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OOTP 18 - General Discussions Everything about the 2017 version of Out of the Park Baseball - officially licensed by MLB.com and the MLBPA. |
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How Do I Make This Player Type
What's the best way to go about this? I want to make a slugger that is capable of just crushing the ball. I'm talking 450-500 foot HRs when he squares it up. But I don't want him hitting 50+ HRs every year or striking out 200 times. Any ideas?
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High Power low contact / eye I guess
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The only thing affecting HRs is the Power rating. There is no way to directly affect distances of HRs independent of the number of home runs. I'm guessing HR distance does increase with higher power ratings, but so will home runs.
Contact ratings will not affect either HRs or HR distance. Park dimensions might impact HR distance, but will do so for all players. They will not impact whether a ball is a home run, though. Only the HR park effect will adjust that. Once it is determined the ball is a home run, however, the distance will need to clear the fence, so the reported distance will likely go higher if you set up a deep outfield fence. |
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always thought the HR distance was just a cosmetic thing? Power rating indicates likelihood of hitting a HR, but the actual distance really just depends on your stadium dimensions?
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yeah, park will define the min/max distance for sure.
but, power may still be relative to the parks... so a 50/80 power guy might* be less likely to hit it 450' than a 80/80 power guy with all other ratings exactly the same. i really don't pay attention to know... but not too outlandish, either. |
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The longest home run I've seen was something like 521 feet maybe a little lower than that, but over 500 feet. I've seen that once I think. Home run distance comes from the pitch speed and bat speed. A perfect swing on a 100 mph fast ball is going to travel farther than a perfect swing on a 85 mph change up. I don't know if ootp is taking into account both power rating of your batter and the pitch speed like they do with wind factor? If you want a guy that's going to hit home runs, he needs to have high power rating and contact doesn't hurt either. A big home run guy for me who last season batted .268/50 hr/ 140 k's has 12 contact, 20 power and 8 eye.
I don't look at home run distance on every home run to remember, but I know he's consistently hitting 440 bombs. |
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