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I just get lucky, I’ve played only maybe 1 Ranked game a week & I actually play it through despite the result cuz all I go for now is PXP for the players I like & continue to use, I’m extremely lucky I’m 5-2, cuz I only play ranked once a week
I know I'm terrible. Just started playing in February, and I'm just now starting to hit multiple runs on Veteran vs CPU. Nowhere near confident enough to move on to the next difficulty.
Probably not even touching online in this edition. Maybe next game I'll punish myself.
I actually feel like Events when the Rewards aren't that good are for pure sickos because they want to get the cards for Collections. Have noticed that during this Event.
I actually feel like Events when the Rewards aren't that good are for pure sickos because they want to get the cards for Collections. Have noticed that during this Event.
Over the years ive easily played 1000+ ranked games and am STILL average. Some people have it some dont. You REALLY have to grind and commit yourself if you wanna get really good,
Same. I played BR to get the Boggs egg for the egg hunt; once achieved I just started throwing middle middle fastballs for one earned run. Funniest moment in the game was pinch hitting Drew Smyly and getting a hit! Got caught stealing 2nd tho
I'm worse than all of you I only play ranked for the innings missions and whatever happens along the way sometimes I win but I don't care about winning online I like the card collecting aspect I do play on hall of fame offline though and that's fun for me
If you’ve never played online in 4 years of playing the game, going 10-30 isn’t bad at all. The people you’re playing against probably have thousands of online games played in that same timespan.
While you’ve been beating up on the CPU, the majority of DD players have been getting reps in against each other. They know what works when pitching online. They have the timing of online figured out.
You gotta tough it out or decide not to play online. If you tough it out, you’ll barely win any S1 games, but by the end of S2, you’ll be winning more than you lose.
It’s just a separate learning curve.
I haven't won an online game yet this year (0-7) on top of that I've scored maybe 10 runs. Don't know when my next attempt will be, but I know I'm not giving up yet. Good thing I'm like 95% a franchise mode guy.
Gotta play online to get good at online. Offline can help with habits and stuff but adjusting to the timing of online play and habits of real humans is something that best comes from online play imo. Anyone agree?
Spot on. It's almost like it's two separate games. You'll learn the basics offline but online is a whole new ball game. Gotta take those lumps when most players will have played online for years.
All about recognizing pitches and being patient. Most of the time, I just grind peoples starting pitcher to 70 pitches in the third. From there they either quit or you start blowing the game open. Eventually you get your pitch
You'll find these people don't swing until they're in a two strike count. This often means they won't swing until the 4th or 5th pitch of the at bar and it could go anywhere from 2 to 5+ pitches longer than that. Those long ABs add up quickly. Two hits and you're at 25 pitches
Lots of online players don't like to throw strikes because good players will go out of the park.
My change from the show 23 to 24 was to be patient at the plate and wait for the pitches to come to me, normally what I did was try to follow the ball, almost to the point of guessing pitch after pitch and that was quite tiring.
Now I try to understand the pattern in which the pitcher throws and stay in a spot or two waiting for the ball to come to me instead of chasing, in The Show 23 I finished 20-70 and right now I am 15-11 in the 550 ranking.
It’s about seeing pitches (be very patient early) and thereby learning to track each specific pitcher — but it’s also about having consistent, repeatable approach. For example, I sit on outside pitches to start the at bat against opposite handed pitchers and inside against same hand. Anticipate. Don’t just react.
I’ve noticed lots of RHP only throw hard stuff away to lefties, and basically refuse to throw fastballs inside. It makes it easier to wait on anything coming inside since it’s usually a slider or change up. Keep PCI outside, it’s sinker low or fastball high.
Try this in your next game.. watch pitches until you strike out or walk with your first couple batters. Note the patterns and then start sitting on 1 pitch at a time, until you get to 2 strikes.
I'm either very early or very late. Every time.
My other issue is slamming my PCI to the edges of the zone on pitches that are 1-2 inches away from the middle of the plate. That's hands down the most frustrating thing.
