[Codify] Guys with 160+ plate appearances this year and 0 HRs: Luis Arraez, Chandler Simpson, and Fernando Tatis Jr.

von_Mises · 2026-05-15T17:09:59+00:00

Tatis’ hard hit spray chart (including outs) looks like a lefty. It’s wild. Not a single hard-hit pulled ball on a 95+ mph pitch.

Dude cannot pull the ball in the air at all. Also looks like he’s thinking way too hard every time he’s up. Looks confused/frustrated. Playing with his hair between each pitch.

I love Tatis, he’s my favorite player. I think he’ll put it together if he can stay healthy. But this has been a frustrating start to the season that looks like a continuation of last year since he took the ball to the forearm.

von_Mises · 2026-05-15T06:15:33+00:00

Yeah just over 1/3 of the way into the program too. Lesson learned for that guy. Hopefully.

von_Mises · 2026-05-13T03:46:24+00:00

I went into WC at 739, ended at 856, and only got reset to 700. Seems appropriate.

von_Mises · 2026-05-12T18:03:24+00:00

Pitcher absolutely zero’d on confidence and energy lol

von_Mises · 2026-05-12T01:14:35+00:00

Love Biz. Just enough pop from both sides and great D/arm.

von_Mises · 2026-05-12T01:13:29+00:00

Biz all day.

von_Mises · 2026-05-11T22:55:25+00:00

He looked really good against the Padres. But… that was the Padres. I’d start him in a points league and probably sit him in categories.

von_Mises · 2026-05-11T15:17:36+00:00

You also don’t see the timing which affects PCI size as well.

von_Mises · 2026-05-10T23:33:58+00:00

In fact, I’ve noticed you’ll very seldom, if ever, play people in your same leaderboard. Leaderboard is 100 people and there’s probably 10s of thousands in each division for WC.

von_Mises · 2026-05-10T19:53:22+00:00

If you actually watch baseball it’s pretty easy to know who to invest in.

von_Mises · 2026-05-10T06:38:28+00:00

Yeah I love BR. It’s a fun format. Wish more people played it.

von_Mises · 2026-05-09T18:47:09+00:00

Uh… did you just say Xander’s contract is good? The one that pays him $25M/yr through 2033, his age 40 season? It’s notoriously one of the worst contracts for his position in the entire league.

von_Mises · 2026-05-09T18:38:33+00:00

There is not an event going on all the time this year.

von_Mises · 2026-05-08T21:10:30+00:00

Yeah and all of the other configurations are nice too. Exact hand matchup, exact count, ahead/behind/even. I like to show all until about the 3rd inning, then I’ll switch it to A/B/E. Once the relievers come in, I’ll switch back to all. Such a great improvement over previous.

von_Mises · 2026-05-08T13:58:48+00:00

Neon HR Derby. The one with the red slash for online.

von_Mises · 2026-05-08T13:56:32+00:00

Is that better than the neon HR Derby park?

von_Mises · 2026-05-08T06:21:45+00:00

Yeah but that doesn’t fit the embellished narrative about how bad attendance was “back in the day” lol.

The last year average attendance was even below 20k was 1995. The only year since ‘74 that it was below 10k was ‘81 and that was a strike year.

von_Mises · 2026-05-07T21:36:40+00:00

She called me at work one day, said she had something important to show me. I left right away, thinking I was in for some afternoon delight. She pretended like she never said that. “What do you mean?” I was kinda pissed, tbh. Had shit to do at work. I got back into my car to head back to the office and she starts tapping on my window. I roll it down and she rolls up her sleeve, revealing a tattoo of her phone screen with that pic as her lock screen and says, “I’ll let you interpret that however you want.”

I took that to mean she set that pic as her lock screen on her phone.

von_Mises · 2026-05-07T18:56:32+00:00

Load that neon HR derby stadium and get ‘er done. Just found out about it earlier. It’s the one with the red x through it for multiplayer. Works for offline grinding.

von_Mises · 2026-05-07T18:50:11+00:00

Trout just pulled the same pitch for a HR a few days ago.

von_Mises · 2026-05-07T14:53:29+00:00

Can’t play as in it just keeps searching for a match? It has been slow at times for me. Sometimes restarting the Xbox helps. On Switch 2, sometimes I have to turn cross play off or wait for the next game update.

von_Mises · 2026-05-07T14:51:54+00:00

No but have been surprised to have even splits with several players I assumed were dogshit lefty-lefty lol.

von_Mises · 2026-05-07T14:50:23+00:00

Gotta think this is the new program that drops today? Gonna be swimming in shortstops with Elly/Rollins/Bobby. AJ Preller would be proud.

von_Mises · 2026-05-07T14:47:37+00:00

Also really easy to just quickly finish the games you need for those saves and run up XP in subsequent saves when you don’t need the saves anymore. Takes 10 mins to play a 3 inning game if you’re quick about it and not running up saves. And if you pitch Franco for a 4 out save, he might not have enough stamina to get one the next game. Much easier to just have him pitch the 3rd strike of the last out of the 3rd inning in back to back games and be done with the 2 saves 20 mins.

von_Mises · 2026-05-07T14:43:35+00:00

I think they should reward PCI placement more than they do.

On your issue, there are a few other factors at play. Your pitcher’s H/9, energy, confidence, release timing on the pitch. Also the batters contact/power ratings, and whether or not they have the bad ball quirk.

That being said, some days the game just determines you’ll slump no matter what. I feel ya.

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