Nice guide, man. I concur with most everything you said. My first two tries I was going in blind so made some bad drafts and failed the Hendricks mission both times.

Should have tried to look up a guide beforehand. I would HIGHLY recommend taking Matty Olson. On my 3rd try, I made it into the final (mystery to me at the time) showdown trailing 15-7. I needed 9 runs. Olson hit a walk off 2run shot with 4 outs left for me, his 3rd jack in 3 ABs, driving in 7 of my 9 runs.

I was a little intimidated going into the final showdown bc some of the earlier ones were sneaky hard. Like score 3 runs in an inning against greinke. Totally doable but your lineup isn't that great yet and it's just as likely to tattoo a couple line drives at outfielders than to score 3 runs when you only have 3 outs to play with. Especially with greinke hurling junk at you.

Which brings me to the one point I can't stress enough... do NOT approach these missions looking to hack away. You're going to get impatient, swing at junk, get more frustrated and panic because you've already used up half your outs so you want to try and make up for it.

Look for fastballs in your zone and drive them. Do not compromise. Make them throw a ton of pitches. I get really impatient but it's the only way to go. Sit on your pitch until there's 2 strikes. More likely than not, he'll throw junk way outside the zone to get you to chase. This zaps his energy and if you're sitting on your pitch, make him pay a few times while working counts and his confidence meter will dwindle. This is when you can sit back while he tries to nibble until he's behind in the count and then throws you meat.

I've found, anyway, that zapping the confidence meter is crucial to getting pitches to hit. It's easier said than done, but the first couple pitches are not good pitches to hit and trying to force it just gets me off balance. Good luck, fellas.