Analog Pitching = death?

[Bobhead]

Has anyone else tried Analog Pitching this year?

I'm having a hard time not dying. It seems like no matter what difficulty level I play on, I can't miss any bats. I'm locating my pitches well enough, and I'm still getting outs on poor contact, but the CPU is hitting everything.

I even gave in and went to Dynamic Difficulty and I'm still seeing the same thing. I'm not allowing many runs... but I'm getting very few strikeouts, and allowing at least 1-2 singles every inning. It just seems like every pitch is put in play.

My strike percentage is about 60%, so it's not that I'm throwing too many strikes.

And I only have this problem with Analog Pitching. I threw on Meter pitching and had no problem pitching on Veteran and even fared decently on All-Star.

Has anyone else tried this pitching mode this year? What are your experiences?

[RangersCruz]

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Im not having a issue with strikeouts just started a franchise first game with Kluber i had 15k's his next start 6

CPU makes contact on everything a lot though

[Senator Palmer]

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What camera are you using, and are you making sure you are pushing the analog stick in the same direction as you are aiming with the left? That part took me a while to catch onto last year.

[Bobhead]

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Im not having a issue with strikeouts just started a franchise first game with Kluber i had 15k's his next start 6

CPU makes contact on everything a lot though

Sorry, I meant called strikeouts. Like 99% of my strikeouts are on chases out of the zone, but anything near the zone the CPU is swinging at... and they almost never miss, either. I'm averaging like 8 strikeouts a game, but also like 10+ hits a game. It's really crazy. I dont think I've had a game yet with 7-or-fewer hits allowed (even though I've had like 3 or 4 shutouts already).

What camera are you using, and are you making sure you are pushing the analog stick in the same direction as you are aiming with the left? That part took me a while to catch onto last year.

Yeah I know... I've been using Analog for years, this is the first time I've had this issue. Thanks though.

[RangersCruz]

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Sorry, I meant called strikeouts. Like 99% of my strikeouts are on chases out of the zone, but anything near the zone the CPU is swinging at... and they almost never miss, either. I'm averaging like 8 strikeouts a game, but also like 10+ hits a game. It's really crazy. I dont think I've had a game yet with 7-or-fewer hits allowed (even though I've had like 3 or 4 shutouts already).



Yeah I know... I've been using Analog for years, this is the first time I've had this issue. Thanks though.

Oh yeah on analog i have that issue as well more then on other inferences

[japinard]

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Yes it is insane and super frustrating as it diesel like the realistic mode is now super artificial and poorly done.

[misterkrabz]

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I use analog pitching exclusively. Can't use anything anything else. After 41 online Diamond Dynasty goes my era is about 2.00 and I don't have a starter over a 79 rank....

[Smallville102001]

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Its kind of funny because I have found analog fielding to be death lol. I haven't tried analog field this year but in the past I found with analog fielding even at rookie level I couldn't go a game with out throw the ball right by the first or second baseman at least once in a game. I felt like analog fielding was random and broken.

[CaseIH]

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Has anyone else tried Analog Pitching this year?

I'm having a hard time not dying. It seems like no matter what difficulty level I play on, I can't miss any bats. I'm locating my pitches well enough, and I'm still getting outs on poor contact, but the CPU is hitting everything.

I even gave in and went to Dynamic Difficulty and I'm still seeing the same thing. I'm not allowing many runs... but I'm getting very few strikeouts, and allowing at least 1-2 singles every inning. It just seems like every pitch is put in play.

My strike percentage is about 60%, so it's not that I'm throwing too many strikes.

And I only have this problem with Analog Pitching. I threw on Meter pitching and had no problem pitching on Veteran and even fared decently on All-Star.

Has anyone else tried this pitching mode this year? What are your experiences?

Analog for everything is all Ive used since they introduced it, and I love it. I did try pulse when it was 1st introduced for part of a inning and hated it, and never tried it again. I get realistic K numbers with analog pitching, as well as realistic walk rates too.

[Senator Palmer]

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Sorry, I meant called strikeouts. Like 99% of my strikeouts are on chases out of the zone, but anything near the zone the CPU is swinging at... and they almost never miss, either. I'm averaging like 8 strikeouts a game, but also like 10+ hits a game. It's really crazy. I dont think I've had a game yet with 7-or-fewer hits allowed (even though I've had like 3 or 4 shutouts already).



Yeah I know... I've been using Analog for years, this is the first time I've had this issue. Thanks though.

Oh, ok, I was just wondering because I know last year I could give a subtle, almost imperceptible nudge to the analog stick to get the ball to break perfectly and hit that opening at the top of the meter. Now it takes a lot more of a push.

I know once I got that down I haven't really had too much trouble getting strikeouts compared to last year; especially when I set up my offspeed stuff.

[jp58]

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I haven't had any issues with analog so far. It's actually made for much more realistic statistics as I've stepped up on difficulty with it. I'm hitting about 50-60% strikes per game, with a few walks per, and strikeouts ranging from 3-12 per. In one game, I wasn't able to miss any bats with my starter, and he left after 3 innings. In the next, starter goes deep with 8k and a walk.

I like the variety it gives, and i like the way that it locates pitches on misses.

[Bobhead]

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I haven't had any issues with analog so far. It's actually made for much more realistic statistics as I've stepped up on difficulty with it. I'm hitting about 50-60% strikes per game, with a few walks per, and strikeouts ranging from 3-12 per. In one game, I wasn't able to miss any bats with my starter, and he left after 3 innings. In the next, starter goes deep with 8k and a walk.

I like the variety it gives, and i like the way that it locates pitches on misses.

Ok but how many hits are you giving up? I dont even have any issues with any of the things you mentioned. It's all about hits and few missed bats.

[daddies3angels]

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I use analog for pitching and have no issue. I strike out almost 10 per game with quick counts

[ATLiott]

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I tried it briefly and thought it played well. Granted I only pitched a few innings, but if anything I thought it was a bit easy.

[OhioCub]

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My guess would be that you're leaving too many pitches in the middle of the plate. I've found that in order to miss bats and get called strikeouts you have to aim for the black and then hope you hit your spot. I recommend using the new pitch path marker as opposed to the classic marker as it's easier to set your target where you want the pitch to end up.