RHP - AVOID LOW-IN (COLD) EARLY! HIGH-IN NEUTRAL - ALL ELSE HOT! LHP - AVOID LOW-IN (COLD) EARLY! SELECTIVE W/ HIGH CORNERS - ALL ELSE HOT! 1. RHP Ball --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch ground out (low-in black - never gonna do anything with that!) 0/1 2. RHP Strike --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch solo HR (right down the middle and you didn’t miss it! Just early/good - 111 mph, 446ft) 1/2 3. RHP Strike --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch fly out (in-mid - late/jammed - another one that would have been better taken) 1/3 4. RHP Ball --> swinging foul (low outside zone, inner third - another one you reaaaaaally need to watch...at least you got away with this one) --> 7th pitch strikeout (full count - swung at ball 4!) 1/4 ***Hard to be TOO critical of you in this one, as your homer represented the only run the team could muster in a series-opening loss in Colorado. Glad you didn’t miss the single good pitch you had to hit in this game...not so glad that you decided to swing at nearly everything, regardless of location. But yes, the homer is nice!*** 5. RHP Ball --> swinging strike (high-in black just off plate - gotta take this placement too...) --> 3rd pitch ground out ((5:35 “there’s one” he says...there’s one to what? Cold zone! Expected result) 1/5 6. RHP Strike --> swinging foul (low-mid-out - very early on sinker/weak contact) --> 4th pitch strikeout (yuuuuuck again) 1/6 7. RHP Ball --> swinging strike (man, this was terrible - not only did you swing extremely early on a pitch 2 feet off the plate, but the runner was thrown out at 2B too...awful) --> 3rd pitch line out (mid-high-in, perf/perf - 114mph - very unfortunate here, not only was it not a homer but it was hit right at a fielder - first AB where you can say the game game’d ya in this series so far) 1/7 8. RHP Ball --> swinging foul (outside-mid - this aggressiveness is killing me here!!!!) (9:48 yessss) --> 3rd pitch lazy fly out (ball low-in...not sure why you’re swinging at these) 1/8 9. RHP Strike --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch single (mid-low-in - late/good (probably more a case of “why did the pitcher throw one over the plate knowing your pitch discipline struggles” than the case of a good AB, but a hit is a hit!) 2/9 ***The quality of your ABs these first 2 games have been bruuuuuutal, and your mis-play in the 9th may have been a major reason the team lost this game. On the good side, you have a hit in both games...but wow, this hasn’t been good. Hope it gets better in game 3!*** 10. LHP Ball --> ball (WHOA! FIRST OF THE SERIES! Way inside) --> 2nd pitch 3-run HR (you take a pitch, and good things happen...this time, extremely quickly! In-mid - good/good, 106mph, 438ft) 1/1 11. LHP Strike --> swinging foul (low-mid-out - very early/okay) --> 7th pitch BB (easily best AB of the last 4 series) 2/9 BB 12. LHP Ball --> ball (up-out) --> 2nd pitch pop out (mid-high-out - just late/weak) 1/2 13. RHP Ball --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch single (in-low - late swing - fortunate here, maybe the game paying you back for a bit of bad luck earlier and the solid ABs earlier in this one?) 3/10 BB 14. RHP Ball --> ball (low-in - good!) (17:13 3rd this game - none in the first 2 games of the series!) --> 4th pitch 2-run single (low-mid-out - early/okay) 2/3 ***Hopefully this is the game that kickstarts you getting back on track! ABs were of much higher quality this game, most importantly you weren’t swinging as wildly - nice! SERIES First pitch: 9 balls, 5 strikes First pitch result: taken for ball = 3, swinging strike = 11 (5 in-zone, 6 (!!!) outside), called strike = 0 AB Results: 2/3 w/ HR after taking first pitch, 3/10 w/ HR, BB after swinging at first pitch Series - 5/13, 2 HR, 6 RBI, BB Notes - You know, the results this series really don’t depict how it went. You had a great series finale though, which is where we’ll focus...hopefully it carries over to tomorrow! - It is actually pretty easy to explain why you did so much better in game 3...in games 1 and 2, you had 5 first-pitches outside the zone. You swung at all 5, with all 9 ABs starting 0-1 in those games. You took 3 of 5 first pitches in game 3, and worked a walk in another one of those ABs. Basically, you became a bit more selective and the results IMMEDIATELY followed. - You were very fortunate to not leave this series with a fielding error...looked to me like it could have been 2!
Yes, I got LUCKY to not get hit with an error in this series... and the "good one" was decent contact, definitely not a good at-bat! I'll take the pair of homeruns and the increase in batting average from this series, though! Tomorrow is back at home against the Cardinals, so hopefully the poor performance at the plate can stay away. As usual, thanks for the stats and analysis!
Guess what. Unfortunately the Yankees on the career mode for the person I know couldn’t get the ultimate revenge against the Dodgers. The Yankees won the first game and it was a 2 game series and both games were blowouts.
RHP - AVOID LOW-IN (COLD) EARLY! HIGH-IN NEUTRAL - ALL ELSE HOT!
