Dude, you gotta have plate discipline and sit on a piece of cheese and wait for that pitch and adjust to every thing else. An example is say the pitchers main pitch is a fastball. So you want to place your pci in the center and up towards his release point. Only swing at that piece of Cheese and nothing else. If he throws a curve, your going to see that hump after the pitch, then you have the time to adjust the pci in the lower part of the zone. Watch out for those sliders and change ups as well because they look like fastballs then break all of a sudden. When youre behind in the count, they will almost always try to nibble at the corners and throw way outside the zone. There's a good chance they'll miss their spot. If it's a strike, forget about it, and keep looking for that piece of cheese. If they fall behind in the count, there's a really good chance your going to see that piece of cheese you were waiting for.
I’ve been starting my PCI at the point of release from the pitcher and follow the pitch down to the plate. It’s helped me out a lot and hopefully it can help others out as well
Came to comment the same thing changed a lot for me. Also make sure to try and time out the fastball in the beginning of the game and stay on the fastball and only sit off speed if he’s only throwing down. Never sit on a low sinker lol it never works
@@dg96-93 I use one of the Strikezone cameras. I don’t remember which one on 22 but on the new 23 it’s Strikezone 2. But really it’s whichever works best for you.
This video was a big help. I was really struggling with timing pitches at the plate but once I changed the view to what's shown here there's been a drastic improvement
The biggest problem I’m having right now is timing swinging late on fastballs and early on off speed, for the most part my pci placement is fine I try starting it at the pitchers hands then following but I’ve been struggling with pitches down the middle cause it’s almost like I yank the pci so I might try going back to holding it in the middle. I’m just always stuck in veteran dynamic
Plate discipline is definitely my Achilles heel. Always has been. In fact, it's the main reason why I, as an actual baseball player, never made it very far past Little League. And that has clearly found its way into the game. I've been working on that. Always working.
Thanks for the batting tips! You've made this game 100% more fun to play for me. I couldn't hit a horse with a tennis racquet before watching this. Now, I'm able to hit mosquitoes with a sewing pin! Thanks man!
Dude this helped so much, ty I love baseball but was sucking at the game I’m ok at madden and fifa but was doing terrible on the show my reaction time ain’t great but it’s getting there
turn PCI anchor off and just leave your PCI high in the strike zone ready for the high heat. once you read the pitch and recognize its not a fastball, you can just let go of the left stick and the PCI will return to the middle making it easier to sit on the breaking balls or off-speed pitches
I’m a very casual player. Live in the UK and I just follow Giants so I’m also a casual baseball fan. Brought the game the other day and would take me 9+ innings to score 1 run on rookie. I changed my hitting view to the one you suggested (zone) and now I’m smashing everything. Scored 3 runs in my first inning. Also packed Acuna
I was doing nasty without that camera view against people with diamond players and i only had a few golds, cant wait to switch this this view and start killing it, my hand eye coordination is gonna be ruthless on this setting you literally can see the ball 100 times better
Appreciate the help, and as a Switch player, the welcome to The Show family. Been since the PS2 that I've played The Show, and I'm sure these tips will help me out.
Thank you so much bro, now I feel hype about playing online. Before this tutorial I was a lost cause online and had to play on low difficulties for hitting which made the game less fun. Now I feel like I can actually get better. Mad props bro!
Idk about you but sliders always mess me up. I can hit the hell out of fastballs and curveballs but I never identify the slider fast enough and end up chasing it out of the zone or taking a strike.
The fact this game has a dynamic difficulty system that raises as you improve is perfect. Other sports games should be looking to add something like this
Dynamic in the show is bad bad idea because the differences between difficulties is large. You don’t wanna be smacking all star around and then it just switch to hof mid game. You will get recked. I recommend always playing on all star given that it is the most common online difficulty.
Love your video , my only disagreement is using contact and power swing in situations. If I'm getting owned I'll go to a contact swing in a defensive ab .. I'll go to power if I got the pitcher against the ropes and he's tired (certain pitches not all in the ab) or I'll go to power if I have an idea of what's coming . Overall love your video. Do those extenders on the control help you not drop your pci as much?
