"Under the hood" conspiracy theories

[JoseJoseph9119]

This thread is for anything that you speculate affects the mechanics of the game from behind the scenes that has never been confirmed/widely reported. It can be anything from little known tricks like deadening bunts to the biggest tin foil hat theories you can think of.

-I think pitching motions have hidden ratings and/or boosts/buffs with different pitches, i.e., sliders with Andrew Miller's motion get a boost while splitters get a buff, or legend motion X performs better than generic motion X

-Same goes for batting stances

-I believe the sim engine gives boosts to offensive consistency for players with higher defensive/overall ratings. I've seen great defenders with offense in the mid 40s-mid 50s consistently outperform defensive liabilities with ratings in the 60s-70s

-players progress faster if they fail at a higher level and go back down and succeed than if they just stayed at the level they were successful at

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[TonyMoraco15]

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Hhmmm! LOL!

But I’ll tell you this though, for me that I play always on Classic Pitching and Directional Hitting is always about release and stride timing on animations!

[jr86]

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Padgoi has been lying pretty low.. I've a feeling that's about to change..

[bacon96]

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I thought the stance one was confirmed. Anyone ever hit an outside pitch with Dustin Ackley or Aristides Aquino?

[JoseJoseph9119]

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I thought the stance one was confirmed. Anyone ever hit an outside pitch with Dustin Ackley or Aristides Aquino?

Where did you see/hear this confirmed? And how much does this influence the stances of players in your roster?

[JWDixon120]

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I thought the stance one was confirmed. Anyone ever hit an outside pitch with Dustin Ackley or Aristides Aquino?

I’ve had an itch about stances affecting contact for a few years now. A good example are the follow throughs. Players with the little roll over swing (mainly contact hitters) seem to have 0 exit velocity.

In my franchise I’m 25 games in. Through 13-14 games with Dansby Swanson I was hitting right at .200 with hardly any pop. I’ve since switched his stance to one I like a bit more with the longer two handed swing and he’s since hit just first 2 HR as well as 4 more XBH


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[TheBigGuySports]

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My home runs seem to come and go . I have a period i hit a ton and then i go through nslow times. Not sure if maybe its just cooling off?

[Brewers 15]

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I have no idea what would be effecting what I have seen in both 19 and 20 but I have noticed very consistently when I or the cpu gets the first 2 outs in an inning that way too many times there are 2 out hits or walks to spark a rally . I have been surprised actually that nobody else has said anything about this, but I see it a ton .

[JoseJoseph9119]

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I have no idea what would be effecting what I have seen in both 19 and 20 but I have noticed very consistently when I or the cpu gets the first 2 outs in an inning that way too many times there are 2 out hits or walks to spark a rally . I have been surprised actually that nobody else has said anything about this, but I see it a ton .

I think that might be the clutch/pitching clutch attribute being activated, with or without runners on.

[Vercingetirex]

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I think that might be the clutch/pitching clutch attribute being activated, with or without runners on.

Yeah, this is most likely the cause. I also notice a similar occurrence with pitchers getting behind in the count 3-0 or 3-1 and always seemingly getting it back to 3-2. It's honestly rare for me to see that 3-0 or 3-1 turn into a walk until after it gets back to 3-2. I assume the BB/9 rating is the cause behind this.

[rick diesel]

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I'm pretty sure the devs have mentioned here before that pitching motions/arm slots affect the break of certain pitches.

[Brewers 15]

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I think that might be the clutch/pitching clutch attribute being activated, with or without runners on.

If that’s the case then they should get rid of it because it really feels cheap when you can predict things before they happen.

[TheWarmWind]

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My conspiracy theory is that taking a practice swing makes your next hack slightly better.

My logical mind thinks it's placebo. But there is a solid 30% of my mind that's screaming "it buffs you, make sure you do it before every pitch!"

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[Coach11]

"Under the hood" conspiracy theories

Yeah, this is most likely the cause. I also notice a similar occurrence with pitchers getting behind in the count 3-0 or 3-1 and always seemingly getting it back to 3-2. It's honestly rare for me to see that 3-0 or 3-1 turn into a walk until after it gets back to 3-2. I assume the BB/9 rating is the cause behind this.

Makes me wonder about the anomaly I’m seeing this year. I’d say 80% of the HR’s I give up are on an 0-2 count. Doesn’t seem to matter where I aim (classic pitching) the ball seems to drift in the center of the plate where it gets crushed. Have wondered about things such as clutch, BB/9, and K/9 ratings


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[JHodges57]

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Yeah, this is most likely the cause. I also notice a similar occurrence with pitchers getting behind in the count 3-0 or 3-1 and always seemingly getting it back to 3-2. It's honestly rare for me to see that 3-0 or 3-1 turn into a walk until after it gets back to 3-2. I assume the BB/9 rating is the cause behind this.

There are way too many 3-2 counts. I figured out last year that IRL there are about 6 3-2 counts on average in a real game. In this game, there are 4 or 5 between the 2 teams every inning on average. Pitchers get a 3-0 count, ends off 3-2. Get an 0-2 count, ends off 3-2.

Batters are way too passive. It's especially ridiculous when they are down by 2 or 3 runs in the 8th and 9th to sit there with their bats on their shoulders watching pitches over the heart of the plate then end off swinging at a pitch that's practically in the other batting box. I wish there was an option to tell the batter to be aggressive.