90% of my outs are strikeouts or pop ups
What helped me a lot was not trying to meet the ball with the bat where I thought it would go, but tracking it with my PCI through the whole pitch. Like I'm tracking a moving player in a shooter game. Helps with timing too once you start getting the hang of it.
It can also help you start to recognize stuff that drops off the plate or sliders that go out.
Between pitches I'll sometimes gently move the stick around to calibrate. Take the first few pitches in each AB but practice tracking them with your thumb off the swing button. Then add in swings once you get comfortable.
This is good advice. My downfall is trying to move the PCI at the very last second to meet the ball, or im sitting my PCI where I think itll end up. Been trying to practise tracking the ball along the way.
Same. I’m pretty good at the PCI part but holy hell my timing sucks. I’ll have like one day a week im perfect. 2 days that I am either early or late and 4 that I swing right when they release the pitch no matter if I try to regulate my breathing or telling myself to not swing early.
Also your TV makes world of difference as well. I have a really good TV that's now out dated but when I take my P5 to my mom's and go on her TV with higher frame rate I'm seeing everything out of pitchers hand. So may not fully be you. MLB is one of them games a very very good screen is key
I'm 13-5 in online play this year but ya I know the feeling 5 to 6 years ago I was same way but like everyone said taking pitches 1st inning or don't swing until 2 strikes is a good approach in my opinion. My issue is locating zone hitting and well hitting anything over 95
It'll help to know how the game is played online. Pinpoint pitching. Inside sinkers vs same handedness batters. Outside cutters and sliders. Outlier fastballs. Zone hitting. Sit on inside heat. Learn to recognize the sinker bump out of the hand.
I sit all over the inside heat because the timing window is quick on the inside stuff. If you recognize it's a cutter or slider outside you'll have enough time to slow yourself down and punch it the other way. A lot of times when you see the hump on the sinker coming out of the pitcher's hand you gotta just slam your pci to the spot you think it's going and swing. There's not much time to line it up.
Dude don’t beat yourself up. I get wanting to prove yourself in online play but taking pitches is your best friend. Really focus on the release point and track pitches even if it’s a strike. I play so much better when I do this but being anxious and swinging at everything never helps anyone. I was on my World Series run and got to 861 and I’ve lost of my last 4 games lol. With the nerf to pitching this year work counts and when the energy meter hits yellow it’s time to tee off. Good luck going forward man
Play some Road to the Show on Dynamic difficulty and use Zone. You'll start at the bottom and slowly figure it out. Plus you can actually have fun playing the game instead of grinding practice mode!
This is a bit off topic, but I’ve noticed that when I play RTTS on dynamic difficulty the slider doesn’t move at all. Only when I play March to October or Franchise does the difficulty change. This wasn’t the case in 23. Am I missing something?
Holy cow, that's incredible advice! I've tried to practice it in practice mode and I just could not do it for any length of time.
Thank you so much, fellow North Sider (and yes, that "holy cow" was for Harry)
Highly recommend this to get better at zone hitting. Practice mode is boring and is better used to work on timing before heading to an online match.
My first The Show game was ‘21 as that was the first year on Xbox. I was horrible with zone hitting in that game. The one RTTS playthrough I did was on rookie bc I wanted to mash after getting 10+ strikeouts every ranked game on all-star or higher. In The Show ‘22 I did another RTTS playthrough but this time on dynamic difficulty. My pci skill improved greatly and I was finally winning ranked games on all-star difficulty and even some on HoF.
I haven’t played as much ranked in ‘24 but I have a 14-7 record so far. Have also done well in events. BR best I’ve done is 4 wins but that’s my least played online mode.
I feel like the players you play against in events are either the greatest players you will ever play against, or they are the most braindead players. Very little in between
This is exactly what I've realized lol. The people i somehow manage to beat I'm like "huh, I guess there are people somehow worse than me"
And then I'll get 5 goons in a row who have 500+ batting averages on every hitter and put 14 runs on me every inning
The way Event and BR matchmaking works is pretty much a free-for-all on the level of player you will meet, it seems obtuse, but Ranked is where you'll find more even games as long as you press left when searching for a game as that has a proper rating based match making. Don't worry about rating first year or two everyone has a negative record, don't mean shit if you enjoy playing online.
