Official MLB 18 : Road to the Show Thread

[tylorlenart]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBkiLLa25

WOW!!! Yea I’d say that’s a little unrealistic, but only just a little bit...lol. In 40 games in the big leagues I’m batting .333, 11 HR, 31 RBIs, and 2 SBs which is pretty impressive if you figure I have 25 speed. I’m playing on Dynamic difficulty and it jumps between All-Star+ and Hall of Fame now. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

I wanted to keep his power, but he’s a power speed SS. I chose Mr reliable as his archtype. I’m sure I can do well with power at like a 77 and speed 85 when I get good equipment. Hopefully like a 30/30 guy.


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[fivestarman]

Found a weird bug. Well I think I did. Im currently nearing the end of season 1, i think I have 2-3 series left. Currently in AAA and playing pretty good. I did interviews with the news reporters about the phillies calling me up. For whatever reason my social media all is talking about sending me back to AA ball. Obviously doesn't make sense based on my stats or play.

Couple Questions though:

Does anyone have any tips on batting? I'm batting .311 but it seems like the only way i can get hits is to take the pitch to the opposite side of the field hugging the foul line. I cant seem to blow one past an infielder, they are making unreal catches and diving plays all the time. Outfielders are literally on everything unless its short.

Is there anyway to manually dive or jump? Theres been a few balls that I have been close to and i feel like a dive or jump could help me make the play. I have done it once or twice but the game prompts me to do it with the showtime(r2) feature.

[phantomblackgoat]

I think my player is officially cursed, only outcomes I ever get are a line drive out to the left fielder, weak groundout to short (with perfect timing), or a strikeout on a slider that magically clips through my bat (even with good timing). Seems like the slider is just as broken and OP as it was last year as it seems this is the only pitch that routinely causes the glitch where it goes right through the barrel of the bat, I think even the AI knows to abuse this since any pitcher I face that has one just spams it non-stop. On top of that, even when I do make good contact and hit it somewhere I think it will get down for a hit it gets robbed because apparently everyone is a god-like fielder. Think I'm going to put this game down for a week or two because this is way too frustrating. Normally I'd chalk this up to bad luck but the frequency of this honestly makes me feel like trying to fight it is a waste of time.

[JayCutlersCig]

Made a Bat First Catcher, drafted by the Marlins, simmed my first year and worked my way up to a 71. Got traded to the Rays (didn’t even ask for it) and was immediately called up to AAA to Durham. Three years later, I’m still there, sitting at a solid 89 OVR, waiting to be called up.

You might as well call me Crash Davis.


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[Glenn33]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayCutlersCig

Made a Bat First Catcher, drafted by the Marlins, simmed my first year and worked my way up to a 71. Got traded to the Rays (didn’t even ask for it) and was immediately called up to AAA to Durham. Three years later, I’m still there, sitting at a solid 89 OVR, waiting to be called up. You might as well call me Crash Davis. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

That's unacceptable. Seriously. Please fix this developers.

[forme95]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBkiLLa25

Yep that’s it. Thing is I can’t get my arm strength up in games or in training. So it’s pretty much stuck at 62 and it’s really frustrating. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

I would think when you throw to 1st that that would increase it. I have a cf and I was trying to throw to 3rd and home and was getting negative to my arm strength. As soon as I started hitting my cut off guy, I was getting positive arm strength.

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[JBkiLLa25]

Quote: Originally Posted by forme95

I would think when you throw to 1st that that would increase it. I have a cf and I was trying to throw to 3rd and home and was getting negative to my arm strength. As soon as I started hitting my cut off guy, I was getting positive arm strength. Sent from my LG-D850 using Tapatalk

Yea I would think so too, but throwing the ball to first only ups my arm accuracy not arm strength.


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[Smerka]

Quote: Originally Posted by doomnova

I am noticing almost not gains on my other pitches. Add in the questions with regards to getting new pitches and I think I am going to start a position player because it looks like SDS ****ed the pooch yet again.

Still seeing no gains? This should be fixed. As for new pitches, you learn those in the MLB.