I opened a bug request for this already via The Show Nation, but I have noticed that in MLB 19 there are WAY too many foul tips on swings that are either Very Late or Very Early.
The timing window itself is not the issue, as I can visibly see when I am Very Late or Very Early, but its the ability to foul pitches off in these scenarios, by both the CPU and Human players that is alarming.
For clarity, here are the hitting windows from Early to Late:
1. Too Early - almost always a swing and miss (good)
2. Very Early
3. Slightly Early
4. Good
5 Slightly Late
6. Very Late
7. Too Early - almost always a swing and miss (good)
Everything between #1 - #7 functions the way they should EXCEPT for #2 and #6.
I would expect that when you swing Very Early you should be missing 90%+ of the time when the ball is away, 99.9% of the time if the ball is away and off the plate, and should be swinging and missing most of the times on pitches middle-in for low contact hitters, and fouled off most of the times by high contact hitters.
For everything Very Late I would expect the exact same results but in reverse. Anything that is on the inside part of the plate should be swung and missed 90%+ of the time, 99.9% of pitches in and off the plate should be swung and missed, and should be swinging and missing most of the time on pitches middle-away for low contact hitters, and fouled off by high contact hitters.
Very Late and Very Early swings should still produce some contact when the ball is in the heart of the plate. Mostly foul balls, but also weak contact in play. However, make no mistake, these are bad swings and you were fooled. There should be more swings and misses here; more so than there are foul tips.
What I am seeing instead is that the CPU is having a hard time striking me out because I am constantly able to foul tip pitches that I am either Very Late or Very Early on, even when those pitches are well out of the zone. Effectively the CPU has fooled me on these pitches and I am able to stay alive. The CPU also seems to have this "nack" as well, it simply is unrealistic.
Attached is an image of an example that I already have seen multiple times in just 3 days of play.
Gary Sanchez is at the plate, late in the game with a 1-1 count. The pitch is a Cutter that is moving down and away from Gary. He swings VERY EARLY, meaning the path of his bat is on a path to collide with a pitch inside and off the plate. Yet somehow he is able to foul tip a pitch that is completely off the plate, on the complete opposite side of the path of his bat. How? That simply should not be possible.
That should have been a swing and a miss by a mile.
Note: Do not mind PCI placement as I use Directional Hitting and the PCI does not move. However, I do not believe PCI is the issue as the CPU seems to use the PCI and have similar results.
Coincidentally, I have seen a handful of swings and misses on "Good" timing. A realistic amount, so nothing alarming. But I find it sort of comical how I noticed when I was right on something and missed, but when I am completely caught off balance I somehow manage to stay alive 99.9% of the time.
The timing window itself is not the issue, as I can visibly see when I am Very Late or Very Early, but its the ability to foul pitches off in these scenarios, by both the CPU and Human players that is alarming.
For clarity, here are the hitting windows from Early to Late:
1. Too Early - almost always a swing and miss (good)
2. Very Early
3. Slightly Early
4. Good
5 Slightly Late
6. Very Late
7. Too Early - almost always a swing and miss (good)
Everything between #1 - #7 functions the way they should EXCEPT for #2 and #6.
I would expect that when you swing Very Early you should be missing 90%+ of the time when the ball is away, 99.9% of the time if the ball is away and off the plate, and should be swinging and missing most of the times on pitches middle-in for low contact hitters, and fouled off most of the times by high contact hitters.
For everything Very Late I would expect the exact same results but in reverse. Anything that is on the inside part of the plate should be swung and missed 90%+ of the time, 99.9% of pitches in and off the plate should be swung and missed, and should be swinging and missing most of the time on pitches middle-away for low contact hitters, and fouled off by high contact hitters.
Very Late and Very Early swings should still produce some contact when the ball is in the heart of the plate. Mostly foul balls, but also weak contact in play. However, make no mistake, these are bad swings and you were fooled. There should be more swings and misses here; more so than there are foul tips.
What I am seeing instead is that the CPU is having a hard time striking me out because I am constantly able to foul tip pitches that I am either Very Late or Very Early on, even when those pitches are well out of the zone. Effectively the CPU has fooled me on these pitches and I am able to stay alive. The CPU also seems to have this "nack" as well, it simply is unrealistic.
Attached is an image of an example that I already have seen multiple times in just 3 days of play.
Gary Sanchez is at the plate, late in the game with a 1-1 count. The pitch is a Cutter that is moving down and away from Gary. He swings VERY EARLY, meaning the path of his bat is on a path to collide with a pitch inside and off the plate. Yet somehow he is able to foul tip a pitch that is completely off the plate, on the complete opposite side of the path of his bat. How? That simply should not be possible.
That should have been a swing and a miss by a mile.
Note: Do not mind PCI placement as I use Directional Hitting and the PCI does not move. However, I do not believe PCI is the issue as the CPU seems to use the PCI and have similar results.
Coincidentally, I have seen a handful of swings and misses on "Good" timing. A realistic amount, so nothing alarming. But I find it sort of comical how I noticed when I was right on something and missed, but when I am completely caught off balance I somehow manage to stay alive 99.9% of the time.
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