Far Too Many Pop Ups on Pitches Up in the Zone

[dubplate]

I have tried multiple hitting settings and no matter what I use I am seeing far too many pop ups with good timing on pitches up in the zone. This was a problem last year and is becoming a game killer for me.

Is anyone else having this problem and, if so, what have you done to correct it? I would love to see the developers address this in a patch.

[countryboy]

Re: Far Too Many Pop Ups on Pitches Up in the Zone

Are you using zone or directional hitting?

[Steven78]

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Using zone I'm not having any issues with the hitting.

Hitting this year seems to be the best it's ever been.

[dubplate]

Re: Far Too Many Pop Ups on Pitches Up in the Zone

Are you using zone or directional hitting?

I've used both (no PCI movement as many have suggested) and am having issues whichever one I use.

[Steven78]

Re: Far Too Many Pop Ups on Pitches Up in the Zone

You need to move the pci.

[dubplate]

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You shouldn't need to with directional.

[Steven78]

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You shouldn't need to with directional.

Oh ok I meant zone my bad. Apologies.

[LionsFan01]

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You shouldn't need to with directional.

Not moving the PCI with Zone hitting is never going to be a successful strategy. I was having the same problem with Directional hitting, even popping up fastballs that were dead center over the plate. With Zone I see far less of it. What I've found works best for me as far as avoiding all the popups is starting my PCI right at the line between the middle and upper thirds of the plate. Personally I find it much easier to go down and get something low versus trying to catch up to the hard stuff up in the zone so starting my PCI there gives me a head start. But IMO Zone is the way to go if you're having issues with popups. And most definitely move the PCI. If you don't move the PCI then chances are anything in the upper third is going to be a lazy fly ball.

[SuicideSqueeze]

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Is directional hitting broken, is that why so many pop-ups?

[ManiacMatt1782]

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Is directional hitting broken, is that why so many pop-ups?

It's not broken persay. It's working as intended. It's easentially timing only, justbtrying to influence a grounder or flyball. Control of where you awing is completely out of your control. The only way to consistiently crush pitches up in the zone is to play with zone and almost square up with the pitch. You actually want the center of the pci to be just under the ball to get the elevation for homers. However squaring up dead on the ball will result in very hard hit liners that if not hot directly at someome will likely fall for extra bases

Directional will hel a bad player make more contact, but absolutely hinders a good player.

[Kaiser Wilhelm]

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The only way to consistiently crush pitches up in the zone is to play with zone and almost square up with the pitch. You actually want the center of the pci to be just under the ball to get the elevation for homers. However squaring up dead on the ball will result in very hard hit liners that if not hot directly at someome will likely fall for extra bases

Directional will hel a bad player make more contact, but absolutely hinders a good player.

This is simply not true in my experience. Getting under the ball is great way to get endless fly balls to nowhere and more popflys. Zone gives you a little extra control, but ultimately what type of contact you make, what direction it goes, etc is all up to a random number generator and an unseen ratings algorithm. You can crush balls all day on zone and still get shutout.

I'm with OP on this one. For the second straight year The Shows hitting algorithm is favors pop ups way too much. Even deep fly balls are far too many. FoFire at least the second year I've yet to see I single line drive home run. Every thing is 100+ feet in the air.

[KBLover]

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I'm with OP on this one. For the second straight year The Shows hitting algorithm is favors pop ups way too much. Even deep fly balls are far too many. FoFire at least the second year I've yet to see I single line drive home run. Every thing is 100+ feet in the air.

I agree that flyballs seem too common this year, which of course means more "pop up opportunities".

I think a possible indication of this is Mazara's 491-foot HR irl. He hit the ball 108 MPH with a 27 degree angle and it went a projected 491 feet.

I've hit the ball 110+ MPH and some are barely at 400-feet. That would seem to mean the angle is much higher (higher trajectory, less distance). I've seen those sky high fly ball HR. One looked like he shot it with a mortar

[BegBy]

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I've been saying pop ups are way overdone this year.

[countryboy]

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I've been saying pop ups are way overdone this year.

Is this on directional hitting?

[loso_34]

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It's not broken persay. It's working as intended. It's easentially timing only, justbtrying to influence a grounder or flyball. Control of where you awing is completely out of your control. The only way to consistiently crush pitches up in the zone is to play with zone and almost square up with the pitch. You actually want the center of the pci to be just under the ball to get the elevation for homers. However squaring up dead on the ball will result in very hard hit liners that if not hot directly at someome will likely fall for extra bases

Directional will hel a bad player make more contact, but absolutely hinders a good player.

so than at the end of the day theres really no advantage to using directional?

from what you described both zone/directional have their pro and cons.

Also some folk may prefer batters playing like their real life selves and relying on their attributes on the directional interface. don't use it but with zone every batter will have the same weakness cause of user interface...