Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

[jasonalloyd]

I didn't play last year but the year before you could do that.

[Ruffychu]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

I didn't play last year but the year before you could do that.

No you can't set lineups for each side unfortunately. This is to make your lineups more diverse and put more thought into it. I just wish we could have separate lineups for the 1000 missions available

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[MatrixTN]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

Yeah they changed that in '15.

[timbofry1]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

No you can't set lineups for each side unfortunately. This is to make your lineups more diverse and put more thought into it. I just wish we could have separate lineups for the 1000 missions available

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I really hated this change and was hoping it would go back to the way it used to be this year...or just let us set lineups versus LHP and RHP ahead of time. You have to set your active roster before going in a game, so I try to have a balanced roster, with both left and right handed hitters. But I would usually platoon a couple positions and now I really can't. Just dumb. If this is to stop online players from quitting games, there has to be a better way. Give players a loss if they quit game. I primarily play against the CPU and I really like being able to have different lineups versus LHP or RHP. I was able to start different lineups due to knowing the handedness of the opposing starting pitcher and this change has really hurt the enjoyment of the single player DD games for me...and I am sure many others.

[jake19ny]

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This is one thing I truly hate for a few reasons. One it’s a major part baseball setting your line up based on the pitcher your facing. It’s not supposed to be suprise. Two the random pitching selection has been a mess for awhile now. I’ve played 7 ranked season games so far and had one pitcher pitch 5 of the 7 games including 3 in a row.....the same pitcher has also pitched 4 of my 6 vs CPU ganes so out of 5 starters I have had the same one pitch 9 of 13 ganes. It should simply be a rotation no matter what you play.

[shark547]

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or like now when I have 4 player cards for missions and none of them can hit lefties....lose them all pinch hitting...and then the computer switches to a RHP....

Maybe make 3 lineups Left and right vs computer

One for PVP

[dougdfc]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

I still think you should be able to set LHP/RHP lineups within the context of a single roster. So you build your team, but if you're against a righty, you have Joe Torre at first, and the other guy on the bench, and vice versa,

[FloorGeneral]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

This is one thing I truly hate for a few reasons. One it’s a major part baseball setting your line up based on the pitcher your facing. It’s not supposed to be suprise. Two the random pitching selection has been a mess for awhile now. I’ve played 7 ranked season games so far and had one pitcher pitch 5 of the 7 games including 3 in a row.....the same pitcher has also pitched 4 of my 6 vs CPU ganes so out of 5 starters I have had the same one pitch 9 of 13 ganes. It should simply be a rotation no matter what you play.

In an ideal world, we could have actual rotations and different lineups, but in reality, that just doesn't work. The online community being what it is makes those things basically impossible to pull off. Whether it's stacking a lineup full of lefties and backing out when you actually have to face a LHP or manipulating your rotation so that one or two pitchers pitch at all times makes those things impossible.

For every one person that would play things out as they go, there are 20 that would do anything they could to manipulate things to their advantage. That's why we're in this position to begin with: because the community forced their (the developers) hands.

[dougdfc]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

In an ideal world, we could have actual rotations and different lineups, but in reality, that just doesn't work. The online community being what it is makes those things basically impossible to pull off. Whether it's stacking a lineup full of lefties and backing out when you actually have to face a LHP or manipulating your rotation so that one or two pitchers pitch at all times makes those things impossible.

For every one person that would play things out as they go, there are 20 that would do anything they could to manipulate things to their advantage. That's why we're in this position to begin with: because the community forced their (the developers) hands.

That's why you give them the option to set LH and RH lineups, but with the same squad. You still need a diverse squad, but players will switch from bench to playing depending on who is starting

[FloorGeneral]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

That's why you give them the option to set LH and RH lineups, but with the same squad. You still need a diverse squad, but players will switch from bench to playing depending on who is starting

It won't matter. PPL will still stack their roster with all RHH or (more likely) LHH and back out if they have to face a same-handed pitcher. There's no way around this. I'm sure the developers have beaten their heads against the wall trying to find a solution, yet here we still are. Time to accept it and move on.

[dougdfc]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

It won't matter. PPL will still stack their roster with all RHH or (more likely) LHH and back out if they have to face a same-handed pitcher. There's no way around this. I'm sure the developers have beaten their heads against the wall trying to find a solution, yet here we still are. Time to accept it and move on.

I'm not sure how it DOESN'T work. It's the same exact squad system, except you can put bench players in the starting lineup given a specific handedness

[FloorGeneral]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

I'm not sure how it DOESN'T work. It's the same exact squad system, except you can put bench players in the starting lineup given a specific handedness

But the ppl that are the reason for this do. not. care. If you give them an option of lineups, they're gonna stack it and do their best to take advantage. That's why the randomness of pitchers with one lineup option is (unfortunately) the best way to do it.

[beardedaussie]

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I get why they did it but in saying that it's stupid. People cried that people either stacked their lineup with lefties or righties or back out of a game (which was slightly annoying but not gamebreaking as it's quite easy to search for another match) so we got this change which completely nullifies platoon players and strategic moves.

Is it not common for major league coaches to platoon LHH against RHP and vice versa ?

They could have at least given us the option to see who we're facing in conquest and offline modes to adjust lineups accordingly, especially for missions with the cards like rookie Danny Espinosa for example who is terrible against righties but decent against lefties.

[jake19ny]

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Good points by all. Maybe just have a forced rotation then but keep it hidden as it is now so your opponent doesn’t know who is pitching. Kills the reality of matching a line up becayse scrubs ruined that, but at least you would get your pitchers in. Last year and this year I find one guy pitches so many games in a row and it’s never my mission guy lol

[baseballsim]

Re: Can't you set a lineup vs LHP and RHP?

One reason why one lineup is a good thing is because it helps give starting pitchers a little more value in h2h games. With two lineups guys could have an all right handed lineup. Starting pitchers like Sale or Kershaw wouldn't stand a chance against such a lineup of legends and all-stars so these pitchers wouldn't be much use. Pitching in DD is already difficult as it is.