Padre’s Road to the Show part three

March 22, 2008 by pastapadre

After spending more time in RTTS as a shortstop I decided to start over as a relief pitcher. As enjoyable as the mode can be as a position player it is much more fun as a pitcher. There is less loading to deal with since it isn’t cutting into the game for single defensive plays which are boring anyway, and there is less frustrating time wasted while a teammate hits and you’re stuck on base.

As a relief pitcher I can breeze through each game in probably 3-4 minutes as opposed to 6-7 and it also means that I don’t get into every game. That is a big difference when going through lengthy seasons.

So Padre joined up this time with the Tampa Bay Rays and struggled initially. He began with in AA with the Montgomery Biscuits as the right handed setup man. Early in the season there were some struggles as Padre had an ERA hovering between 6.00 and 9.50 and an unimpressive WHIP. The only stat that he was doing well in was strikeouts averaging over one an inning.

However as the season has progressed he has improved significantly. Over the last 18 innings he has only given up one earned run. Padre is currently 2-2 with 2 saves, 11 holds, a 3.06 ERA, and a 1.08 WHIP. In 47 innings pitched he has 38 strikeouts so that ratio has actually dropped. He also has one blown save from early in the year.

Padre is now the main setup man and after going through the next set of goals may ask for a shot at being the closer or a move up to AAA. However right now the team is in first place at the All-Star break so there is no need to shake things up and risk upsetting the manager.

Filed Under: Baseball
Tagged: road to the show

Comments

14 Responses to “Padre’s Road to the Show part three”

bravesboy on March 22nd, 2008 7:20 pm Quote

sound like you doin pretty good
DLane on March 22nd, 2008 7:21 pm Quote

I agree with you I enjoy playing with my pitcher as opposed to my outfielder because it gets time consuming after a while and it is a lot more enjoyable.
Mike on March 22nd, 2008 11:08 pm Quote

That screenshot looks like you’re throwing a midget umpire.
pastapadre on March 22nd, 2008 11:22 pm Quote

Mike wrote:

That screenshot looks like you’re throwing a midget umpire.

thats odd, I didn’t notice that at all until now ha
o'rly on March 24th, 2008 7:54 am Quote

i just think the fact that a minor league team with the name Biscuits is a enough for me.
joe on March 24th, 2008 10:58 am Quote

WHIP is what?
mike on March 24th, 2008 12:38 pm Quote

WHIP is walks and hits per innings pitched. its basically how many baserunners you allow per inning of work
mike on March 24th, 2008 6:34 pm Quote

i have a RTTS as a starting pitcher, as does a friend of mine and for some reason neither one of us can seem to get the speed on our four seam fastball above 87 - 89mph, sometimes maxing out at 90 or 91mph. i know my buddy said his velocity is almost maxed and mine is at least 3/4 full. i remember in last years game i was throwing in the upper 90’s even breaking 100mph occasionally. Pasta, did you or maybe any of your readers come across this or possibly have a solution for this?
pastapadre on March 24th, 2008 7:36 pm Quote

mike wrote:

i have a RTTS as a starting pitcher, as does a friend of mine and for some reason neither one of us can seem to get the speed on our four seam fastball above 87 - 89mph, sometimes maxing out at 90 or 91mph. i know my buddy said his velocity is almost maxed and mine is at least 3/4 full. i remember in last years game i was throwing in the upper 90’s even breaking 100mph occasionally. Pasta, did you or maybe any of your readers come across this or possibly have a solution for this?

I’ve heard that you need to improve several different areas in order to get fastball velocity up. You aren’t going to be able to throw a 96mph fastball and a 70mph changeup. You have to increase velocity in other pitches too. Plus overall arm strength.

I haven’t progressed enough though to know how well boosting all of them does to up your fastball. Thats just what I’ve read.
mike on March 25th, 2008 2:54 am Quote

when my friend originally came to me with this, i told him to try increasing arm strength. he almost maxed it out, but it still didnt have an effect. just gonna have to work on our other pitches too and see what happens. at least having it this way makes you want to keep playing and trying to improve your player. thanks for the feedback Pasta
jazzyjeff on March 25th, 2008 5:23 pm Quote

pasta, any chance we can get some more vids showing some of your RTTS games as a pitcher? Thanks.
pastapadre on March 26th, 2008 4:28 am Quote

jazzyjeff wrote:

pasta, any chance we can get some more vids showing some of your RTTS games as a pitcher? Thanks.

possibly with my next update, I’m not sure when I’ll get around to it though.
sly on March 30th, 2008 2:21 pm Quote

Hi,

I just have a question, how detailed are your stats in road to the show…Can you view each stats from every years that you played in AA,AAA and the major. Does it describe the team that you played for ect…I know that as far as individual stats goes in franchise mode, you only get to see last year stats.

Thanks
Derek on May 19th, 2008 4:02 pm Quote

First, let me say that this game is phenomenal. I am a Starting Pitcher for the Cubs and I just got a 10 year 140 Million Dollar Deal to be a “MLB Ace.”

To get your fastball faster, you need to increase your speed on all pitches. Mine is up to about 93/94 but my curveball is my strikeout pitch. I average 10 Ks a game and my era is around a 1.30. Any help, hit me up.