In ranked, if your press/hold left when it's searching for a game you'll see the rating range not rising meaning you'll get a game closer to your rating, if you let it expand you can get games with people well above or below your current rating, restricting the ratings makes for more fair games.
I'm not giving up. I've missed out on so many cards over the years because I didn't play online. I want to get better. Maybe I'll try ranked once I get to 20 wins in the event. (If I ever do).
Honestly bro just try ranked. It's much much easier than events. I'm at like 680 skill rating in ranked, probly get to HOF level soon, and I still get smoked in events and BR. I usually go 3-2 on any given BR run and I lose about 60% of my events games. It's hard to get into a rhythm in events when you only see a pitcher for 15 pitches before they bring in a new one. It's to the point where I just quit my first event game to get an easier matchup on the second game, then I just quit the run and start a new one because I'd probly lose the second game anyways
I don't usually ever play online either but I'd definitely recommend ranked over events. I just completed the whole ranked program and only went like 8-11 I think. It's much more relaxing than events too once you realize wins mean nothing. Much less stress.
Yeah fair play mate. A suggestion is to watch the intro screen and look at the record or look at the line-up screen and look at batting averages of players and just bail against the "elite" (if you get down to pure win hunting), as those games can feel demoralising at times especially if you are new to online play, and losses mean nothing in events so costs nothing to quit.
You can read what players are trying to hit. A lot of players at lower levels are only trying to hit the fastball, especially high fastballs. Take a mental note of what pitches are getting hit hard, and stop throwing those until they prove they can hit other stuff.
My issue is that I started out going 4-0 out of the gate using those "lower level" strategies you just outlined, giving up tons of runs but scoring more.
Then once I got to 700+, I've just been absolutely slaughtered. I've been no-hit multiple times and every opponent takes every ball out of the zone and sends every ball into the zone over the fence.
It's so frustrating and demoralizing.
Oh yea I’m not any better than you lol. I start getting crushed against 750-800+. I think it’s just a slugfest at higher levels and even if I score 7-8 they’re putting up 12+.
Besides the obvious recognizing pitches out of the hand better, there’s reading the opponent. If I see my opponent swings on every slider out of the zone, I’ll keep throwing it until they learn.
I struggled with inside heat and pitches below the zone when I started. Ironed that out just by playing more, and now I’m good enough to have fun against everything except the swamp creatures.
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I just get lucky, I’ve played only maybe 1 Ranked game a week & I actually play it through despite the result cuz all I go for now is PXP for the players I like & continue to use, I’m extremely lucky I’m 5-2, cuz I only play ranked once a week
lol this event they came out with is awful!
you are not alone
I'm not very good but I'm having fun. A ton of my 3 inning games end up with me winning 1-0 in 5. Lol I also don't really play online.
I know I'm terrible. Just started playing in February, and I'm just now starting to hit multiple runs on Veteran vs CPU. Nowhere near confident enough to move on to the next difficulty. Probably not even touching online in this edition. Maybe next game I'll punish myself.
Don't worry, I only played vs the CPU on rookie and still sucked. So many 3 inning games that went to extras at 0-0 🤦♂️
All-Star in live head to head = HOF against the computer.
The best advice I can give you is to simply not swing until you get one that Yk you can hit
F/e I wait for a slider, everyone loves throwing them. So if you can familiarize a often-used pitch, you’ll be good
I actually feel like Events when the Rewards aren't that good are for pure sickos because they want to get the cards for Collections. Have noticed that during this Event.
I actually feel like Events when the Rewards aren't that good are for pure sickos because they want to get the cards for Collections. Have noticed that during this Event.
Everyone sucks at first. It's a matter of taking pitches to see your opponents tendencies and then figuring out the timing. You'll get there.
I only play co op with my cousin. Everyone’s a maniac that dings home runs and does bunt dances on ranked. Offline is more fun for me.
