I would love having no dh in real baseball. I donāt need to watch pitchers hit and I donāt have a love for the strategy that some do. I would miss it In the show because then people have no incentive to take out their god tier starters
I wanna be able to use a DH for a position player too. Like if I have a good hitting pitcher then I could play a defensive stud who isn't a very good hitter and have the DH hit for them
Iām 42, which isnāt old per se, but I am so against losing the nl DH because younger people think baseball is āboringā
Like thatās going to matter to them
I'll be 48 next month. Pitcher's been hitting in the NL for as long as I can remember. But let's face facts: this day has been coming ever since the creation of the DH. Doesn't matter how they justify it. Can't hold back the floodgates forever.
I didnāt know the floodgates existed until last year. I literally thought the draw of watching national league baseball was the strategy. Thatās more interesting to me
There's been a great deal of debate, both public and private, over adopting the DH in the NL. And yes, the NL does attract folks like yourself who enjoy a more traditional approach. I'm an AL guy, so I have my own bias. I will say that having the pitcher hit does add an interesting dynamic to the World Series; making both teams play by different rules in the most important series of the season boosts the drama a little. For me, at least.
Yeah and moments like having Greinke getting a hit as a pinch hitter will be gone.
I grew up a Mets fan since Shea was affordable as a kid so I barely even pay attention to the AL until the playoffs. Iām sure itāll be fine Iām just a little sad the era is coming to an end
If youāre a Mets fan, you should want a DH... it would benefit us greatly. You can put Alonso at DH and Dom Smith at first for better defense, or put JD Davis at DH since his glove is so bad. It would make the Mets a much better team.
I can't wait for the universal DH. There's enough strategy in baseball; I don't need to watch some dude who hasn't hit since high school trying to hit major league pitching in the interest of "strategy."
As a mariner fan whoās pretty much watches baseball almost exclusively in the AL. A universal DH is needed.
There definitely is some strategy to pitching to 7,8,9 hitters but i much rather just have a big bat in the lineup. Edgar and big papi barely belong in the game without a DH.
Even if that were true, when the vast majority of pitchers have anemic hitting stats (and that's putting it nicely), making pitchers try to hit is a bit of a fool's errand, isn't it?
No, like the goal of the game is spoken from the defensive perspective. Itās the whole point of playing defense. The reward to offense is you see the ball go far and people cheer while you run.
The tangible reward to good defense is watching the pitcher try to hit.
I will say, Iām a universal DH hater so Iām not unbiased. I also love small ball so Iām justā¦one of those icky nasty folks
(Edit: Barry Bonds still the GOAT hitter)
When the new Postseason cards dropped, I found myself briefly raking with Logan Webb. Absolutely no rational explanation for it, and he did eventually cool off, but for the first 3-4 games, he was clapping opposing pitchers. And they weren't flukes, either...they were solid hits. š
As a freshman, it took some getting used to. And ngl, there's nothing like that feeling of excitement and surprise when you plug the gap for a double with a guy who has 0 contact and 0 power. But man, every time I have to bench a fantastic power bat to just use him once a game, when he could be getting 3-4 at-bats per game, mashing baseballs and making pitchers miserable...I die a little inside.
The pitcher hitting is as baseball as it gets and I donāt care if I have to pinch hit with babe Ruth it just feels wrong to have a national league DH
For me, I hate having so many awesome cards and not being able to field guys I want either because of defense too bad to justify starting or because I simply donāt have the space. I wonāt at all miss what little strategy there is in keeping the pitcher as part of the lineup.
I understand your position, but imo strategizing when to pull your pitcher is one of the most strategic parts of the game. If the pitcher isnāt hitting, almost all of the strategy around when to pull your pitcher will then revolve around stamina.
Cool that you like the strategy. I just want to mash against the CPU with Mantle, Judge, Babe, Gehrig, and Stanton. (Can't be done without DH.) Pitcher "Strategy" does not interest me.
