Another tip for pitching is tunneling and setting up. If you want to throw the sinker inside, throw some 4sm inside off the plate and the sinker will land or throwing the change up off the sinker. Other than that, it’s a lot of throwing the same pitches in the same spots. Like you tend the throw the cutter and sinker only near the bottom 2 inside and outside pockets of the strike zone. Mix up those spots and you’ll be in good shape. Hope this helps Kyle
Yo 5hank u thats fire advice. I tunnel very well but.., I don't tunnel up and in sinker or vice a versa I will give it I try, I'm so much better at pitching than hitting lol
for pitching you need to read the hitter, i use this video as an example. when you ask for help with pitching you threw a fastball in that he was late on, then threw a cuter in which was more into his swing timing, either throw another fastball or something really slow like a curve or changeup. you can also use tunneling, throw fastball down then later you can throw a splitter or changeup and if a guy is on a changeup a sinker is something that will mix up his timing, all pitching is is trying to mix up hitters timings. hope this helps you
Some tips for pitching: 1. Don't spam the same pitch at the same spot(your opponent will now where you are throwing it every time) 2. Mix heaters with breaking pitches, if he is only looking for off-speed at the top of the zone, try to throw a heater low and inside if it's a lefty pitcher/rightie hitter matchup(opposite for rightie/lefty) 3. Check for weakness right away, if you see he is waiting only for the off-speed pitches inside part of the zone, try to throw them to the dirt or heater to the outside part of the zone Hope this helps you zaddy!
Your pitching hasn’t changed. Your opponents have. You’re climbing the top 100 after you hit the monitor you started smokin fools. You’re just facing better opponents brotha. Hang in there homie. Love the content.
Try to dot the 4 corners of the zone more, also throw more balls or close pitches, sometimes you need to throw a chnageup in the dirt to set them up for the next high and in fastball
Only thing I've seen is you spam the cutter/sinker meta where the pitches run to the plate, but sometimes neglect to throw them where they run off the plate. People in this game are more aggressive than they should be sometimes and lately you've been rewarding that approach. Especially with runners on/2 outs or when you're looking for a quick out.
I’ve been pitching fastballs up and in to lefties/righties.. idk if the people aren’t that good at the game ( the records are decent) but nobody can ever hit it and if they do it’s always fouled off or popped up, lol.
Hes not really spamming anything, he makes cuts in the vids after 3-5 pitches sometimes and uses different pitches in between, i really saw him use a pitch back to back in same spots or even at all. Make sure you check the count in his vids cause he skips parts of it and makes it look like its back to back
He definitely has room for improvement since we all do lol but I’m js i dont think his pitch mix is the problem as much as his placements and tunnelling of pitches
Honestly with your pitching, my guess is that your sequencing is a bit too predictable. Not entirely sure, I’ve never played you. But also I think you get a little too distracted and don’t think like the hitter as much as you should. Because a lot of these HRs you give up, it almost looks like the batter knew what pitch and where it was gonna be before you even threw it. Just a couple things that I see.
I agree. I’m not that good tbh but I do try to think about pitching in the way real pitchers would. Not the same pitches in the same few locations. And also really notice how the player struggles or succeeds against specific pitches
Some pitching advice: 1. Backdoor pitches only work on some players. Figure your opponent out early. 2. Miss with sliders 3. Barely miss with slow cutters (fast cutters too but less risky throughout the zone) 4. Use 4 seam as a freeze pitch (mix up missed sliders/cutters before this 5. Given the tips above^ stick to missing your cutting/curving pitches low and to the opposite side of the throwing arm. 6. Use circle change/changeups as a 3rd option to your slider/fastball sequence. They might think you’re freezing with a fastball low and away but it drops below the corner of the zone. 7. Throw in backdoor sinker/cutter OCCASIONALLY. Once every couple innings. 8. Throw in 4 seams up and away/in here and there but not too often. 9. Test fastball above the zone to try and spot a weakness. 10. Curveball up is dangerous but works very well if you do it once in a blue moon (maybe if they recently swung at a fastball above the zone) 11. Most good players can lay off curveballs below the zone but might be able to find a weakness. 12. Sinker below the CORNERS of the zone is great for groundouts. But don’t miss in the middle because their pci can get lower in the middle below the zone and they can then elevate the pitch. Moral: 1. You throw too many strikes to players that will swing at balls out of the zone more than you think. 2. Try sticking to a lower corner of the zone most of the time and mixup your fast freeze/late pitch with your curving swing early pitch. (Yes, at times they might even know the ball is going there, but the decision making time is so slim in this game on a 102 mph fastball that it works). Hope this helps :)
Noticed some comments using the word “tunneling”. This is exactly what I was describing but going far more in depth on it. Tunnel the same corner of the zone and you’ll be much more successful. Be unpredictable along with that. Some players I’ll throw a slider low away out of the zone twice that they swing and miss at. I’ll throw it again and they’ll take it. Given that they’re afraid of the fastball freezing them from past at-bats, a 4th slider will develop a swing and miss😂. Start the next guy off with a slider (swing and miss). Now he’s pissed. Throw a fastball up and in (this will really throw him off. Swing and miss (late)). Fastball low and away… (caught looking… surely thought I was gonna miss with a slider again😭).
