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Five Tips to Improve Your Hitting in MLB The Show 17

05:28 PM - April 11, 2017 by RaychelSnr

There comes a point in every MLB The Show player's life where hitting just clicks. Unfortunately, that time usually comes a couple of months after you've already owned the game. To help expedite that process, here are five tips to help you become a better hitter in MLB The Show 17.

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# 21 eldiablodr21 @ 04/13/17 01:09 AM

my tips (i follow these rules with my RTTS character who has 70 contact and 85 power currently)

1-never swing at first pitch
2-if the pitcher threw a strike, hes most likely throwing a ball next pitch
3-work the count into your favor (1-0,2-0,2-1,etc)
4-wait for your pitch (fastball down the middle/middle high?)
5-dont power swing ever (at least i dont, never found it worthwhile personally)
6- during 2 strike counts, always contact swing (unless 3-2 then normal swing)....i absolutely hate
strikeouts, ill take less power on my swing for less strikeouts, and the pitcher usually wants to take me out the zone for Ks anyway.

thats basically it for me, currently
im hitting 320/388/610 and im playing on all star difficulty with zone plus analog batting.....

if you use zone batting, DO NOT center swing....i do and it hampers me from time
to time, ive tried to not center swing against the computer and follow the pitch but i swing late and chase pitches that way so i stopped, but it is crucial to not center swing because 1-against the computer there will be times where the pitchers pounds a particular part of the plate with 5-7 pitches and you have to get to that part with your reticle. you wont be able to if you center swing
2-playing online against a user you will have little chance because that player will almost never leave a ball in the middle of the zone.

(btw center swing means to leave the reticle in the middle of the plate and basically not use the right analog stick to move it in zone hitting)

sorry for long post, hope it helps all who read!

# 22 eldiablodr21 @ 04/13/17 01:10 AM

also yea man hitting a baseball is hard as hell! I currently play in a slow pitch softball league and even there most of the guys I play with and I aren't always hitting bombs *shrug*

# 23 predac0n @ 04/13/17 01:41 AM

Wide Cam, Directional, All-Star Diffculty (Batting,Fielding & Pitching), TNK Sliders & OSFM v1.5 is literally all you need to be a god in TS17

3-0 with the Miami Marlins in Fanchise & 11-3 with the Detroit Tigers in a Fantasy Draft Franchise!

# 24 Bigsheen @ 04/13/17 02:05 AM

I think the most frustrating thing for me is, I swing and foul off more pitches than I put in play and the timing indicator consistently says "good." I could go into so much more, but if you have consistently "good" timing, you're not fouling them off...you're putting them in play.

EDIT: Even just used ShowTime in my RTTS...somehow a swing and a miss. Timing indicator says it was "good." Literally scratching my head and I've never been so frustrated because I legitimately feel like me making contact is almost random. I know it isn't because you obviously have the have timing down, but when the indicator is telling me that I have good timing but I swing and miss?

# 25 eldiablodr21 @ 04/13/17 10:08 AM

@bigsheen What difficulty and what batting type are you using? (zone vs directional vs analog) I ask because you have the most control over where you're swinging with zone, whereas with directional and analog I feel as if its more luck based where your bat is actually going through the zone. Also, in real life, even perfect timing doesn't always result in a hit. I know of many times that major leaguers put perfect timing on a ball just to foul it back. That isn't to denigrate your frustration just to say hey maybe the game programmed certain situations with good timing to result in foul balls because of other things (like the batting PCI for example)

# 26 HypoLuxa13 @ 04/13/17 10:29 AM

I have improved my hitting tremendously over the past couple years. I went from using Veteran primarily and struggling on All-Star to using All-Star primarily and experimenting with HoF. Getting used to a particular camera can help. But for me, the best thing was upgrading to a larger, better TV. I went from a 46" fixed-base to a 60" on a full motion mount. This way I can angle the TV exactly how I like it. I can see the ball and pick up the pitcher's motion so much better.

Also, don't be afraid to have 2 strikes. If you are swinging at pitcher's strikes when you have 0 or 1 strike counts, you are doing them a favor. I routinely work full counts and walks even when I start off an at-bat down in the count. The more pitches you see in an at-bat, the more likely you are to get one that you can get good wood on. If you are down 0-1 and the next pitch looks like it is going to be a borderline strike, that doesn't mean you have to swing at it just because you are afraid to be down 0-2.

# 27 Bravesfan47 @ 04/13/17 11:15 PM

I like to try to average seeing at least 10 pitches an inning. Helps me make sure I'm taking more pitches and helps up the pitch count of the starting pitcher, getting me to the bullpen sooner.

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