Fielding... Well there is the fact that on ANY ball in a gap, the CF is never selected first. Still, the 3-6-3 is near impossible due to faulty programming. Also, the errors! I have both fielding and throwing error sliders turned almost all the way down, yet in every game played there are several unforced errors on both teams, most notably, pickoff throws by me. No matter what pickoff move I use my pitcher will throw then ball into the stands at least once a game. On top of that, I don't even use the deceptive move because it is an auto pickoff if you don't throw the ball into the stands. Throw canceling... I figured I would turn it on to help with those throws to second when a CPU runner steals and the batter puts the ball in play. Except that throw canceling is broken. How so? Today, after turning throw canceling on, I had a ball hit to my 3b. Fielded clean, I pressed the circle button hard ONE TIME to make a hard throw only to feel my controller vibrate repeatedly as if I was tapping the button repeatedly. On screen, my 3b is spazzing out faking throws to first. Through all this, my finger never left the circle button. Very next play was a bunt in front of home. Again, fielded clean by the C. Go to throw to first only to experience the same thing. A single hard press and the game thinks I am turbo tapping the button. It's not me, or my controller, I checked.
Offense... Grounders to second, anyone? I use true analog with dynamic difficulty at allstar+. It literally doesn't matter where the pitch is, or how good my stride and swing are, I roll at least 15 grounders to to second every game. If I was swinging only at low balls, this would make sense, but I try to work the count and routinely get in hitters counts only to get a ball over the middle that somehow I ground to second. My favorite are hanging breaking balls and off speed pitches. The CPU can (and does) just throw the ball down the middle with these pitches, and I **** you not, I can put a perfect swing on a hanging slider only to roll it to second. At first, I thought this was just me swinging at garbage. No. I have full pitch call out and swing info displayed. These balls are literally middle middle, my stride is good to perfect, and my swing is usually just early, normal, or just late. I have even seen my PCI centered just below the ball only to see the ball roll to second. On the other 12 outs, most are grounders. Balls hit in the air, or out of the infield are rarities. I try to set my batters to hit the ball in the air. Contact, normal, and power swings, same results. Grounders to second.
What gives? Did scea let 2k make this years game?

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