Main reason why your pitching isnt the best is bc its in the “slamming pci zone” it would be a cutter low and in and that is a perfect example of someone slamming their pci and getting a hit
I agree with some of these pitching tips and sometimes some of the pitches arent good. At the same time tho, it’s impossible to pitch to some of these people. If its not foul ball spam, its a bloop, and if its not a bloop its a home run. Its just impossible. Im pretty good at pitching, but when you face robots there is nothing you can do. Especially when everyone plays at max elevation small stadiums.
You gotta think about what pitches you like to hit and what makes hitting easy. I see alot of these people who just have pitches go down the middle basically, or not hitting their spots, probably because of pitch counts & confidence, but at the end of the day. The only reason a pitcher has been hard for a top player to hit is because of their arm angle/slot, pitch mix & speed differential. The locations matter, but a good player will negate that most the time.
Kyle last time u were asking what was wrong with your pitching you hung a few sliders in the corner then this video you went fastball to cutter in the same exact spot you gotta get that chase pitch more off the plate
If you put the live series ohtani at Dh and pitcher and then sub out the live series dh with the all star one, you can have p5 live series shohei pitching and the all star one hitting. (Little glitch I found with the boost)
i couldn’t tell from this gameplay, but unless the opponent has a grey eye, try throwing more balls intentionally. lots like the high fastball, inside cutter/slider, and low sinker/changeup. this pitching helped me out a lot hopefully it can help you too
I swear if I don’t swing immediately at a 520 rating it’s very late every time. Idk if I just get paired up with guys in McDonald’s WiFi or what but watching you play makes me wanna keep struggling
So I actually have the opposite problem. Here’s my method for pitching. 1) BE UNPREDICTABLE. I can’t stress this enough. Be a fucking weirdo on the mound. You want to prioritize your unpredictability as a pitcher over everything else. Catching your opponent off guard is the key to pitching well. If being unpredictable means throwing ‘sketchy’ pitches in certain moments, do it. It’ll pay off the majority of the time. May sound weird, but trust the process. It works. 2) Identify and play to your opponent’s weakness early in the game (but not for too long!!!! Mix it up!!!) You want to be experimental early on in the game. Again, be a fucking weirdo on the mound. Yes, this can be risky and may lead to a couple early runs, but it’ll pay off in the mid to late innings of the game. Identify the weakness, and then continuously exploit it multiple, multiple times early on in the game (Innings 1-3). This will make your opponent think it’s your go-to pitch/location in 2 strike counts + tough situations and it will condition him to start sitting on this exploit. You’ll know you have your opponent conditioned once he starts to improve on his weakness. This is the moment where phase 2 starts which is when you initiate the “switch up” and pull the rug out from under him. Phase 2 is where you essentially stop using the exploit. Next time he’s expecting to see his weakness, you throw the complete opposite. Over time, (middle of game, Innings 4-6) this will severely start to screw with your opponent’s head. He won’t know which pitch to sit on anymore and will be insecure about the exploitation of his weakness. Eventually, he’ll start to worry less about his weakness since you won’t be using the exploit as often, and this is where the final phase comes into play. In phase 3 (late game, 7-9th inning), you can begin mixing in the exploit again. Much more often than mid game, but not nearly as much as early game. This will ultimately ruin your opponent’s mental game and you should see great success because of it. Recap) Using these 2 methods at the same time is often very effective. I’ve consistently used these 2 methods over the years and have mastered them. While pitching, I think from the batter’s perspective. What I throw and where I throw it all depends on what the batter is expecting. Through practice, I’ve developed a pretty good sense of pitching through the batter’s perspective. Just a reminder. Everyone has shit days on the mound and you’ll always see players score a decent amount of runs on the higher difficulties. That’s just how it is. But, using these 2 methods should still limit the productivity of your opponent.
A major tip ithat can help you pitch is honestly hit better pitching in this game is too inconsistent so keep swinging that bat and keep hitting more dingers. Even the pros have high scoring games it’s just down to who hit better
I notice something you're doing with your pitching. Sliders down-and-in to a lefty need to be OFF THE PLATE. It's meatball city to a good hitter if it's in the zone, even if it's perfectly placed in the corner.
Clase doesn’t suck, he’s just overused. Everybody has used him at some point this year, since there’s like 4 variations of a Clase card. And only a 3 pitch mix, i feel like people just see him decent at this point in the year
You keep throwing your pitches as strikes. Try to spot them just outside the zone to make it seem like it will be dotted. That's what AJ does and he's a great pitcher.👍👍
you need to set up pitches better. make the next pitch look like the last one even if they take. Also, I dont know if ive seen you double up on anything yet.
The first inning with Brody, his pitch mix is terrible, and some pitchers are just extremely easy to read and pick up. If a pitcher already has a bad pitch mix, barely any speed differential, etc., its just gonna make it impossible to pitch and easy to guess where everything is going. Realistically, if I know a pitcher basically has one way that the pitches can break, its just so easy. Besides curves and circles which can be tricky sometimes, if all the pitches just go left to right or vice versa, its a field day.
I just think you don’t have an approach while pitching. You probably just talk to chat too much and just pitch for the sake of pitching my brotha. But its entertaining AF so I don’t mind😂
the real problem with your pitching is that youre putting the ball in slammable locations. need to spot the ball where the pci requires finesse. not full slam perfect perfect. these other dudes in the comments have no idea what theyre talking about. in world series, dudes are immune to tunneling and shit. make them barely miss the sweet spot, thats all there is to it.
Kyle making an argument for who will be “top 20” with an if attached is the type of content I’m here for. Bro do you think he’s going to get more yards than Frank Gore this seasonn😂😂😂
