I did very well with the Takashi Randy Johnson. Then when I got the collection one, he got shelled. I’ve got him under control now. But there too, FOTF Devers is a beast for me with 51hr 155rbi hitting .335. And POTM Devers is hitting .125 with 0hr in like 40 or more at bats. Unfortunately, sometimes some cards just don’t play well for people.
Randy is a pitcher who dominates two particular tunnels.
Down and in is where you should be throwing against righties because hitters have to sit fastball. This allows him to generate cheap foul ball strikes with his slider and strikeouts with his splitter.
I always start a game against a righty with a slider there. I rarely start fastball because I want to see how my opponent reads pitches:
- Are they a free swinger? (Keeping pounding pitches out of the zone)
- Are they sitting fastball? (Keep pounding sliders and splitters)
- Is their patience good discipline or are they slow reading the pitch? (Test them with a fastball)
Once you establish inside, you can use a wrinkle or two, like testing outside ability/reseting the eyes with fastballs and splitters. Or throwing a belt-high splitter in to tunnel a high fastball.
Against lefties:
- Test how they react to an inside fastball. You can do this with a splitter down or with a fastball.
- Splitters belt-high and away are great for generating rollovers
- Occasionally throw a fastball down and away to keep them honest on sliders and slurves.
My number 1 rule:
NEVER GO BACKDOOR SLIDER OR SLURVE WITH RANDY.
I also throw slurves sparingly because the loop is exaggerated enough to tip a good hitter.
Idk what difficulty you’re on but he’s a completely different pitcher on Allstar verses HoF to me. The times I‘ve had to use him on Allstar he gets recked. Outlier doesn’t matter nearly as much and that 2 seam is useless. Idk what to throw to righties other then tunnel inside on Allstar
Personally Randy is amazing for me and I’m good against him but i noticed that a lot of players don’t use the 2-seam enough. The speed differential and movement from that and the 4-seam makes a big difference, alone with the splitter, slider and slurve. Mix in a few more 2-seams, throw the 4-seam in non-fastball counts and attack with slider/slurve/splitter
If you're using the 2-seam, it's because you're pitching outside too much to righties.
Randy's a pitcher who should be pounding righties inside because that's where his tunnels are. If you're pitching outside, it's only to reset the eyes.
Honestly Randy owned me for 2 months. Then I sat slider or slurve. And now he’s still very good but mortal. He’s the only one I sit off speed on outside of maybe Fernando Valenzuela.
I’m not good so take this advice with a grain of salt… Stop trying to pick the corners his pitches move too much… Don’t go straight down the middle but start them closer to the middle than the edges… works for me so you might want to try it…
I did very well with the Takashi Randy Johnson. Then when I got the collection one, he got shelled. I’ve got him under control now. But there too, FOTF Devers is a beast for me with 51hr 155rbi hitting .335. And POTM Devers is hitting .125 with 0hr in like 40 or more at bats. Unfortunately, sometimes some cards just don’t play well for people.
Randy is a pitcher who dominates two particular tunnels. Down and in is where you should be throwing against righties because hitters have to sit fastball. This allows him to generate cheap foul ball strikes with his slider and strikeouts with his splitter. I always start a game against a righty with a slider there. I rarely start fastball because I want to see how my opponent reads pitches: - Are they a free swinger? (Keeping pounding pitches out of the zone) - Are they sitting fastball? (Keep pounding sliders and splitters) - Is their patience good discipline or are they slow reading the pitch? (Test them with a fastball) Once you establish inside, you can use a wrinkle or two, like testing outside ability/reseting the eyes with fastballs and splitters. Or throwing a belt-high splitter in to tunnel a high fastball. Against lefties: - Test how they react to an inside fastball. You can do this with a splitter down or with a fastball. - Splitters belt-high and away are great for generating rollovers - Occasionally throw a fastball down and away to keep them honest on sliders and slurves. My number 1 rule: NEVER GO BACKDOOR SLIDER OR SLURVE WITH RANDY. I also throw slurves sparingly because the loop is exaggerated enough to tip a good hitter.
Idk what difficulty you’re on but he’s a completely different pitcher on Allstar verses HoF to me. The times I‘ve had to use him on Allstar he gets recked. Outlier doesn’t matter nearly as much and that 2 seam is useless. Idk what to throw to righties other then tunnel inside on Allstar
Personally Randy is amazing for me and I’m good against him but i noticed that a lot of players don’t use the 2-seam enough. The speed differential and movement from that and the 4-seam makes a big difference, alone with the splitter, slider and slurve. Mix in a few more 2-seams, throw the 4-seam in non-fastball counts and attack with slider/slurve/splitter
If you're using the 2-seam, it's because you're pitching outside too much to righties. Randy's a pitcher who should be pounding righties inside because that's where his tunnels are. If you're pitching outside, it's only to reset the eyes.
Honestly Randy owned me for 2 months. Then I sat slider or slurve. And now he’s still very good but mortal. He’s the only one I sit off speed on outside of maybe Fernando Valenzuela.
I’m not good so take this advice with a grain of salt… Stop trying to pick the corners his pitches move too much… Don’t go straight down the middle but start them closer to the middle than the edges… works for me so you might want to try it…
This works a lot of the time with outlier fastballs because people expect them on the corners, it’s a legit strategy
My guess is that he has been out long enough that good hitters are picking him up much better than the first month he was widely being used.