LHP - AVOID LOW-IN (COLD) EARLY! SELECTIVE W/ HIGH CORNERS - ALL ELSE HOT!
1. RHP Ball --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch ground out (low-in black - never gonna do anything with that!) 0/1
2. RHP Strike --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch solo HR (right down the middle and you didn’t miss it! Just early/good - 111 mph, 446ft) 1/2
3. RHP Strike --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch fly out (in-mid - late/jammed - another one that would have been better taken) 1/3
4. RHP Ball --> swinging foul (low outside zone, inner third - another one you reaaaaaally need to watch...at least you got away with this one) --> 7th pitch strikeout (full count - swung at ball 4!) 1/4
***Hard to be TOO critical of you in this one, as your homer represented the only run the team could muster in a series-opening loss in Colorado. Glad you didn’t miss the single good pitch you had to hit in this game...not so glad that you decided to swing at nearly everything, regardless of location. But yes, the homer is nice!***
5. RHP Ball --> swinging strike (high-in black just off plate - gotta take this placement too...) --> 3rd pitch ground out ((5:35 “there’s one” he says...there’s one to what? Cold zone! Expected result) 1/5
6. RHP Strike --> swinging foul (low-mid-out - very early on sinker/weak contact) --> 4th pitch strikeout (yuuuuuck again) 1/6
7. RHP Ball --> swinging strike (man, this was terrible - not only did you swing extremely early on a pitch 2 feet off the plate, but the runner was thrown out at 2B too...awful) --> 3rd pitch line out (mid-high-in, perf/perf - 114mph - very unfortunate here, not only was it not a homer but it was hit right at a fielder - first AB where you can say the game game’d ya in this series so far) 1/7
8. RHP Ball --> swinging foul (outside-mid - this aggressiveness is killing me here!!!!) (9:48 yessss) --> 3rd pitch lazy fly out (ball low-in...not sure why you’re swinging at these) 1/8
9. RHP Strike --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch single (mid-low-in - late/good (probably more a case of “why did the pitcher throw one over the plate knowing your pitch discipline struggles” than the case of a good AB, but a hit is a hit!) 2/9
***The quality of your ABs these first 2 games have been bruuuuuutal, and your mis-play in the 9th may have been a major reason the team lost this game. On the good side, you have a hit in both games...but wow, this hasn’t been good. Hope it gets better in game 3!***
10. LHP Ball --> ball (WHOA! FIRST OF THE SERIES! Way inside) --> 2nd pitch 3-run HR (you take a pitch, and good things happen...this time, extremely quickly! In-mid - good/good, 106mph, 438ft) 1/1
11. LHP Strike --> swinging foul (low-mid-out - very early/okay) --> 7th pitch BB (easily best AB of the last 4 series) 2/9 BB
12. LHP Ball --> ball (up-out) --> 2nd pitch pop out (mid-high-out - just late/weak) 1/2
13. RHP Ball --> swinging in-play --> 1st pitch single (in-low - late swing - fortunate here, maybe the game paying you back for a bit of bad luck earlier and the solid ABs earlier in this one?) 3/10 BB
14. RHP Ball --> ball (low-in - good!) (17:13 3rd this game - none in the first 2 games of the series!) --> 4th pitch 2-run single (low-mid-out - early/okay) 2/3
***Hopefully this is the game that kickstarts you getting back on track! ABs were of much higher quality this game, most importantly you weren’t swinging as wildly - nice!
SERIES
First pitch: 9 balls, 5 strikes
First pitch result: taken for ball = 3, swinging strike = 11 (5 in-zone, 6 (!!!) outside), called strike = 0
AB Results: 2/3 w/ HR after taking first pitch, 3/10 w/ HR, BB after swinging at first pitch
Series - 5/13, 2 HR, 6 RBI, BB
Notes
- You know, the results this series really don’t depict how it went. You had a great series finale though, which is where we’ll focus...hopefully it carries over to tomorrow!
- It is actually pretty easy to explain why you did so much better in game 3...in games 1 and 2, you had 5 first-pitches outside the zone. You swung at all 5, with all 9 ABs starting 0-1 in those games. You took 3 of 5 first pitches in game 3, and worked a walk in another one of those ABs. Basically, you became a bit more selective and the results IMMEDIATELY followed.
- You were very fortunate to not leave this series with a fielding error...looked to me like it could have been 2!
Yes, I got LUCKY to not get hit with an error in this series... and the "good one" was decent contact, definitely not a good at-bat! I'll take the pair of homeruns and the increase in batting average from this series, though!
Tomorrow is back at home against the Cardinals, so hopefully the poor performance at the plate can stay away.
As usual, thanks for the stats and analysis!
Have you ever tried using a pci when batting?
I have, but I never really used it... hence why I use timing for my swing interface. I play the game about as simply as possible.
Guess what. Unfortunately the Yankees on the career mode for the person I know couldn’t get the ultimate revenge against the Dodgers. The Yankees won the first game and it was a 2 game series and both games were blowouts.
Intriguing...
COORS
Yes it is!
Name any random player who played for the Cardinals. For me I am picking Jason Lane as a random player for the Astros.
Willie McGee.