Is ANYONE having any success stealing??

[mwjr]

This is crazy. I was struggling to steal with the fastest runnners. I bumped my baserunning speed up to 75....then to 80....then to 85. I finally bumped it up to 100, and am still failing miserably.

I even went in and created a player with 98 speed and my steal success is still less than 12%.

Is anyone having any success??

[panthers_freak]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

This is crazy. I was struggling to steal with the fastest runnners. I bumped my baserunning speed up to 75....then to 80....then to 85. I finally bumped it up to 100, and am still failing miserably. I even went in and created a player with 98 speed and my steal success is still less than 12%. Is anyone having any success??

before i deleted my franchise, i had 6 stolen bases with eric byrnes in 16 games. just make sure you take a three step lead(with the third step coming when you hold down the trigger). also, dont steal on the first pitch because the pitcher is trying to get ahead so it will most likely be a fastball. go when you are behind in the count because the pitcher will throw offspeed stuff and breaking pitches. also, try to steal on pitchers that have slow deliveries only. certain pitchers, like dice-k and danny haren are slow to the plate and are easy to steal against.

[stlstudios189]

I am 2 of 8 with the Mets Reyes is 2-4 rest of team 0-4. I haven't thrown out a single runner yet myself allowing 8 SB's in 8 attempts

[panthers_freak]

Quote: Originally Posted by stlstudios189

I am 2 of 8 with the Mets Reyes is 2-4 rest of team 0-4. I haven't thrown out a single runner yet myself allowing 8 SB's in 8 attempts

when i go to throw out runners, i hold the throw all the way into the red. i throw out about 75 percent of runners.

[mwjr]

Throwing out runners hasn't been a problem for me. It's just been on the offensive side of the ball.

panthers_freak - Thanks for the advice. I do believe I'm running mostly on the first pitch. But I do know that I'm running on not only fastballs.

I'll give it some more work.

[Scott1174]

Its hard to steal but it's also the way you slide as well. try to slide to the back of 2nd base or to the right...

[MaricopaMetFan]

It's nice that it's not automatic for speedsters like Reyes and Ellsbury...but it's also nice that a bad throw can mean success for your run of the mill guys.

[JayBruce32]

To the OP, its nothing you are doing wrong. This is another aspect of the game that doesn't work right. There is no way to do it differently then I have been stealing, no better way, and Wily Taveras (one of the speediest runners in the game) has been thrown out 8 out of 10 times since I've had the game.