I've been keeping my opinion to myself ever since the game launched, because I didn't dive into the online game modes right away. I usually grind some of the offline stuff first to build a somewhat decent team and that's exactly what I did. That meant I couldn't really give an objective opinion on the game since I didn't play online enough yet and for most of us this game centers around the online game modes.

Let me start of by saying that even though I consider myself an upper tier/elite player, this opinion is mine and mine alone. My opinion is not weighing heavier than any offline player or the more casual type of player whatsoever. You do not have to agree with anything I say, but I do ask you to respect my opinion as I will respect yours.

I can describe this game in an online environment in its current state as following:
I can not pitch.
I can not field.
I can not hit.
And yet somehow I can still win.

I throw so many meatballs and I can't control a single pitcher. Good releases sometimes lead to hangers down the middle. Horrible releases sometimes result in absolute dots on the black. Every pitch feels like spinning the wheel of fortune, I'm just lost when it comes to pitching, honestly.

When it comes to fielding, the obvious issue of outfielders not locking onto flyballs is a problem. I'm sure that will be fixed at some point. What annoys me way more is when the ball gets down and bounces off the wall, your outfielder is literally lost. There is no urgency to pick it up or throw it away quickly, you actually run past it often. Singles turn into doubles and doubles turn into triples because of this.

And the hitting.. I don't even know where to start. I struggle hitting fastballs, while I've always been a really good fastball hitter. Now I have to gamble and as a result that gets me out in front of almost every offspeed pitch. It only takes 1 inning for my opponent to figure this out. The funny thing is that an inning later I can be out in front on fastballs while I'm pretty certain that my reaction time is the same as before. It just feels off and inconsistent, I don't understand it.
I also tend to get under the ball a whole lot, while I'm not even slamming the PCI down. In my screen I align the ball in the middle of the PCI, yet the feedback says I got under it too much resulting in a good/okay flyout. This happens to me way too often.
The perfect/perfect idea is great. In reality only the perfect/perfect flyballs with power guys do real damage. I've lined out on perfect/perfect liners more often than not and perfect/perfect grounders are usually just groundouts or even double plays. You'd expect the perfect input would make you find the infield hole, which sometimes happens but not nearly enough.

All and all I'm just really disappointed more than anything. I was really hoping that we could leave 18 and 19 behind us and start moving in the right direction again, like a tweaked hybrid of 16+17 where the flaws of those games were fixed. But that's clearly not their vision for this franchise moving forward unfortunately.

For now I'll keep playing casually instead of competitively, hoping that future patches will resolve some of the stuff I mentioned, but I'm kinda pessimistic about it. Sorry. I usually quit playing ranked around Christmas, this year that might be a lot sooner.

@wdieterich1310 said in Ridiculous Number of Pickoffs:

I had a lead off single with the Edwards, the rays prospect with ridiculously high speed and I kept taking a one step lead and each time I would my opponent would pick off, twenty four times before he threw a pitch and then seven more in a 1-0 count to be exact. Eventually I advanced him on a soft grounder and he didn’t pickoff at second but is there a way to report stupidity like that?

Let me get this straight:
You initiate the first move by taking an extra step.
Your opponent reacts by throwing over for a pickoff attempt.
You continue to do so.
He continues to react.
You get annoyed, while you are the one initiating the whole sequence.
You actually wanna report him.

This is great stuff, thank you for this. Here's a tip for ya; don't take the extra step.

You can quick sell duplicates. You can exchange duplicates. The only thing they don't want is that you get double value out of your collected cards. So once you lock in a diamond, it's gonna stay there and you won't be able to get 5K each like previous years. I have zero issues with this whatsoever, I actually think it's a good thing because it makes the collections a tad harder to complete since you're not getting double value for your diamonds anymore.

@Maverick31762 said in Sell Foxx:

Why are you selling the best hitter in the game?

I've been selling cards to users who ask for it because it's late February and I want to give others the chance of using exotic cards like this before the year is over.

As a matter of fact, if OP still has the highest buy order on the market I will give you mine to prove my point. Let me know if your bid is still the highest and how high the bid is.

To be mindful of our happy and enthusiastic state of minds looking forward to the release of MLB The Show 20. Moments like these seem kind of rare on the forums, so let's all cherish the present. Who knows what the forum might look like 2 weeks from now.

In every way. The entry fees are super low and you make your stubs back after beating the 1st red challenge. You gain XP regardless and you eventually make stubs if you finish the showdown. It's a super easy path to the diamond FOTF players.

I honestly don't understand why people complain about this. Yes, it'll cost you some stubs to enter. Sorry you can't have everything for free all the time. Yes, you need to be able to hit some pitches on Veteran. I mean, it's Veteran. And yes, sometimes you will fail. You lose nothing but a few minutes of your time. Get it out of your system and try again.