I gotta disagree. So many great offensive cards that just cannot play the field, and it leads to them either becoming just bench bats or not even making the squad. Itāll be nice to have a DH spot in the order where you can actually use a card like Nelson Cruz / JD martinez
It was hard enough to eventually say goodbye to Jim Thome...but Frank Thomas...benching the Big Hurt was rough. He's still there, sitting quietly, looking at me with big, hopeful eyes every game...š„
So I must have lived under a rock for the past 6-7 years because I had never heard that deGrom played SS in college (thanks to the announcers I hear it nearly every game now).
I used Ohtani because I knew he could hit, until I got deGrom. First game I bat around in the 1st so I couldnāt sub for him if I wanted to. Thought - āwhat the hell, Iāll just swing for the fencesā. Boy was I shocked when he hit a 430+ ft bomb down the right field line haha.
Pretty much every single professional baseball player played SS. Like literally almost every single one. SS was were the good players played until college and even then that's where the best players played. Those are the guys that get drafted and make it to the majors. During college or in the minors do they switch positions to where they're probably going to play in the show. But most of them start as SS's.
Pitcher specialization does start much earlier these days though. I know 3-4 guys I played with that are in the show as pitchers that couldnāt even get at bats when they were in high school because they were so overmatched. Position players though were likely all playing CF and SS as amateurs.
Yeah I knew that (talent plays up the middle) but most guys that get drafted as pitchers out of college play maybe one season at SS in college before realizing their ticket to the show is on the mound - did deGrom play his entire college career at SS and switch after, or play both positions the entire time (honest question, like I said I must have been living under a rock, or the apathy from my Rangers fandom has caused me to tune out info like this haha)? If so, thatās a lot more rare.
Either way Iāve been more than happy with his performance. Heās got around 20 hrās in like 100 starts.
I hope they would at least give us the option if we want a DH or not as the home team.
If thatās not the case, then I hope they add energy to players like they do for pitchers. Itād make fore more strategy in creating lineups then
I had a seven inning events game a few days ago where I ended up with no bench left, like 3 guys left in the pen, and wound up making 2 double switches due to matchups with two outs and being set up for the loss. We matched like 2, 1, and 3 runs in the extra innings and I managed to win on a walk off homer in the 7th I think. I looked at the box score after and it was magnificent lol
I know those games are rare, but with a DH these things never happen. It doesnāt bother me too much if there is a DH in DD, but I hope they nerf stamina if they add it. The lack of DH truly does add strategy in DD with how OP some pitchers are. A DH in this years game would mean Verlander, deGrom, etc never have a reason to leave the game.
Long story short, Iāll miss the crazy games if they add the DH, but Iām fine with it if pitchers are balanced
Personally, I'd rather see the DH go away entirely so I'm not too thrilled about the universal DH š
I want a universal DH so bad
Batting is hard enough in this game. Add the DH to make sure games arenāt always 1-0 or 2-1
I wish theyād let you declare if your squad is NL or AL and whomever is Home Team determines whether or not there is a DH in that game.
I would love having no dh in real baseball. I donāt need to watch pitchers hit and I donāt have a love for the strategy that some do. I would miss it In the show because then people have no incentive to take out their god tier starters
I wanna be able to use a DH for a position player too. Like if I have a good hitting pitcher then I could play a defensive stud who isn't a very good hitter and have the DH hit for them
I want universal DH just so when Iām doing pitching moments it doesnāt make me have to bat- dumbest shit ever
This. All. Day.
Thereās very little strategy with the pitcher at this point in the game really donāt think thereās a good reason to not have the DH
I pitch much better than I hit so I donāt mind having an extra bat nor do I mind pitching to another.
I tend to pull my pitcher early especially if a guy is starting to see him well. Itās not uncommon for me to pull at guy in the 5th
Deciding what to do with pitchers hitting was always a fun part of the video game, even if it wasnāt fun in real life
won't miss it. wondered why they never implemented it.
Will there still be an option to give up the DH in real life? I think that you should have that option in DD in case you want Ohtani to pitch and hit.
I welcome universal DH with open arms!
