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Old 06-09-2015, 02:19 PM   #9
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Re: Zero point in having a good defensive catcher online when baserunning is so op

I just picked 7 guys off in a game with Lester and Rizzo. Guy kept taking the extra step, I kept making him pay.
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Old 06-09-2015, 03:10 PM   #10
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I just picked 7 guys off in a game with Lester and Rizzo. Guy kept taking the extra step, I kept making him pay.
Weird. I hardly ever pick anyone off anymore. Maybe there's more than one way to pickoff. I couldn't tell you what method I use. I think it's one of the trigger buttons and then base
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Re: Zero point in having a good defensive catcher online when baserunning is so op

I have been able to gun down some good to very good base stealers. It's not easy and your not supposed to able to gun them down a lot.

Guys with 80 or less speed I am nailing at the decent clip. The higher rated guys are a lot tougher no doubt.

It's about the set up, how you pitch, throwing over, carefully timed and unexpected pitch outs etc.

There is a great cat and mouse element to getting great base swipers that makes it quite satisfying when you do.

I use my created player BTW at catcher.
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Old 06-09-2015, 06:36 PM   #12
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I always use the Deceptive. Quick tends to airmail the ball.
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Re: Zero point in having a good defensive catcher online when baserunning is so op

I unfortunately got matched up against one of those speed cheesers with a lineup full of speedy guys and ALWAYS put a steal on.

Actually, is it EVER possible to pick off a runner this year online? I have mentioned this before, but when a runner takes a lead (just one is fine), then no matter what I do (all the variants of pick off throws... quick, deceptive, normal, stepping off the plate), I just cannot pick them off.

Just to annoy the opponent (who must know the use of the exploitation was annoying me), I kept throwing pickoffs (often 5 or 6, consecutively), to no avail.

I don't expect any more patch to drop in, but this is a very unfortunate issue. It makes so many DD games just plain unenjoyable, from a baseball stand point.
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I unfortunately got matched up against one of those speed cheesers with a lineup full of speedy guys and ALWAYS put a steal on.

Actually, is it EVER possible to pick off a runner this year online? I have mentioned this before, but when a runner takes a lead (just one is fine), then no matter what I do (all the variants of pick off throws... quick, deceptive, normal, stepping off the plate), I just cannot pick them off.

Just to annoy the opponent (who must know the use of the exploitation was annoying me), I kept throwing pickoffs (often 5 or 6, consecutively), to no avail.

I don't expect any more patch to drop in, but this is a very unfortunate issue. It makes so many DD games just plain unenjoyable, from a baseball stand point.
i dont know if u can, i played a guy with speed players like you mentioned as well, and i tried to pick his one player off about 10 times before i said to hell with this and threw a slide step pitch, but of course he stole the base on that 1 pitch i threw after all those pick off attempts.
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I was able to pick someone off with a deceptive move last night but it may have been with a LHP. I don't think I've ever picked anyone off using deceptive from a RHP.

I checked the SB success of some of my own players and they are usually safe 19 out of 20 times whereas IRL this is rare.
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Old 06-10-2015, 06:02 PM   #16
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The RH 1st baseman is a Diamomd dynasty problem, as I just picked a guy off in an online rated game with Ubaldo Jimenez and Chris Davis, who bats left but throws right.
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