Least thing I'm worried about is how another person spends his or her money. We make our own choices, this sounds like a somewhat salty post towards people who have Mickey Mantle.

@CanucksNoCups said in Stealing online vs anyone remotely good is impossible.:

@LankyRyan said in Stealing online vs anyone remotely good is impossible.:

Stop leading off and I'll stop stepping off. The game already gives you one step by default.

Hahah I knew this would be first comment "stop leading off and I won't throw" literally knew this comment was coming. How about you throw 2 or 3 times and if you dont get me then the game goes on. In MLB I dont think it's even allowed for a pitcher to throw 30 straight times to first base cause the player took a 1 step leadoff extra. If you cant throw me out on the first 20 attempts then fuhk off and play the game.

I can't stand your thought process in this and I wish you nothing but failure in this regard. If you don't want the whole sequence of pick offs, just don't take the extra step. Basically you're saying let me get to second base for free if you don't get me after 2 attempts. And when a guy doesn't give it to you (which is 100% normal and understandable) you come over here crying about it. You're the problem, not him.

I'm getting the impression Matt Olson is a beast...

It must be exhausting to have this constant crave for attention

@Nanthrax_1 said in Is Vlad Jr the worst FoTF card?:

Mancini, Boyd, Votto, Cain and Nola are also useless

Mancini is underrated. Sure, he's not as great as some of the other guys in the program but he's definitely not in the bottom. Hit quite a few tanks with him in BR and he can play 1B so no need to worry about his defense.

@bskcoop2281 said in Perfect Perfect Flyball:

With power over 80... Didn’t they say that was a no doubter?

No. 80 is the minimum what you wanna look for to hit homers. That also doesn't mean you can't hit homeruns with lower power. It also depends on the park (distance + altitude) and pitcher for example. Preferably you want 100+ to have the best success hitting homeruns is what they said.

This is a weird thread

@ryrycon said in BaseRunning MADE ME LOSE:

@raesONE said in BaseRunning MADE ME LOSE:

@ryrycon said in BaseRunning MADE ME LOSE:

So I like to get huge leads with my faster players and then take off when the pitcher does a slow move to second base as being a smart player I do this a lot. But when I go to third it auto-makes me run all the way to home which is so stupid.

Good, no need for those leads at all. You can steal manually by timing the pitcher's windup, that requires real skill. You sound like a cheeser.

No the problem is that pick off moves are too good so u can’t go back to the base after getting 1 extra lead off

Easy solution for that; don't take the extra step. The game already gives you a lead off.

@ryansitko11 said in Gutfoxx describes the current issues best:

@raesONE said in Gutfoxx describes the current issues best:

@ryansitko11 said in Gutfoxx describes the current issues best:

Incredibly well said. I especially agree about his point that SDS jumped the gun with all the changes to hitting. The game still has not even been out for a full month and we are on patch 7. I wish they waited until everyone was playing on their own competitive level before changing anything.

I suggest everyone who doesn't think there are any problems with the game to watch this video. He lays out his points well and provides rational explanations as opposed to whiny ranting

Correct me if I'm wrong, but even though we are at patch 7, only 1 patch addressed hitting.

Two of them did. Patch 1.04 was the initial change and then patch 1.05 had some fine tuning

Ah yeah, you're right. Either way you still had a valid point about them needing to show a bit more patience before nerfing everything. Guess the data they received was TOO extreme to not act on it.

@ryansitko11 said in Gutfoxx describes the current issues best:

Incredibly well said. I especially agree about his point that SDS jumped the gun with all the changes to hitting. The game still has not even been out for a full month and we are on patch 7. I wish they waited until everyone was playing on their own competitive level before changing anything.

I suggest everyone who doesn't think there are any problems with the game to watch this video. He lays out his points well and provides rational explanations as opposed to whiny ranting

Correct me if I'm wrong, but even though we are at patch 7, only 1 patch addressed hitting.

@T-Rox_09 said in Is there anything better?:

@raesONE said in Is there anything better?:

There's a few I can think of, all involve the opposite gender (can't say $ex apparantly).

Let's keep it about baseball. You know there's kids on this form.

Yeah I forgot about you, my bad.

@SHOW_TIME_ryan said in Is there anything better?:

@raesONE said in Is there anything better?:

@SHOW_TIME_ryan said in Is there anything better?:

https://imgur.com/gallery/89KEIGH

Especially when this happens.....with Joey.

Joey Wendle? There's no way that's Gallo with that big of circle for vision.

Wanna bet?

Playing on Rookie or what?

@SHOW_TIME_ryan said in Is there anything better?:

https://imgur.com/gallery/89KEIGH

Especially when this happens.....with Joey.

Joey Wendle? There's no way that's Gallo with that big of circle for vision.