"Under the hood" conspiracy theories

[JoseJoseph9119]

This thread is for anything that you speculate affects the mechanics of the game from behind the scenes that has never been confirmed/widely reported. It can be anything from little known tricks like deadening bunts to the biggest tin foil hat theories you can think of.

-I think pitching motions have hidden ratings and/or boosts/buffs with different pitches, i.e., sliders with Andrew Miller's motion get a boost while splitters get a buff, or legend motion X performs better than generic motion X

-Same goes for batting stances

-I believe the sim engine gives boosts to offensive consistency for players with higher defensive/overall ratings. I've seen great defenders with offense in the mid 40s-mid 50s consistently outperform defensive liabilities with ratings in the 60s-70s

-players progress faster if they fail at a higher level and go back down and succeed than if they just stayed at the level they were successful at

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[TonyMoraco15]

Hhmmm! LOL!

But I’ll tell you this though, for me that I play always on Classic Pitching and Directional Hitting is always about release and stride timing on animations!

[jr86]

Padgoi has been lying pretty low.. I've a feeling that's about to change..

[bacon96]

I thought the stance one was confirmed. Anyone ever hit an outside pitch with Dustin Ackley or Aristides Aquino?

[JoseJoseph9119]

Quote: Originally Posted by bacon96

I thought the stance one was confirmed. Anyone ever hit an outside pitch with Dustin Ackley or Aristides Aquino?

Where did you see/hear this confirmed? And how much does this influence the stances of players in your roster?

[JWDixon120]

Quote: Originally Posted by bacon96

I thought the stance one was confirmed. Anyone ever hit an outside pitch with Dustin Ackley or Aristides Aquino?

I’ve had an itch about stances affecting contact for a few years now. A good example are the follow throughs. Players with the little roll over swing (mainly contact hitters) seem to have 0 exit velocity.

In my franchise I’m 25 games in. Through 13-14 games with Dansby Swanson I was hitting right at .200 with hardly any pop. I’ve since switched his stance to one I like a bit more with the longer two handed swing and he’s since hit just first 2 HR as well as 4 more XBH


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[TheBigGuySports]

My home runs seem to come and go . I have a period i hit a ton and then i go through nslow times. Not sure if maybe its just cooling off?

[Brewers 15]

I have no idea what would be effecting what I have seen in both 19 and 20 but I have noticed very consistently when I or the cpu gets the first 2 outs in an inning that way too many times there are 2 out hits or walks to spark a rally . I have been surprised actually that nobody else has said anything about this, but I see it a ton .