Yeah the punishment is them walking you.

SDS: We would like to announce MLB the Show 20, it is much improved vs 19 with the addition of perfect perfect, showdown, increased emphasis on team affinity, and other quality of life changes.

Game gets released...

The People: LOVE the game, but there's a few issues.
SDS: Ok, let us know what you want fixed.

The People: Pitch speeds are too slow.
SDS: Oh you want pitch speeds to be faster, (evil laugh), no problem we can do that for you. How about all-star that feels like legend?

The People: There's too many home runs.
SDS: Hey everyone, the people said less home runs. (evil laugh again) Toggle the switch to activate negative exit velos?

The People: Pitchers don't hit their spots on perfect release.
SDS: But, but, we just added perfect perfect, and we need the noobs to feel good about themselves by giving them some pitches they can hit...sooo, we're gonna have to keep that feature, ahem, bug, sorry.

The People: we don't like showdown because it's too all or nothing.
SDS: Oh, so we'll just reduce the rewards that way its not as appealing so maybe some people will just ignore it.

The People: There are a lot of issues with fielding and outfielders not locking on.
SDS: Oh, you want better fielding. We can certainly give the CPU better fielding. That's no problem at all. I hope you enjoy Yordan Alvarez making diving catches.

Hope you all enjoy this little bit of humor. Enjoy your day!

@BIGWEB52 said in Yea I know I’m a complainer:

I don’t think the game is bad . I think it just needs a good patch . I think hitting and pitching are terrible right now , but People get so obsessed with there contact and pci placement. Baseball is a game where even the best players in the world fail 7 out of 10 times at the dish . You should NOT get a hit or HR every time you get “good-good” or “perfect-good “ or whatever . This is a SIM game , not arcade . The only thing that would be worse then the state of the game right now , would be if every “good-good” got you a hit . Jesus every game would be 23-27 with 35 hits a side and take 2 hours to do . Yes the game should reward good contact but it should be rewarding it 25-35% of the time .

I completely disagree with this. The reason MLB players fail 7 out of 10 times is because they don't get "good good" with their swing. If they got "good good" every time they would do significantly better than a hit every 3 out of 10 at-bats. MLB players fail 70% of the time because they either mess up their timing or they don't square up the baseball. However when a hitter squares up a 96 mph pitch it NEVER leaves the bat at 85 mph.

Wtf is this thread?

No player progression, no draft, so basically in a 12 team league, the twelve teams that were chosen are the only teams whose players are in the league which means that we're limited to the same 480 players for the duration of the league.

So obviously some pitches are better than others in different locations, counts, situations, etc. If i want a ground ball throw a splitter/changeup, slider away is good strikeout pitch vs RHB...but it feels like sinkers are just automatically the best pitch in the game. Someone could throw a sinker 100% of their pitches and I would probably lose. And I'm not some scrub either, I can make DS/CS consistently, and especially on HOF pitch speeds, a high sinker looks like a 110 mph curveball, it's ridiculous. And to make it worse, SDS for some reason decided to give almost every pitcher they release a sinker. Really SDS?

And yes, I am writing this after losing a game to a guy who pitched blood diamond Oswalt and spammed high sinkers, and if I ever tried sitting on high sinkers, you have to swing so early that he mixed in a few curveballs and I was kinda screwed.

So I go back to my title: do other people feel the same way as me that sinkers kinda ruin the game experience? Like there are other pitches that are difficult to hit, but their realistic, but a sinker just feels unrealistic...

EDIT: I just want to clarify that I'm not saying remove sinkers from the game because I dislike the pitch, that would be unrealistic; I'm saying that playing this game would be more fun if sinkers were banned because its a BROKEN pitch, particularly when thrown high in the strike zone, and clearly SDS seem to have no intention to fix it. It's kinda gotten to a point where every pitcher I face throws a sinker, and most people spam sinkers high in the zone, and I'm kind of sick of it because its so broken.

I'm seeing a ton of threads about people having so much difficulty with Showdown and I honestly don't understand why they find it so difficult.

Would I be wrong to think that there are just as many people out there like me who are genuinely enjoying the mode and concept and are happy with the medium but not too difficult level of difficulty?

Its 10 seconds long. If its that annoying to watch 10 seconds of a home run, you're probably taking the game too seriously so I really don't mind.

Yes but in real life players improve/age, and there is a draft and a constant influx of new players coming into the league. As far as I can tell, from custom leagues, not one player will ever be in the league that wasn't in the league on day 1.