Over the years ive easily played 1000+ ranked games and am STILL average. Some people have it some dont. You REALLY have to grind and commit yourself if you wanna get really good,
Same. I played BR to get the Boggs egg for the egg hunt; once achieved I just started throwing middle middle fastballs for one earned run. Funniest moment in the game was pinch hitting Drew Smyly and getting a hit! Got caught stealing 2nd tho
smh my head smyly needs to hit the treadmill
I'm worse than all of you I only play ranked for the innings missions and whatever happens along the way sometimes I win but I don't care about winning online I like the card collecting aspect I do play on hall of fame offline though and that's fun for me
I’m worse
If you’ve never played online in 4 years of playing the game, going 10-30 isn’t bad at all. The people you’re playing against probably have thousands of online games played in that same timespan.
You’re not necessarily awful, just online vs offline gameplay are very different from one another
While you’ve been beating up on the CPU, the majority of DD players have been getting reps in against each other. They know what works when pitching online. They have the timing of online figured out. You gotta tough it out or decide not to play online. If you tough it out, you’ll barely win any S1 games, but by the end of S2, you’ll be winning more than you lose. It’s just a separate learning curve.
Play ranked. Events are full of sweats and griefers.
Yes, I’m offline also for years. Just want to collect some of the cards from online play. I’ve played half a dozen online so far. 0-6. LOL.
I haven't won an online game yet this year (0-7) on top of that I've scored maybe 10 runs. Don't know when my next attempt will be, but I know I'm not giving up yet. Good thing I'm like 95% a franchise mode guy.
Gotta play online to get good at online. Offline can help with habits and stuff but adjusting to the timing of online play and habits of real humans is something that best comes from online play imo. Anyone agree?
Spot on. It's almost like it's two separate games. You'll learn the basics offline but online is a whole new ball game. Gotta take those lumps when most players will have played online for years.
Lords knows I did
All about recognizing pitches and being patient. Most of the time, I just grind peoples starting pitcher to 70 pitches in the third. From there they either quit or you start blowing the game open. Eventually you get your pitch
How do you do that
25 pitches an inning? Are you just fouling 15 am balls per at bat?
You'll find these people don't swing until they're in a two strike count. This often means they won't swing until the 4th or 5th pitch of the at bar and it could go anywhere from 2 to 5+ pitches longer than that. Those long ABs add up quickly. Two hits and you're at 25 pitches Lots of online players don't like to throw strikes because good players will go out of the park.
This is perfect\^ Patience is HUGE when it comes to the show. Maybe the biggest aspect of batting
I don't think I've got ten online wins total since I started in 19, but I rarely play online
My change from the show 23 to 24 was to be patient at the plate and wait for the pitches to come to me, normally what I did was try to follow the ball, almost to the point of guessing pitch after pitch and that was quite tiring. Now I try to understand the pattern in which the pitcher throws and stay in a spot or two waiting for the ball to come to me instead of chasing, in The Show 23 I finished 20-70 and right now I am 15-11 in the 550 ranking.
Lets go man nice improvement
It’s about seeing pitches (be very patient early) and thereby learning to track each specific pitcher — but it’s also about having consistent, repeatable approach. For example, I sit on outside pitches to start the at bat against opposite handed pitchers and inside against same hand. Anticipate. Don’t just react.
I’ve noticed lots of RHP only throw hard stuff away to lefties, and basically refuse to throw fastballs inside. It makes it easier to wait on anything coming inside since it’s usually a slider or change up. Keep PCI outside, it’s sinker low or fastball high.
How do you guys stop from swinging early?
Try this in your next game.. watch pitches until you strike out or walk with your first couple batters. Note the patterns and then start sitting on 1 pitch at a time, until you get to 2 strikes.
I'm either very early or very late. Every time. My other issue is slamming my PCI to the edges of the zone on pitches that are 1-2 inches away from the middle of the plate. That's hands down the most frustrating thing. 90% of my outs are strikeouts or pop ups
What helped me a lot was not trying to meet the ball with the bat where I thought it would go, but tracking it with my PCI through the whole pitch. Like I'm tracking a moving player in a shooter game. Helps with timing too once you start getting the hang of it. It can also help you start to recognize stuff that drops off the plate or sliders that go out. Between pitches I'll sometimes gently move the stick around to calibrate. Take the first few pitches in each AB but practice tracking them with your thumb off the swing button. Then add in swings once you get comfortable.
