I need batting tips

[frontside5]

2/3rds through my first season I think I have the opposite problem of most. A 1.6 team era and 1 through 5 in strikeout rankings is the only reason I win games. I can't seem to make contact consistently. My strategy has turned into taking pitches to get into the relievers then getting going. I score almost all my runs in the last three innings.

- sit on fastballs for killer ball: check
- cut down swinging at garbage: check
- look inside for pull, outside for push: check
- +8 power coach: check
- .400 team avg: decent but where's the power

Problems:
1 - hiting a change: only one homer and so many DP's I don't even swing anymore
2 - pop ups to catcher: is this swinging too late?
3 - if a pitch is inside or outside, better to swing earlier or later than down the middle?
4 - low pitches, especially curve: when I swing late why in hell do I pop up? At worst I should be topping it and make a ground ball.
5 - lightspeed pitcher vs killer ball hitter: still sit on 4seam or go breaking ball?

[CLEindians]

1. Hitting a change is all timing, if you aren't hitting home runs, you're not timing it correctly.

2. Pop-ups usually happen from swinging at balls. If you can't react fast enough to a pitch and swing at everything, turn down the game speed.

3. Outside - later
Inside - earlier

4. Don't swing late.

5. 4 seam, since its easier to time, and even though the pitcher has increased stats, you do too, so when you will most likely hit it farther.

[drjosephbell]

this is a baseball game... how much higher do u want your team average to be? i feel like i make good contact on every swing but quite often scrub fielders are making amazing dives and stuff.. it kinda sucks sure, but i dont think id play any baseball game past the first season if i ended with a .600 team average

[yeatdabun]

Sounds like you may be overthinking it. All of your strategies sound good, but at a certain point it comes down to eye-hand coordination, just like the real thing.

I'd just play a bunch in exhibition mode until you start seeing consistent good wood. Then your strategies will enhance the results.

[Alphacard]

Both this game and homerun battle reward hitting the breaking ball at it's height, which makes sense I guess.

Look at your player description before they bat. A pull hitter's stance will be open, etc.

I could care less about %'s, though I lead the league. I want taters, so I pull a lot and swing away, what I wish I could have done in real life lol

And timing is everything