Mike Lowe MLB Show '16 Sliders

[Picci]

Keeping my eye out on your set Mike. Our sliders in the past have been very similar so by the time I get it tomorrow, it will be nice knowing I have a starting point. Like you, I'll still be using HOF.

Keep up the good work!

[2019]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

Give it a try. I think it's the most realistic and fair way to play, but everyone has their own style and expectations too. Like anything, it just takes some practice and some patience.

what about defensive shifting ?

I shift a lot and it takes away a lotta hits.

and how do you mean HOF is more fair than AS level ?

YOUR WORK ON SLIDERS IS INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mike Lowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2019

what about defensive shifting ? I shift a lot and it takes away a lotta hits. and how do you mean HOF is more fair than AS level ? YOUR WORK ON SLIDERS IS INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, man but it's 99.9% the game's doing. It plays great already, and I just try and tweak it a bit.

[Mike Lowe]

I uploaded these to the vault last night.

[majestic24]

AS is getting too easy for me. Trying these out and will post boxscores soon. I am however using fisheye cam and broadcast for pitching. I have other settings differently as well but sliders are the same.

EDIT: Testing and streaming on twitch. Link on profile below.

[Dillion245]

Hey Mike, I just finished the O's first game of the 2016 season and posted the results below. If there are any other stats you would like me to keep an eye on in the future just tell me and I will jot them down. Thanks for the set man, hope you have an awesome day.

Twins at Orioles |
Apr 4, 2016	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Minnesota (0-0)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	0
Baltimore (0-0)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	0
W: Glen Perkins (1-0) L: Todd Redmond (0-1) S: Kevin Jepsen (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			MIN	BAL

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Nunez, SS	5	1	3	0	0	0		.600
Santana, CF	4	0	0	0	1	2		.000
Sano, RF	4	0	1	1	1	3		.250
Arcia, LF	4	0	2	0	0	1		.500
Dozier, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1		.250
Mauer, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2		.000
Plouffe, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3		.000
Rosario, DH	4	1	1	0	0	2		.250
Suzuki, C	4	1	1	2	0	0		.250
BATTING: 2B: Sano HR: Suzuki RBI: Sano, Suzuki (2)
BASERUNNING: SB: Nunez CS: Dozier

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jones, CF	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.333
Paredes, RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Davis, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Machado, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Trumbo, DH	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	.667
Wieters, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Schoop, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Hardy, SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Reimold, LF	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
1-Alvarez, PR-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	33	2	4	2	3	11	2
BATTING: HR: A. Jones (1), M. Trumbo (1) RBI: A. Jones (1), M. Trumbo (1)
BASERUNNING: SB: A. Jones (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hughes	6.2	2	1	1	2	8		1.35
Kintzier (H,1)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0		0.00
Fien (H,1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
Perkins (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	1	1	0	2		9.00
Jepsen (S,1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		0.00
TEAM TOTALS	10,0	4	2	2	3	11

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
K. Gausman	6.0	7	2	2	0	10		3.00
V. Worley	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		0.00
B. Brach	1.0	0	0	0	1	0		0.00
M. Givens	1.0	0	0	0	0	2		0.00
T. Redmond (L, 0-1)	1.0	2	1	1	1	1		9.00
TEAM TOTALS	10.0	9	3	3	2	14

[majestic24]

Just finished an exhibition game as Detroit @ Cleveland. Game started quick for me as J. Upton and M. Cabrera went for back-to-back dingers. But Cleveland scores a run each for the next three innings to take the lead. Both teams won't end up scoring again until the end of the game.

D. Salazar left the game in the 3rd inning with a leg injury, the first one I've seen after 3 games with this set. I wasn't able to record the box scores for the other two but I've been striking out a lot. I blame it on playing on HOF for the first time and the new fish cam. But I will play some more and hopefully will be able to adjust. I know testing these sliders in franchise mode is better but I just want to play with almost all 30 teams first before OSFM comes out. I will continue to play exhibition games but will observe the variance among the games and the results.

Overall these sliders feel great. I love the challenge HOF presents since I find AS too easy after 5 or so years with The Show.

Used sliders on directional hitting and auto fielding. I did not change CPU Manager Hook to 10 after they went to their relievers. Box Score Below.

Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians
Jan 1,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit ()	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
Cleveland ()	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	x	3	8	1

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	CLE

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Kinsler, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	3		.000
Upton, LF	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.500
Cabrera, 1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.250
Martinez, DH	3	0	0	0	1	0		.000
Martinez, DH	4	0	2	0	0	1		.500
Castellanos, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	4		.000
McCann, C	4	0	1	0	0	1		.250
Iglesias, SS	2	0	0	0	1	0		.000
Gose, CF	3	0	1	0	0	0		.333
TEAM TOTALS	32	2	7	2	2	10
BATTING: 2B: A. Gose HR: J. Upton, M. Cabrera RBI: J. Upton, M. Cabrera GIDP: M. Cabrera
FIELDING: E: N. Castellanos PB: McCann

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Davis, LF	4	2	2	0	0	1		.500
Lindor, SS	3	0	1	0	1	0		.333
Kipnis, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0		.250
Santana, DH	4	0	1	1	0	1		.250
Gomes, C	3	0	1	1	1	1		.333
Chisenahll, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0		.250
Napoli, 1B	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.333
Uribe, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1		.000
Almonte, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1		.000
TEAM TOTALS	31	3	8	3	3	5
BATTING: HR: M. Napoli RBI: C. Santana, Y. Gomes, M. Napoli GIDP: J. Kipnis
FIELDING: E: A. Almonte

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
A. Sanchez (L)	7.0	7	3	2	2	5		2.57
B. Rondon	1.0	1	0	0	1	0		0.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	3	2	3	5

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
D. Salazar	2.0	4	2	2	0	3		9.00
J. Manship (W)	2.1	2	0	0	1	3		0.00
Z. McAllister (H)	2.2	0	0	0	1	3		0.00
B. Shaw (H)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
C. Allen (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	2	2	2	10

Tigers
Strike %: 68% (Sanchez), 67% (Team)
First Pitch Strike %: 67% (Sanchez), 65% (Team)

Indians
Strike %: 61% (Team) Salazar was gone after 2 b/c of injury
First Pitch Strike %: 51%

[Mike Lowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dillion245

Hey Mike, I just finished the O's first game of the 2016 season and posted the results below. If there are any other stats you would like me to keep an eye on in the future just tell me and I will jot them down. Thanks for the set man, hope you have an awesome day. Twins at Orioles | Apr 4, 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extras R H E Minnesota (0-0) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 Baltimore (0-0) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 W: Glen Perkins (1-0) L: Todd Redmond (0-1) S: Kevin Jepsen (1) Scoring Summary SCORING DETAILS MIN BAL Minnesota Twins HITTERS AB R H RBI BB SO HR AVG Nunez, SS 5 1 3 0 0 0 .600 Santana, CF 4 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Sano, RF 4 0 1 1 1 3 .250 Arcia, LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 Dozier, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Mauer, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Plouffe, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Rosario, DH 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Suzuki, C 4 1 1 2 0 0 .250 BATTING: 2B: Sano HR: Suzuki RBI: Sano, Suzuki (2) BASERUNNING: SB: Nunez CS: Dozier Baltimore Orioles HITTERS AB R H RBI BB SO HR AVG Jones, CF 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .333 Paredes, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Davis, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Machado, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Trumbo, DH 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .667 Wieters, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 Schoop, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Hardy, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Reimold, LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 1-Alvarez, PR-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TEAM TOTALS 33 2 4 2 3 11 2 BATTING: HR: A. Jones (1), M. Trumbo (1) RBI: A. Jones (1), M. Trumbo (1) BASERUNNING: SB: A. Jones (1) Minnesota Twins PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Hughes 6.2 2 1 1 2 8 1.35 Kintzier (H,1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 Fien (H,1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Perkins (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 9.00 Jepsen (S,1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 TEAM TOTALS 10,0 4 2 2 3 11 Baltimore Orioles PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA K. Gausman 6.0 7 2 2 0 10 3.00 V. Worley 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 B. Brach 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 M. Givens 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 T. Redmond (L, 0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 9.00 TEAM TOTALS 10.0 9 3 3 2 14

This is very helpful to see, especially having the totals for each team listed. It seems there were a handful of strikeouts. What was the swing and miss percentage? You can check that by looking at how many times each team swung, and how totals times you had either a miss or a strikeout (combine the two). All of this can be found in the batter analysis section.

We should be seeing about 20% of the swings end up as misses (including strikeouts), and 15% be foul balls.

I've noticed a few more strikeouts thus far as well, but some of that is due to it being a new game with slightly different timing. Of course, baseball has been trending towards an increase in strikeouts as well, so nothing too crazy. Always keep an eye on where you're ranking within the team leaders.