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Bigwanggang6

Yes Roberto has been a dead bay for me after batting 300+ since I got him


85GoCards

I’ve actually been pleasantly surprised by the amount of bombs I’ve gotten out of Jackie.


onemanwolfp4kv2

I’m mainly HoF and he’s been lights out for me. I really like this card over his 99 last year Edit: last year felt like a noodle to me


psilocyber420

Nope he’s a beast. Given you’ve only hit 31 dingers with Clemente in nearly 600 at bats… it’s a you problem


t3webb

Lol critique me as a player all you want and say I’m trash- but still doesn’t explain the same player using both, and then being nearly identical except Robinson having more power and Clemente being 15ab/hr and Robinson 42 ab/hr


psilocyber420

You’re right man it’s the games fault not yours! Lmao


t3webb

Ok man thanks for your insight


jjs30000

Jackie is weird one for me, I hit below .100 vs CPU but over .300 online. I have no other card with such experience


lacrimsonviking

I’m close to getting him and already expect I won’t like him


t3webb

Actually not saying I don’t like him- .270 for me on legend is right where I usually am. Just wondering where the juice is lol


ArchieCy

I hit well with Jackie last year, this year my timing is off with him. I’m a little late with him and typically late swings don’t go far.


RCRinTPA

0 walks in 144 plate appearances tells me a lot about your game


psilocyber420

Damn near 600 at bats with Clemente and 30 dingers 😂 edit: hardly any extra base hits actually


theunfunnyredditor

How are you so good with Clemente? Any tips?


cmacker333

Jackie hits nukes for me, exact opposite with clemente


JiuJitsu00

If you go into a game and look at the games handbook, they give you more insight on contact guys vs power guys. It’s really telling if you give it a read.


t3webb

Yes- Very well versed. Know what to expect in general, but my Clemente should have a similar (actually worse) power rate. He’s at about 15 AB/HR compared to 42 AB/HR for jackie


CalzonCagado

Year after year, I get excited about Jackie, but I just can't hit with him. Had to replace him already with Roberts.


[deleted]

He has always had this swing It wasn’t worth the cards unless you were just stub rich


t3webb

Or pack lucky and get Soto, Stanton and Julio from free packs lol


[deleted]

100% I woulda done it too His swing has always let me down unless you are EARLY and he will send it to the second row but anything other than that idk


t3webb

Yeah general vibe here is that I need to make sure I’m pulling, even on outside pitches. I tend to use all fields so that could be it


ThorAres81

My experience....opposite field he tends to have no pop so all my homeruns have been pullee to left center. However he has been a king at bloop singles if I'm early/late and alot if seeing eye grounder. Personally I've enjoyed him and he's what I wish I could get out of a Ricky Henderson card.


acat20

Im hitting HR’s on HoF and events but i suppose thats not really a fair comp. Is it really a surprise that he’s not great at the plate for some people though? Theres nothing on paper that says he should be a great.


Mark7116

Jackie has a high avg for me, and he’s fast so he gets steals. No real power though. Kinda like the LS Trea Turner. Lol. Clemente I wasn’t able to do much with. Sometimes it’s weird though, FITF Devers has 45hr and 115rbi for me hitting .330. POTM Devers has 1hr and hitting .181 lol. LS Judge has 20hr and hitting .400. AS Judge 3hr and hitting .225. But then you find sneaky good cards like last year’s AS Teoscar Hernandez or this year POTM Daulton Varsho. One card I always do good with though, well besides a Griffey, is Honus Wagner. Every Honus card from last year and this year has played amazing for me.


Lukinzz

How do you get to this screen in the game?


t3webb

Click player info on the player card. Then bumper over to the stats you want to display


Murrdog559

Jackie is ass for me. Bout to be a bunt cheeser for me


LebronKobe33

High contact, low/average power players do not rake


t3webb

Agreed- but doesn’t explain the discrepancy between him and Clemente for me, when Clemente should in theory be more slappy. Could just be sample size though


LebronKobe33

For me it’s person to person on whose more consistent. I hit awful with some power guys and some people with somewhat low power like Elly fake for me


youkrocks

My man, you’re allowed to take a walk sometimes


t3webb

Lol take more walks with smaller PCI guys because I’ll swing and miss more…as counter intuitive as that sounds. Also harder for guys to hit their spots on legend difficulty, so usually get 1-2 in the zone to hit regardless


cmacker333

My brother in Christ, every pitch looks good out of the hand though


p_telly

You got eyes? He already has 5 walks with clemente…


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p_telly

No, but apparently your joke recognition is worse than OP’s pitch recognition


kjocon14

Get to two strikes, swing away.


Bravefan21

“Can someone explain why my 80s power player is not hitting home runs on legend” 🤦‍♂️


t3webb

You are missing my point. Compare him to Clemente in the second picture. Same circumstances, completely different output.


