MLB 12 The Show - All Hitting Tips

[AUTiger1]

What sucks about the hitting on this game is that I have the pitch speed all the way down to 0 and still I'm either always late on the fastball or way out in front of the off-speed stuff. Everytime I make up my mind that a fastball is coming and gear up for it and swing early it's always an off-speed pitch and I look stupid. And it doesn't matter if I do it on pitch 1, 2, 3 I'm always wrong. The same goes for when I'm expecting off-speed and try to sit back on it then I end up being late on the fastball and what makes it even worst is when it's fastballs that I could hammer if I timed them right.

[Mercury53]

Changeups have become my new enemy. I just can't pick them up and by the time I do, I am way out in front. Then I get gassed by the heater. Almost snapped my controller in two against the Rockies.

[AUTiger1]

Well I tried a new approach that seemed to work last game. Just take pitches till you get 2 strikes on you and then try to fight pitches off and hope you get a lucky hit every now and then. Then once the starter gets tired in the middle innings they'll make more mistakes (especially with the off-speed stuff) and you can start hitting and getting runs. Won my last game 7-2 and scored 2 runs in the 6th and 4 in the 7th.

[davis420]

Quote: Originally Posted by AUTiger1

Well I tried a new approach that seemed to work last game. Just take pitches till you get 2 strikes on you and then try to fight pitches off and hope you get a lucky hit every now and then. Then once the starter gets tired in the middle innings they'll make more mistakes (especially with the off-speed stuff) and you can start hitting and getting runs. Won my last game 7-2 and scored 2 runs in the 6th and 4 in the 7th.

What I don't like is you shouldn't have to do that every game. Some games the starter just doesn't have it and you score 5 runs in the 1st inning. I rarely see that when I play. I use PB sliders and I can make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches but when I make good contact, it's always right at a fielder.

[AUTiger1]

Quote: Originally Posted by davis420

What I don't like is you shouldn't have to do that every game. Some games the starter just doesn't have it and you score 5 runs in the 1st inning. I rarely see that when I play. I use PB sliders and I can make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches but when I make good contact, it's always right at a fielder.

I agree!

[wrenny]

I play very casually right now so I'm just using button timing for hitting. Can anyone help me out...if you do guess pitch and pick the wrong location, does it screw up the AI in picking location when you swing?

Sometimes perfect strikes I get perfect timing but the contact is way off or something where I have no control over it. I was wondering if it was because I use guess pitch or if it just factors in player skills and sometimes they miss it.

[Mercury53]

Having issues getting hits with runners on. Does anybody have any tips for hitting with RISP.

[curly fries]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mercury53

Having issues getting hits with runners on. Does anybody have any tips for hitting with RISP.

Me too! My overall BA is .270 as a team but my team BA with runners in scoring position is .220! I'm going to do training with hitting coaches to see if that will help.

[Chappy]

Having the same issue

[Mercury53]

Wow, I don't feel so bad now knowing I'm not alone. I do become more aggressive with runners on. I don't know why because it's not something I say to myself I should do, it just happens. I chase more sliders in the dirt and so on. That being said, when I do make contact, it's never that good.