Some RTTS Guidelines
Selecting a position – In MLB 08 playing 3B was a good choice if you preferred batting more than fielding because you would have less fielding opportunities than you would if you played outfield. MLB 09 allows you to limit the amount of fielding so choose a position you prefer to play. For your secondary position, it’s recommended that you choose either IF or OF. This can help increase your chances of getting into a game.
Base Running and Fielding – MLB 09 The Show offers options to turn off the RTTS baserunning and fielding. This will allow your games to play out more quickly which will also allow you to play more games in less time. From my experience, limiting the amount of base running and fielding opportunities is highly recommended. Let’s calculate how many games one would need to play per day in order to have a 20 season career: Let’s say you play 10 games a day. There are 162 games in a season. Divide 162 by 10 and you get 16.2. It takes 16.2 days to finish a season if you average 10 games a day. Divide 365 by 16.2 and you get 22 seasons. So, you may need to average 10 games a day in order to reach a 20 season career. In MLB 08 this did not seem to be attainable unless a you simulated a portion of your games. With the new base running and fielding options in MLB 09 having a 20 season career seems to be a bit more attainable.
Training points - Since there aren’t any deadlines during spring training don’t spend any training points during this period. When the season starts be sure to use your training points on attributes that have not been updated within three weeks. When an attribute is not updated after four weeks it begins to decline. Try to have batting attribute points between left and right balanced. Right attributes should be a priority, though, because you will likely face more right-handed pitchers than left-handed pitchers during the course of a season. All batting (contact and power) and durability points should take priority over base running and fielding points. Maintaining your bunting attributes should be a low priority but you should still try to update your bunting attributes before the four week deadline. It might be a good idea to let ‘Drag Bunting’ attributes take precedence over ‘Bunting Drills’ because the ‘Drag Bunting’ attribute also has speed as a secondary attribute. Give ‘Base Running Drills’ priority over ‘Sprints’ because ‘Base Running Drills’ include speed and base running attritues which are also the same attributes for ‘Sprints’. So, you’ll be able to update ‘sprints’ at the same time you update ‘Base Running Drills’.
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Nice blog for all us stat geeks. Thanks for the follow on Twitter. Does MLB09 allow you to save in mid-game to continue playing later? Probably not. I can’t remember the last time a baseball game offered that feature, but it would be a good one!
Yes, MLB 09 allows you to save in mid-game but not when you are playing in RTTS mode. This is fine because you only play when your player is involved in a play so a game usually only takes about 5-10 minutes to finish.
how do i use the promotions in owner mode? it says i dont have any compared to the rest of the league but i cant figure out how to even get them up in order to shedule some?
basically, in the regular season mode, why is it that the opposing team at bat always seems to get runs automatically. I mean I am currently 1-5 with the phillies, and it seems to me that, no matter what i can’t win a game. I was up 9 runs and lost in the last two innings. The opposing team always hits the ball either in the gap or down the lines. It is very frustrating, and when I have a guy buried in na 0-2 count… the next thing I notice is that the picher, no matter who it is forgets to throw strikes… then a double in the gap EVEN THE PITCHER!!! HELP
ok but how do i do both for my second pos bc i can play every where and i want my guy to play every where so can you have him be an a untily guy
How do you improve your scouting report in RTTS? If the answer is better attributes, how do you do that?
How can you hit for power in the rookie mode more often. Because their was a streak when i hit 2 homers every day for 4 games. but now i can’t even hit the fence on a hop.
hitting in this game seems impossible. i would love to juice up my hitting in training, but my advancement goals always tell me to improve useless things.
How do u maintain durability? Reaction
I hate this game. It’s impossible. The only fun I got out of it was tossing it on the interstate and watching cars run over it. What a waste of 30 bucks.