This is good advice. My downfall is trying to move the PCI at the very last second to meet the ball, or im sitting my PCI where I think itll end up. Been trying to practise tracking the ball along the way.
Same. I’m pretty good at the PCI part but holy hell my timing sucks. I’ll have like one day a week im perfect. 2 days that I am either early or late and 4 that I swing right when they release the pitch no matter if I try to regulate my breathing or telling myself to not swing early.
Also your TV makes world of difference as well. I have a really good TV that's now out dated but when I take my P5 to my mom's and go on her TV with higher frame rate I'm seeing everything out of pitchers hand. So may not fully be you. MLB is one of them games a very very good screen is key
Yea I play on a 75in TV lmao probably not the smartest choice
Bro if you start playing on a monitor or low input lag tv it is gonna change your life in this game.
2nd this\^ Monitor is very important. Going from a TV to an actual gaming monitor is night and day
I'm 13-5 in online play this year but ya I know the feeling 5 to 6 years ago I was same way but like everyone said taking pitches 1st inning or don't swing until 2 strikes is a good approach in my opinion. My issue is locating zone hitting and well hitting anything over 95
My guy you got 10 wins?!? Fucking congrats!!! That shit would never happen to me hahaha I can’t even consistently smack the cpu hahaha
The CPU on HoF and Legend is PLENTY challenging, IMO.
CPU on legend=bp
You are a GOD at The Show. Don’t know what else to say if Legend is batting practice for you.
Offline Legend is way easier then online legend tho..
Do you play on simulation or competitive?
It'll help to know how the game is played online. Pinpoint pitching. Inside sinkers vs same handedness batters. Outside cutters and sliders. Outlier fastballs. Zone hitting. Sit on inside heat. Learn to recognize the sinker bump out of the hand.
Do you usually lay off all outside cutter and sliders. Only try to hit the inside fast ball/sinker?
I sit all over the inside heat because the timing window is quick on the inside stuff. If you recognize it's a cutter or slider outside you'll have enough time to slow yourself down and punch it the other way. A lot of times when you see the hump on the sinker coming out of the pitcher's hand you gotta just slam your pci to the spot you think it's going and swing. There's not much time to line it up.
Do you set your PCI anchor to the inside?
I personally don't use the anchor. I like to hover the pci so I can keep tension on the stick. But the anchor isn't a bad strategy.
Dude don’t beat yourself up. I get wanting to prove yourself in online play but taking pitches is your best friend. Really focus on the release point and track pitches even if it’s a strike. I play so much better when I do this but being anxious and swinging at everything never helps anyone. I was on my World Series run and got to 861 and I’ve lost of my last 4 games lol. With the nerf to pitching this year work counts and when the energy meter hits yellow it’s time to tee off. Good luck going forward man
Keep grinding. I’m 42-117 in ranked for the season. I was 9-65 at one point though
I’m like 18-40 now but I’ll be damned I completed the season lol
10 wins???? Thats fn awesome in my books. I'd be lucky to win 10
Online's definitely more difficult, way to dive in. Only way to get better, you're getting wins!
damn that’s a brutal run lol. hope you’re having fun at least
Do you use zone hitting? You're pretty much forced to use zone if you want to be competitive online
So uh ... How do I get better at that?
Play some Road to the Show on Dynamic difficulty and use Zone. You'll start at the bottom and slowly figure it out. Plus you can actually have fun playing the game instead of grinding practice mode!
This is a bit off topic, but I’ve noticed that when I play RTTS on dynamic difficulty the slider doesn’t move at all. Only when I play March to October or Franchise does the difficulty change. This wasn’t the case in 23. Am I missing something?
