MLB 15 The Show: Directional Hitting Impressions

[knich]

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I like how the camera moves to focus on pitch location. I wish there was separate option to just use camera to change focus without it influencing swing. I like to use directional to influence swing just wish it wasn't tied to camera focus. For instance, Montero on Chicago has a low hot zone. I like to use directional to focus only on balls low in strike zone. Problem is I don't want him hitting ground balls. So I can't use the camera focus without influencing a ground ball.

And I find it works well to influence swing. Keep in mind even if you want to hit fly ball, if the pitch is down, then you may still hit on top and create ground ball..just like IRL. Of course, ratings also affect outcomes. They guy who wrote impression doesn't seem to understand this. Likely hasn't played much baseball IRL

[Heroesandvillains]

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Of course there's a timing element, it's not an arcade element where you hold up and your guaranteed a fly ball.

This is the part that I was talking about:

For example, if you want to hit a fly ball to try to get a runner home from third on a sacrifice fly you simply hold the left stick up as the pitch is thrown and time it up with the swing button. If you timed it correctly you should have hit a fly ball.

[RLebron12]

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I like the new directional hitting and the camera move that comes along with it. I feel like it helps me stay away from outside pitches if I am trying to pull it and also helps me see the ball better if I am a leftie and going against a leftie. I have gotten some really good hits with directional hitting, both pull and push hits


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[Dolenz]

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This is the part that I was talking about:

That sentence is kind of vague. what "it" is he talking about?
The Swing?
The moving of the left stick?

I think he meant timing the swing to the pitch, but who knows. There seems to be a lot of confusion about what direction hitting actually does and influences.

[DetroitStyle]

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No Ramone, that's obviously not what I meant.

In the article, he mentions trying to time his directioning in accordance to his swing instead of just pressing a direction at any given time during the at-bat.

You need to think of it more from a push/pull perspective. If you have a left handed hitter, hold the left stick to the right during the pitch, AND swing early you should drive it right down the line.

If you time it wrong, and swing late (thinking changeup and get a fastball), then you may not pull that ball like you intended with directional. It may go up the middle or through the right side gap.

Directional influences, but is not be all end all. It just improves the odds of hitting a pitch in that direction depending on timing of your swing and where the ball is thrown. So you won't be popping up a pitch that's thrown too low even if your timing is perfect and your aiming up.

[nemesis04]

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Everyone is making this way more complicated than it has to be.

[cactusruss]

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This is the part that I was talking about:

It doesn't even sound like the reviewer knew what he was doing with directional hitting. He seemed perplexed that holding the stick up and in yielded a weak chopper on a pitch that was down and away. He then goes on to say that he doesn't like directional hitting because he was "always taught to hit the ball where it's pitched", which is exactly what directional hitting is.

[Dolenz]

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Everyone is making this way more complicated than it has to be.

I've been thinking the same thing.

[nemesis04]

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This is the part that I was talking about:

That sentence is kind of incomplete while this is a timing hitting mechanic, timing alone does not solely determine the outcome. Pitch location, pitch type and the hitter's attributes along with how well you timed the swing create the result.

[cactusruss]

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Everyone is making this way more complicated than it has to be.

I think the confusion might come from past versions of The Show, where you had to pre-load your directional influence. Honestly, the confusion might go away if they were able to name this way of hitting "EA Sports MVP 2005 Hitting Style"

[nypresspass]

It doesn't even sound like the reviewer knew what he was doing with directional hitting. He seemed perplexed that holding the stick up and in yielded a weak chopper on a pitch that was down and away. He then goes on to say that he doesn't like directional hitting because he was "always taught to hit the ball where it's pitched", which is exactly what directional hitting is.

How is that any different than zone hitting? I don't believe that's the case. With directional, you push the way you hope to hit the ball. The location of the pitch will influence that, but it doesn't meant that you have to absolutely match location with the stick direction. If that were the case, it would just be zone hitting, right?

[RLebron12]

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Everyone is making this way more complicated than it has to be.

I completely agree. I only played baseball up to 9th grade and even I understand what the directional hitting is used for.

Runner on first, you want to hit and run so you want to hit it between the 1B and 2B. You are a right handed hitter, before the pitch you would push the left analog to the right to cover the right side of the plate to push the ball that way. If the ball is on the inside of the plate you would either

1) Let the pitch go by and hope your runner steals the base successfully

2) Swing anyway and have a higher risk of a not as good contact swing.

But if the pitch is down the middle or towards the outside of the plate and you time your swing down you should have a higher success rate of hitting it to the right side.


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[cactusruss]

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How is that any different than zone hitting? I don't believe that's the case. With directional, you push the way you hope to hit the ball. The location of the pitch will influence that, but it doesn't meant that you have to absolutely match location with the stick direction. If that were the case, it would just be zone hitting, right?

No, you don't have to match the stick with the location, but doing so will give you the best results. You can just hold the stick up before the pitch is even delivered and try to hit a fly ball, but if the pitch is low, your success at getting the ball in the air is going to be lower than if the ball was up. Just like in real life... you can try to hit a fly ball on a low pitch, but it's harder to do than with a pitch more up in the zone.

I've never used zone, so I don't know how similar it is.

[cactusruss]

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I completely agree. I only played baseball up to 9th grade and even I understand what the directional hitting is used for.

Runner on first, you want to hit and run so you want to hit it between the 1B and 2B. You are a right handed hitter, before the pitch you would push the left analog to the right to cover the right side of the plate to push the ball that way. If the ball is on the inside of the plate you would either

1) Let the pitch go by and hope your runner steals the base successfully

2) Swing anyway and have a higher risk of a not as good contact swing.

But if the pitch is down the middle or towards the outside of the plate and you time your swing down you should have a higher success rate of hitting it to the right side.


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But you don't have to hold the stick in a direction before the pitch is thrown... and that is where some confusion was coming into play in this thread. For your very specific situation of a hit and run, yeah you can do that, but if you're not in a situation where you need to make a certain type of contact, you can just move the stick with the pitch as it's delivered, and "hit the ball where it's pitched". 90% or more of at bats are going to be done that way, at least the way I play.

[raskal67]

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My Impression

I like it, it feels natural to push toward Right Felt to try to drive/pus a ball to Right, Left field to try to Drive/push a ball to left. Similarly with fly/ground influences.

As far as MVP 2005 Loved it. This is not the same, similar maybe, but not the same. I could hit HRs at will with up/pull influence all day with Ken Griffey Jr.