I went into an event game and hit 3 HRs with Yankees, which was one of the Granderson missions for 10 points, so after I hit the 3 HRs, I quit out and I didn't get the points. So I went into another game and got 3 xbhs with Yankees and didn't quit out (assuming that the reason the mission didn't count is because I quit) so I finished the game and I still had no progress on the mission. Events should count as online, correct? I know something similar is going on with Eckersley/other evolution cards missions, so maybe its a huge DD bug, but has anyone else had this issue with Granderson?

@ItsAllGoodMn_89 said in This game would be more fun if SDS removed sinkers from the game:

Maybe you should practice reading and hitting the sinker. The outcome will come out better for you.

I recognize that the pitch is hittable if you sit on it, but don't you think it sucks that you have to concentrate everything to be able to hit a pitch that is unrealistic to have so much break high in the strike zone?

So obviously some pitches are better than others in different locations, counts, situations, etc. If i want a ground ball throw a splitter/changeup, slider away is good strikeout pitch vs RHB...but it feels like sinkers are just automatically the best pitch in the game. Someone could throw a sinker 100% of their pitches and I would probably lose. And I'm not some scrub either, I can make DS/CS consistently, and especially on HOF pitch speeds, a high sinker looks like a 110 mph curveball, it's ridiculous. And to make it worse, SDS for some reason decided to give almost every pitcher they release a sinker. Really SDS?

And yes, I am writing this after losing a game to a guy who pitched blood diamond Oswalt and spammed high sinkers, and if I ever tried sitting on high sinkers, you have to swing so early that he mixed in a few curveballs and I was kinda screwed.

So I go back to my title: do other people feel the same way as me that sinkers kinda ruin the game experience? Like there are other pitches that are difficult to hit, but their realistic, but a sinker just feels unrealistic...

EDIT: I just want to clarify that I'm not saying remove sinkers from the game because I dislike the pitch, that would be unrealistic; I'm saying that playing this game would be more fun if sinkers were banned because its a BROKEN pitch, particularly when thrown high in the strike zone, and clearly SDS seem to have no intention to fix it. It's kinda gotten to a point where every pitcher I face throws a sinker, and most people spam sinkers high in the zone, and I'm kind of sick of it because its so broken.

Yeah asking for reviews 4 hours after release is definitely gonna get you some solid opinions.

"OMG 7 for 10 with Mike Schmidt he's a cheat code overpowered glitch"
"0 for 10 so far terrible swing low exit velos no pop"

"one start complete game 20 K's and he even hit a homer"
"pitched 2 innings gave up 7 runs...terrible no control"

You want stuff like that?

the-show-zone.com

He hit 101 last year with his fastball, I wouldn't be surprised if they give it to him. Would sure spice up the card.

Also in response to the OP's question: Jim Palmer, George Brett, Al Leiter, John Smoltz, AJ Burnett, Mike Schmidt (the NL East looks like by far the best division in terms of cards), Andre Dawson, Kerry Wood, Eric Davis, Juan Marichal, and Orel Herchiser all look really good to me. That's 11 out of 30. Sure, that's not "Insane", but that's 11 cards that I wanna get that are free.

@seannydrama7 said in WHO ELSE?????:

It’s weird. I’m disappointed, but can’t help but think it’s partially because of how corny the cards look. I mean, look at some of the names and stats out there: Brett, Dawson, Kilabrew, Smoltz, Gwynn - those are some big names with solid attributes...but I’m with you, kinda let down. You just kinda know NONE of these guys will be on end-game rosters (maybe a few will be bench bats or 5th in rotation)...and at this point in the season, I think people are waiting for cards with end game potential.

At "this point in the season"...since when did halfway through the season constitute all the best cards dropping? We have 4 months before baseball season ends and then another 4 months of filler content where SDS continues to release cards until The Show 21.

See here's the problem: If SDS drop all the god tier cards now then everyone complains in December/January when every single card they release is way worse than the cards in their lineup...so which do you want?

Hmm, okay, so it makes me wonder if it's a valid market investment to buy these guys up when they come out, and then sell them for much more later.

So after winning an RS game, the post-game rewards screen comes up and there's this choice pack of 1 of 3 players. One is the 84 Griffey Sr, another is 83 Bedrosian, and I don't remember who the last player was. I took Griffey Sr. because he's selling for 10k. But where did this pack come from and why does Griffey sell for 10k?

Don't get me wrong, there are definitely times when I feel screwed over by the game, but 90% of the time, if i lose i know i deserved to lose, because my opponent was clearly better than me, and when I win, i was better than my opponent.