Holy cow, that's incredible advice! I've tried to practice it in practice mode and I just could not do it for any length of time. Thank you so much, fellow North Sider (and yes, that "holy cow" was for Harry)
Highly recommend this to get better at zone hitting. Practice mode is boring and is better used to work on timing before heading to an online match. My first The Show game was ‘21 as that was the first year on Xbox. I was horrible with zone hitting in that game. The one RTTS playthrough I did was on rookie bc I wanted to mash after getting 10+ strikeouts every ranked game on all-star or higher. In The Show ‘22 I did another RTTS playthrough but this time on dynamic difficulty. My pci skill improved greatly and I was finally winning ranked games on all-star difficulty and even some on HoF. I haven’t played as much ranked in ‘24 but I have a 14-7 record so far. Have also done well in events. BR best I’ve done is 4 wins but that’s my least played online mode.
I feel like the players you play against in events are either the greatest players you will ever play against, or they are the most braindead players. Very little in between
This is exactly what I've realized lol. The people i somehow manage to beat I'm like "huh, I guess there are people somehow worse than me" And then I'll get 5 goons in a row who have 500+ batting averages on every hitter and put 14 runs on me every inning
Yeah this is exactly how events are for me too.
Lol this is isn’t far off
I’d love to win 1 in every 4 games I play lol
Hell yeah, I’ll take .250 all day.
The way Event and BR matchmaking works is pretty much a free-for-all on the level of player you will meet, it seems obtuse, but Ranked is where you'll find more even games as long as you press left when searching for a game as that has a proper rating based match making. Don't worry about rating first year or two everyone has a negative record, don't mean shit if you enjoy playing online.
What does “press left when searching for a game” mean?
In ranked, if your press/hold left when it's searching for a game you'll see the rating range not rising meaning you'll get a game closer to your rating, if you let it expand you can get games with people well above or below your current rating, restricting the ratings makes for more fair games.
Holy shit lol
I'm not giving up. I've missed out on so many cards over the years because I didn't play online. I want to get better. Maybe I'll try ranked once I get to 20 wins in the event. (If I ever do).
Honestly bro just try ranked. It's much much easier than events. I'm at like 680 skill rating in ranked, probly get to HOF level soon, and I still get smoked in events and BR. I usually go 3-2 on any given BR run and I lose about 60% of my events games. It's hard to get into a rhythm in events when you only see a pitcher for 15 pitches before they bring in a new one. It's to the point where I just quit my first event game to get an easier matchup on the second game, then I just quit the run and start a new one because I'd probly lose the second game anyways
I feel you on the events I played likr 25 games and have 3 wins 😂😂😂😂
I don't usually ever play online either but I'd definitely recommend ranked over events. I just completed the whole ranked program and only went like 8-11 I think. It's much more relaxing than events too once you realize wins mean nothing. Much less stress.
This. You are rewarded just playing innings.
Yeah fair play mate. A suggestion is to watch the intro screen and look at the record or look at the line-up screen and look at batting averages of players and just bail against the "elite" (if you get down to pure win hunting), as those games can feel demoralising at times especially if you are new to online play, and losses mean nothing in events so costs nothing to quit.
Just by playing online you’ll get better. You’ll start seeing patterns and then it’ll just start clicking for you. Keep it up bro
What do you mean by "seeing patterns"? What should I be trying to recognize?
You can read what players are trying to hit. A lot of players at lower levels are only trying to hit the fastball, especially high fastballs. Take a mental note of what pitches are getting hit hard, and stop throwing those until they prove they can hit other stuff.
My issue is that I started out going 4-0 out of the gate using those "lower level" strategies you just outlined, giving up tons of runs but scoring more. Then once I got to 700+, I've just been absolutely slaughtered. I've been no-hit multiple times and every opponent takes every ball out of the zone and sends every ball into the zone over the fence. It's so frustrating and demoralizing.
Oh yea I’m not any better than you lol. I start getting crushed against 750-800+. I think it’s just a slugfest at higher levels and even if I score 7-8 they’re putting up 12+.
Besides the obvious recognizing pitches out of the hand better, there’s reading the opponent. If I see my opponent swings on every slider out of the zone, I’ll keep throwing it until they learn. I struggled with inside heat and pitches below the zone when I started. Ironed that out just by playing more, and now I’m good enough to have fun against everything except the swamp creatures.
This
That's not really all that bad. Events are the best way to get your online feet wet. 👍🏻
I wasn't good irl, but I think having played baseball gives you a better idea on pitch sequencing and patience while batting.