillains]

Quote: Originally Posted by ViperVenom2k9

It was on HOF difficulty. I didn't touch any of the sliders. I would take a lot of pitches, esp with pujols and really not even swing until 2 strikes, unless it was right down the middle. I would get a lot of fouls as well, but was working a ton of walks. Most of the time it would be in the 7-9 pitch range. Origionally my goal was to take pitches and tire out the starter, but then I was just seeing how many walks I could work out. Hoping they bump it up a bit for the 11 edition, just in case.

You hope they bump up what? By the looks of it, there's no way you weren't amoungst the team leaders in walks.

We're talking about 10' The Show, right? You never really said whether it was 10' or 09'.

I could draw a little over 3 per game on HOF, but I had to drop strike frequency to 3 and pitch speed as well. With A-Rod, I was able to get near the 100 BB range, but my other players would have FAR less, thus putting me in the bottom third overall.

[Shakedowncapo]

This game is smart! If they know you're hitting a certain way, they try to do the exact opposite. Also, when I did a fantasy franchise with Pujols and some medicore players, I would be lucky to see a strike early in the AB and if I did it would be something at the knees which they would throw another pitch down there to make me swing...Good stuff I'd say.

[HITTERSAURUS REX]

Quote: Originally Posted by ViperVenom2k9

I had gotten 255 walks with Albert Pujols, with 9 games left. When I worked out walk 256, the totals went to zero, and also, his at bats had 255 taking away, eliminating him for the MVP race. Will the same thing happen in 11, or will the total be worked up a little more?

Man that's some F'ed up.. Shiz.. Also it's a great accomplishment.. I'm sure this gotta be a huge disappointment to you. Anywho thanks for the heads up and Maybe a SCEA rep will receive this message in hoping this can be prevented in mlb11.