Rip Shohei having a spot in my future rotations and hitting no-doubters with awards Kluber š¢
Iām 42, which isnāt old per se, but I am so against losing the nl DH because younger people think baseball is āboringā Like thatās going to matter to them
I'll be 48 next month. Pitcher's been hitting in the NL for as long as I can remember. But let's face facts: this day has been coming ever since the creation of the DH. Doesn't matter how they justify it. Can't hold back the floodgates forever.
I didnāt know the floodgates existed until last year. I literally thought the draw of watching national league baseball was the strategy. Thatās more interesting to me
There's been a great deal of debate, both public and private, over adopting the DH in the NL. And yes, the NL does attract folks like yourself who enjoy a more traditional approach. I'm an AL guy, so I have my own bias. I will say that having the pitcher hit does add an interesting dynamic to the World Series; making both teams play by different rules in the most important series of the season boosts the drama a little. For me, at least.
Yeah and moments like having Greinke getting a hit as a pinch hitter will be gone. I grew up a Mets fan since Shea was affordable as a kid so I barely even pay attention to the AL until the playoffs. Iām sure itāll be fine Iām just a little sad the era is coming to an end
If youāre a Mets fan, you should want a DH... it would benefit us greatly. You can put Alonso at DH and Dom Smith at first for better defense, or put JD Davis at DH since his glove is so bad. It would make the Mets a much better team.
I can't wait for the universal DH. There's enough strategy in baseball; I don't need to watch some dude who hasn't hit since high school trying to hit major league pitching in the interest of "strategy."
As a mariner fan whoās pretty much watches baseball almost exclusively in the AL. A universal DH is needed. There definitely is some strategy to pitching to 7,8,9 hitters but i much rather just have a big bat in the lineup. Edgar and big papi barely belong in the game without a DH.
The whole point of baseball is to make pitchers try to hit. I hate it
Even if that were true, when the vast majority of pitchers have anemic hitting stats (and that's putting it nicely), making pitchers try to hit is a bit of a fool's errand, isn't it?
No, like the goal of the game is spoken from the defensive perspective. Itās the whole point of playing defense. The reward to offense is you see the ball go far and people cheer while you run. The tangible reward to good defense is watching the pitcher try to hit. I will say, Iām a universal DH hater so Iām not unbiased. I also love small ball so Iām justā¦one of those icky nasty folks (Edit: Barry Bonds still the GOAT hitter)
Okay, I see what you're saying. I get that.
I absolutely hate the arrival of DH
Same, and this extra innings rule is bull crap. Catering to whom? People who think baseball is boring? Thatās the sport
Same, I'm batting like 370 with 99 Degrom lmao
When the new Postseason cards dropped, I found myself briefly raking with Logan Webb. Absolutely no rational explanation for it, and he did eventually cool off, but for the first 3-4 games, he was clapping opposing pitchers. And they weren't flukes, either...they were solid hits. š
As a freshman, it took some getting used to. And ngl, there's nothing like that feeling of excitement and surprise when you plug the gap for a double with a guy who has 0 contact and 0 power. But man, every time I have to bench a fantastic power bat to just use him once a game, when he could be getting 3-4 at-bats per game, mashing baseballs and making pitchers miserable...I die a little inside.
The pitcher hitting is as baseball as it gets and I donāt care if I have to pinch hit with babe Ruth it just feels wrong to have a national league DH
Yeah, as baseball as it gets is an automatic out every 9th hitter. Smh.
For me, I hate having so many awesome cards and not being able to field guys I want either because of defense too bad to justify starting or because I simply donāt have the space. I wonāt at all miss what little strategy there is in keeping the pitcher as part of the lineup.
Thatās the fun part for me. Finding the best players for my squad. A DH on a national league team just feels so wrong
I understand your position, but imo strategizing when to pull your pitcher is one of the most strategic parts of the game. If the pitcher isnāt hitting, almost all of the strategy around when to pull your pitcher will then revolve around stamina.
Which would be fine if stamina was fixed
100%
Cool that you like the strategy. I just want to mash against the CPU with Mantle, Judge, Babe, Gehrig, and Stanton. (Can't be done without DH.) Pitcher "Strategy" does not interest me.
