High inside fastball

[PSimp21]

Any tips on hitting the high inside fastball? Seems all I can ever do is pop up or foul off repeatedly.

[Orange Krush]

Re: High inside fastball

I also have major problems catching up to high fastballs. I'm starting to think that the only way I'll be able to get a good hit on them is to totally anticipate them coming. If it's not a fastball I would be totally screwed, which is why I'm hesitant to assume it's a fastball.

[baseballsim]

Re: High inside fastball

I also have problems with this type of pitching and think the success of it in MLB The show is unrealistic. I admit, I will also pitch to that corner but I don't constantly try to get batters out that way.

One recommendation is to go with high plate vision guys, if possible. Also, try to anticipate when the ball will reach that corner but be ready to adjust when the ball goes elsewhere. I know that's easier said than done.

[PSimp21]

Re: High inside fastball

I faced Chapman last game, I think I might have fouled one off.... that's it. Anticipated it, he threw it every time, for a strike, and could only manage one foul tip lol.

[hotdiggity33]

Re: High inside fastball

The "win at all costs" gamer dorks use a different view that makes it easier. A lot of them use a view where you can't see the hitter. If you're a baseball fan and play for fun like normal people, then your best bet is to foul them off or lay off. They will waste a lot of pitches and many will get called balls.

That or if a guy is living up there, leave your PCI there and wait for it. After a couple warning track shots or even a HR, they will stop. Those are the most satisfying HRs.

[raneman85]

Re: High inside fastball

The high inside fastball is a sequence of deception. It requires the quickest swing. If a pitcher in real life or The Show where to throw that consistently it would get pounded. The ball has little break and your reflexes would quickly adjust as your swing is naturally level. If a curveball is hung up there it would have a higher contact percentage because you can adjust to the break. With a low fastball on the corners you get the extra split section of reaction time. I feel the physics of The Show well represent simulation as opposed to arcadia of other sports games.

[VoItage]

Re: High inside fastball

1. Make sure you have a lineup full of as many lefties/switch hitters as possible to face the flame-throwing righties who throw the high inside heat. The amount of .240 hitting Tulowitzkis, Cabreras, and Trouts I see in DD are hilariously high, because everybody uses them and very few can hit the high heat with them. The ones that CAN hit the high heat with them hit well over .300. The difference between being able to hit that pitch and not being able to is an average of .180-.240 to .320+

1b. Make sure you have right handed bats on the bench to replace 5 of the lefty hitters when you face a lefty.

2. Use zone hitting. If you suck at it, it's the only way to be among the best at this game. Use it and practice.

After that, it's just skill. I sit my zone up and in and adjust accordingly when the pitch comes. Because the high heat requires the quickest swing, I need to start my zone up there. I have time to adjust to lower pitches, but you don't have time to adjust to the high heat.

[55]

Re: High inside fastball

The last dude I played against had Ventura on the mound and kept killing me up and in with 100 MPH fastballs. I just waited patiently for him to miss his spots and was able to hit two homers in the game. I won 2-1 but it was a real nail biter.

[Beat LA]

Re: High inside fastball

I always just anticipate high fastball, especially if that hitter has a blue square in that position. I have gotten pretty good at hitting this pitch hard. My problem lies on the offspeed pitches out of the zone, low. I just can't recognize those pitches well and have a very low team BA.

[MrOldboy]

Re: High inside fastball

The "win at all costs" gamer dorks use a different view that makes it easier. A lot of them use a view where you can't see the hitter. If you're a baseball fan and play for fun like normal people, then your best bet is to foul them off or lay off. They will waste a lot of pitches and many will get called balls.

That or if a guy is living up there, leave your PCI there and wait for it. After a couple warning track shots or even a HR, they will stop. Those are the most satisfying HRs.

What view can you use post patch that gives them that advantage.

I might be in the minority, but I don't have a huge issue with high fastballs. If you have the PCI up there the result is usually a hard hit ball. If you don't it's a popup. If someone tries to abuse the pitch I'll usually start sitting on high fastballs. After two or so home runs they move onto low changeups. These are both effective pitches, its just that in the show it is very hard to lay off of them even when thrown consecutively. Try that with a MLB hitter...

[japinard]

Re: High inside fastball

I absolutely can't use zone hitting. I don't have that kind of mental dexterity. But... When using directional if I aim ahead of time anticipating that pitch will that give me a better hit than if I just left it in the center and had good timing?

[Biizz713]

Re: High inside fastball

this BS is ridiculous. fastball high inside. curveball in the dirt. repeat. swing at the fastball it's a popup no matter what. don't swing they call strike because the ball grazed the corner of the strike zone. it's trash.

[Cincyez]

Re: High inside fastball

My PCI always starts in the top of the zone. Easier to pull it down than to push it up.

[BentleyA]

Re: High inside fastball

The last dude I played against had Ventura on the mound and kept killing me up and in with 100 MPH fastballs. I just waited patiently for him to miss his spots and was able to hit two homers in the game. I won 2-1 but it was a real nail biter.

This is exactly what you should do. The physics in this game with the high inside fastball are not wrong. Watch guys in the bigs try and hit those pitches. Its the ease and ability to throw those pitches for strikes and the strike zone being what it is in the game. With that said, the strike zone in the game is correct, its just that umps usually don't give the benefit to the pitcher on that pitch IRL.

Anticipate it. If the guy is only using them occasionally and not in any particular situation, then its going to be tough to hit, but lay off it if you can. Also, try using contact swing. The bat gets to the ball quicker. Again, if you cant anticipate it because your opponent is not using that pitch with any sort of pattern, then its just going to be tough because that person is just good at pitching and hats off to them. Remember, the average team BA in MLB last year was .253. Just keep that in mind.
If you can anticipate it and the guy is throwing that pitch to you with some sort of regularity, then hit it out of the park.

Also, I highly recommend a Kontrol Freak of some sort. It will help in all situations.

[VowedVengeance]

Re: High inside fastball

This is exactly what you should do. The physics in this game with the high inside fastball are not wrong. Watch guys in the bigs try and hit those pitches. Its the ease and ability to throw those pitches for strikes and the strike zone being what it is in the game. With that said, the strike zone in the game is correct, its just that umps usually don't give the benefit to the pitcher on that pitch IRL.

Anticipate it. If the guy is only using them occasionally and not in any particular situation, then its going to be tough to hit, but lay off it if you can. Also, try using contact swing. The bat gets to the ball quicker. Again, if you cant anticipate it because your opponent is not using that pitch with any sort of pattern, then its just going to be tough because that person is just good at pitching and hats off to them. Remember, the average team BA in MLB last year was .253. Just keep that in mind.
If you can anticipate it and the guy is throwing that pitch to you with some sort of regularity, then hit it out of the park.

Also, I highly recommend a Kontrol Freak of some sort. It will help in all situations.

I hear you, I hit 1900 and cracked the top 25, now I've lost 12 straight games and almost any fastball I've seen has been a pop up or broken bat. The fastball was my bread and butter and now it's completely gone. It's worse than the red sox collapse a few years ago

this BS is ridiculous. fastball high inside. curveball in the dirt. repeat. swing at the fastball it's a popup no matter what. don't swing they call strike because the ball grazed the corner of the strike zone. it's trash.

Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk