All of a sudden this year I can't hit

[garyjr33]

I can't hit home runs. I am late on everything. Every line drive I hit is right at a fielder. Every fly ball is warning track power. I can still pitch great and field great. Last year I thought I finally figured out to hit. Any suggestions on what changed? Did the game just get harder with timing or what? I have tried going in the practice mode. I am kind of confused about this.

[Willis135]

Try zone hitting, I find zone hitting to be much easier to make solid contact once you get use to it

[wolfpack23]

Quote: Originally Posted by garyjr33

I can't hit home runs. I am late on everything. Every line drive I hit is right at a fielder. Every fly ball is warning track power. I can still pitch great and field great. Last year I thought I finally figured out to hit. Any suggestions on what changed? Did the game just get harder with timing or what? I have tried going in the practice mode. I am kind of confused about this.

I personally had the same problem for the first handful of games I played. I had difficulty adjusting to the ps4 initially. However, I am now eighteen games into spring training and am scoring runs in every way imaginable. In short I would give it some time as my personal experience was that it took me a little while to get the hang of the game and for those hard hit balls to start getting by defenders. How many games have you played and what sliders are you using?

[Brewhaha]

Strange. In 6 games so far I am getting way too many hits. Timing hitting and same difficulty settings I used every other year that produced very realistic results. Using quick counts. Have had 1 game with 27 hits and 19 runs. Another with 20 hits. Averaging around 10 runs per game.

[garyjr33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Willis135

Try zone hitting, I find zone hitting to be much easier to make solid contact once you get use to it

I am using zone/timing. I hate the analog hitting. However, I love the analog pitching and can't stand pulse pitching. Maybe I just need to give it time again.

[garyjr33]

I have played like 7 games and I use default sliders on veteran difficulty I think since I am notoriously not as good at MLB as I am at NHL.

[Mitchrapp]

Quote: Originally Posted by garyjr33

I have played like 7 games and I use default sliders on veteran difficulty I think since I am notoriously not as good at MLB as I am at NHL.

Use rookie or dynamic..nothing wrong with going to a lower level.

[JoshC1977]

I'm having timing issues too, I just can't get into a rhythm. What I am doing is bumping up my timing slider a notch. It has helped a bit.

Also, I think that the power swing button has more utility this year than in the past.