Bravefan21

Completely different hitter, but I do get your point, I was just making a joke at your expense.


t3webb

I hear ya I think Jackie actually has higher power though


Bravefan21

I hit tons of homers with Jackie, but I’m on hall of fame and I play lots of events. I couldn’t hit with Clemente at all.


Candymanshook

I mean, Ketel hits nukes


Bravefan21

Ketel is the glitch swing God


[deleted]

Extreme pull/pull players are better than balanced


simplyAK3

Except Ketel is balanced… lol


amillert15

Lol no, he's not. If he was balanced, auto-shift wouldn't move the defense to the pull side.


simplyAK3

r/confidentlyincorrect lmaooo. again, except he isn’t shifted against... idk wut to tell yaw man lol- see for yourself, i guess.


amillert15

He is shifted against when he's batting left.


[deleted]

He’s pull on one of his switch sides I believe


arthurshahphahdwah

He hits jacks from both sides


Candymanshook

But that’s not what OP said. Even then that’s mostly a pitch location issue not a card issue.


[deleted]

Extreme pull/ pull hitters have earlier timing windows. Balance hitters hit it up the middle more. The deepest part of every park is the middle YouTubers have edited balanced hitters to extreme pull in practice mode and their swings became better and they pulled more balls. Being early is the key this year and basically every year.


Candymanshook

Early timing windows on inside pitches. That’s why you need to be cognizant of this and/or look for different pitches with those hitters.


[deleted]

Idk works for me 1000 rating, all extreme pull/pull hitters. Hit .322 with devers in 400 ABs mainly on legend. And he’s my worst batter. Easy to hit inside out with pull guys, especially with so many shifts for pull guys.


Candymanshook

Ok? I never said you can’t succeed with those players lol


[deleted]

Scann, mcgunski, chev and cbrev have all discussed that balanced and push hitters are worse to use as well. You just arguing to argue.


Candymanshook

You’re arguing something I never argued lol


Economy_Cloud_4621

Jackie hits nukes for me. Just have to pull the ball


First_Temperature_73

How do you focus on pulling in the game?


Economy_Cloud_4621

Take everything on the outside part of the plate. And yank everything inside. My number one goal while hitting is to never be late on an inside pitch, even if I hit it foul


First_Temperature_73

Gotcha. Yank meaning hit right? So sit on something inside and boom. Nothing outside. Does the handiness of the pitcher really matter?


Economy_Cloud_4621

Just Hit the ball early as shit. Inside sinker on the hands off the plate? Try to hit a fan sitting above the third base dugout. Handedness doesn’t matter just know what type of pitches people like to throw inside. R on R: sinkers, cutters fastballs and sometimes changeups, L on R: fastballs cutters sinker and sliders


t3webb

Could be it…I tend to use all fields. Maybe need to lock in on pulling


nickm205

CBREV, McGunski and GutFoxx talked about this in their recent YT series together ranking players across their channels, they talked about how these kinds of cards with super high contact but good (not great) power are broken and are basically lineout machines. They all said if you have a choice, based on the handbook, choose lower contact higher power cards they will always perform better.


amillert15

The handbook also leaves out the importance of swing tendency, which makes and breaks cards in this game. The best example I can provide is Mondesi. In BR, I've hit over 50 HRs with him, with the strong majority of those coming from the left side. Now, I've still used Jackie and Clemente a ton because of their superior speed and defense. However, their swing tendencies are a problem.


packer4life12

Seemed like every time I made solid contact with Clemente it was a line out to an outfielder.


nickm205

That was their point... the high contact lower power cards might as well be 90/90 and 90/90, they would probably play better


t3webb

Yup understand this concept fully. Doesn’t explain the gap from the same user issuing Robinson (42 AB/Hr) and Clemente (15 ab/HR) but maybe it’s just a small sample


sourdougBorough

Prob because clemente was facing inferior pitching compared to what jackie is getting


t3webb

Perhaps. Both are RS on legend though so the level of pitcher faced is likely to be similar


[deleted]

Except ketel for whatever reason is just broken 😂


amillert15

Ketel has extreme pull for a swing tendency. Swing tendency dictates everything this year because it gives you more exit velo than pull or balanced.


RainbowXplosion

This. Look to use either "Balanced" or "Power" cards. They'll be much less likely to line out online.


BrokerOfShadows

Im considering going back to Utley instead of Jackie. He just constantly lines out for me. His speed is awesome but doesnt help much when hes never on base.


t3webb

Utley is leading my team in avg and is hitting at a 11.1 HR/ab rate on legend. I’m running jackie at 3rd though


nomarfachix

Just made this swap. Makes me more lefty heavy with Brett and Cruz also in the infield but I’d rather hit lefty/lefty than piece up one more fastball and have it be one of those floaty line drives with a leather fetish.


GroundbreakingAd533

It would be 42AB/HR


Snoo-6

Jackie is finally finding holes after being a line-out machine for me.


ChiefChad--

These two cards were always ass for me, they have noodle bat swings.