When I do batting practice I warm up pretty nicely but then in a real game Im late on a lot of stuff and its much harder to track the ball from release. You think its me or the online delay?
I am a fast Joey Gallo in AAA in road to the show… I am at the all star break with these rough stats …30 steals, 16 hr, 60rbi, 70 runs, ops of .360, obp of .830, war of .445 with a batting avarage of .200 😂 I lead the league in walks and if they kept track of strike outs I would also have the most of them. I am a 2 way player so pitching wise I am 4-4 my team is ass, 80k, 1.1 whip and a era of3.09 ( I am playing on legend plus wanted to see if I could get called up on it… it’s my 4th year in AAA) over all I am a 87 pitcher and 84 ss playing for the Texas rangers 😂
OK, every year, I try to get better with my hitting, and sometimes I do. But one tip I got years ago that I still do, and that could be good or bad. It is the thumb position on the controller. The tip I got was more the tip of the thumb. I'm feeling that the KontrolFreak you're using doesn't seem like the best for that option. So do you use the flat part of the thumb or the tip of it?
The hardest thing for me this year is taking pitches, I don't know why but I can't take a close pitch to save my life. Also, anyone else noticed alot of Directional users this year?
I use the guess a pitch mode since its the best...I look for fastball up until I get 2 strikes then I go fastball down. I only do that because I can see everything knee high...if it isn't there I don't swing and it's a ball 90% of the time.
Franchise I play in has no pci allowed and legends settings. Very hard but I noticed that once I got the timing down it is more satisfying the way it plays.
Good timing almost everytime but can’t get any hits off hanging stuff. I throw disgusting outside sinker to lefties and they hit it 3 miles. Make it make sense.
Just bought the game & just trying to get into baseball. Started a franchise with the Angels & I fucking suck at batting lol. Each game I’m either really patient or eager to smack a ball out of the park. I’m using timing hitting right now and plan to move to directional as I improve and then hopefully to using the PCI. Cool video though bro and definitely helpful for me in the future.
I just struggle with PCI placement. Bought control freaks last year for 21 but despite reading the ball well my PCI is never accurate, always a ton of pop ups or ground balls.
I’m having such a hard time hitting. Either I swing very early or late and I’m not sure how to time when exactly I’m supposed to hit the ball. I practice and practice but When I’m playing matches I just don’t know the right time to hit.
Earned my subscribe when you said tip your cap and move on, that is a great lesson to learn in life as well. Spend less time being pissed off all the time and happiness will come in no time.
I use zone hitting very differently going back to the psp days. I always start each pitch with the pci on the pitchers hand and follow the ball with it. This has always felt the most natural to me. What i dont understand with these new versions is why is there 3 pci dots?
The top pci dots are where you wanna aim to get a perfect perfect. The top one is a flyball the middle dot is a line drive and the bottom one is a ground ball
My biggest issue is the ps5 controller. I can’t get comfortable with it. My thumb just never feels like it’s in the right spot and nothing I have done helps. I added the black control pads that help with grip. I have 3 types of control freaks. But it always comes back to the controller I just can’t get comfortable. I can’t seem to get my hand and thumb in the right place. It’s to bulky I think.
Thank you ive played mlb the show for years and always used directional hitting. Since ive switched a few days ago to zone im putting up more hits homers and runs then before. I can not get the anchor lock to show on screen tho
I was watching this video as I did conquest for the program. And I already have 2 hits using the pci anchor tips. I didn’t even know the anchor was a thing until you told me. Thank you.
I don’t know what happened to me but i can’t swing perfect on any ball in general anymore. Now I only hit good but not perfect. I wonder if animations have anything to do with this
2nd season just started, have .097 average, difficulty increased from legend to legend+. Although my average decreases every game, dynamic difficulty seems to be increasing -never seen decrease-. Does it mean i'm actually swinging good with .097 average if it keeps pushing harder?
Just don’t play on Amateur difficulty, it’s the same PCI and difficulty as Hall of fame. I went “up” to Veteran on hitting practice and my PCI doubled in size. It’s a bug, sigh. I am playing my RTTS on Veteran now (sorry not awesome like everyone else) and doing muuuuuch better.
