Not Hitting For Power
 

I'm having some real trouble hitting the ball hard in the online franchise I'm in. All Star difficulty, timing hitting and I use guess pitch every pitch. I have Trout, Stanton, Freeman, Werth and Myers and have only hit two homers in a month and a half (playing one out of every series) with Stanton and one with Myers and all have been JUST over the fence. I always use the default swing button unless I guess the pitch where I use power if it's down the middle and contact when I'm down 2 strikes. Anyone have any idea what's going on? I've never had this problem before so it's bugging me.

Re: Not Hitting For Power
 

What's the other teams stats that are in the league (Human)

As far as GP, if you don't guess correctly you take a hit in contact etc..
So there may be times you could have hit the ball better but didn't because you guessed wrong.
I never use GP and rarely use power swing(and still have good HR and hit numbers) so I'm assuming it's still the same way where you take a hit when guessing wrong.. unless they've changed that over the years.

If other players are getting better power numbers in your league then ..??

Re: Not Hitting For Power
 

switch to analog controls on veteran, with no guess pitch and you'll will start to crush the ball. 6 games into my franchise my team already has 16 homers, which is outrageous.

Re: Not Hitting For Power
 

Definitely try to lay off the GP if possible. I only use to protect on occasion on an 0-2 or 1-2. youre better off looking for a hittable pitch without using it in a good count.

The hit you take in timing mode seems to be greater than other modes, because you cant move the pci on your own.

Id also move to Vet, I like hitting with Timing on Vet, its more forgiving.

Also could bump power up a notch or two. might give you more pop. a click or two wont turn you into a home run machine, so might be worth checking out

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I have definitely noticed a decrease in powerful hits going from Veteran up to All-Star.

So if you want to see more of those, I would recommend lowering the difficulty to Veteran.

Re: Not Hitting For Power
 

Thanks guys, I understand how setting up pitches works so I predicted pitches a ton but didn't seem to get much help power wise. I guess I'll lay off of that and try bumping power a little bit. I don't really wanna down the difficulty because I'm still winning a lot of games because of my pitching.

I appreciate the help, guys!

Re: Not Hitting For Power
 

I have not I am hitting too many homeruns and not enough other type of hits. Baseball things tend to average out over a long season.

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I'm having a similar issue online. All of my swings have been very early. I get that the online is a mess right now, but I thought the whole point was to get hitting and pitching feeling like it was local and I feel like I've heard the devs say this is the case and its only fielding/baserunning anomalies. I've found out that that is incorrect and the hitting and pitching is nowhere near correct. So as a result almost all of my contact has been with bad timing so its very weak even though I am right on pitches visually.