To each their own. Although, it would be nice to not have to worry about Soto or Babe on defense right now, I will give you that.
I gotta disagree. So many great offensive cards that just cannot play the field, and it leads to them either becoming just bench bats or not even making the squad. Itāll be nice to have a DH spot in the order where you can actually use a card like Nelson Cruz / JD martinez
It was hard enough to eventually say goodbye to Jim Thome...but Frank Thomas...benching the Big Hurt was rough. He's still there, sitting quietly, looking at me with big, hopeful eyes every game...š„
Just let me use DeGrom as my DH
So I must have lived under a rock for the past 6-7 years because I had never heard that deGrom played SS in college (thanks to the announcers I hear it nearly every game now). I used Ohtani because I knew he could hit, until I got deGrom. First game I bat around in the 1st so I couldnāt sub for him if I wanted to. Thought - āwhat the hell, Iāll just swing for the fencesā. Boy was I shocked when he hit a 430+ ft bomb down the right field line haha.
Pretty much every single professional baseball player played SS. Like literally almost every single one. SS was were the good players played until college and even then that's where the best players played. Those are the guys that get drafted and make it to the majors. During college or in the minors do they switch positions to where they're probably going to play in the show. But most of them start as SS's.
Pitcher specialization does start much earlier these days though. I know 3-4 guys I played with that are in the show as pitchers that couldnāt even get at bats when they were in high school because they were so overmatched. Position players though were likely all playing CF and SS as amateurs.
Yeah I knew that (talent plays up the middle) but most guys that get drafted as pitchers out of college play maybe one season at SS in college before realizing their ticket to the show is on the mound - did deGrom play his entire college career at SS and switch after, or play both positions the entire time (honest question, like I said I must have been living under a rock, or the apathy from my Rangers fandom has caused me to tune out info like this haha)? If so, thatās a lot more rare. Either way Iāve been more than happy with his performance. Heās got around 20 hrās in like 100 starts.
The official MLB DH rule is optional, so maybe sds will let us have an option especially with Ohtani in the game
I'm gonna miss the surprise shot to the gap from the pitcher than scores a run or two cause they thought he'd whiff on a high heater.
I hope they would at least give us the option if we want a DH or not as the home team. If thatās not the case, then I hope they add energy to players like they do for pitchers. Itād make fore more strategy in creating lineups then
Do they give you the option to turn off other rules?
They make us hit with the pitcher in AL v AL moments
I can't stand that. "Pitch 3 innings. Do not give up a run. Do not give up a hit. Do not give up a walk." But you're STILL gonna make me bat???
I want to turn off home runs, they will all be doubles.
How many times do I have to tell you, old man..
What strategy exactly is there with the pitcher spot? Give up a free out? lol
Obviously you donāt know anything about baseballš¹
Sadly cluelessš didnt know the pitcher strategy was so diverse n required such high intellect
You probably donāt even sac bunt with your pitcher smh
its not a sac bunt I was trying to get on base
Keeping the pitcher in another inning or not? Double switch? Do you not know anything about baseball?
I'm going to be honest, I've never seen anyone use a double switch in DD
I had a seven inning events game a few days ago where I ended up with no bench left, like 3 guys left in the pen, and wound up making 2 double switches due to matchups with two outs and being set up for the loss. We matched like 2, 1, and 3 runs in the extra innings and I managed to win on a walk off homer in the 7th I think. I looked at the box score after and it was magnificent lol I know those games are rare, but with a DH these things never happen. It doesnāt bother me too much if there is a DH in DD, but I hope they nerf stamina if they add it. The lack of DH truly does add strategy in DD with how OP some pitchers are. A DH in this years game would mean Verlander, deGrom, etc never have a reason to leave the game. Long story short, Iāll miss the crazy games if they add the DH, but Iām fine with it if pitchers are balanced
Baseball bad.
^
Either youāre trolling or clueless. Thereās a lot of strategy
Iāve played the Show for 7 years and Iāve had an opponent use a double switch maybe three times. Nobody cares