How to change batting and pitching difficulty in MLB: The Show 22

MLB: The Show 22 has a customizable difficulty system that has many options to fit your gameplay skill and preferences, with nine different difficulty settings and three different gameplay styles. Not only can you change the difficulty to your liking, but you can also change batting and pitching difficulty individually.

To change your pitching and batting difficulty settings, go to settings, then navigate to the pitching tab or the batting tab.

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Pitching Difficulty

The difficulty is the first setting and can be further customized by adjusting more pitching settings like Pitch Confidence and other advanced settings. Adjusting the pitching difficulty will change the batter AI skill and strategy. At lower difficulty levels, batters will have lower strike zone awareness and will not adjust as well to situations. At higher difficulty levels, batters will learn from your pithing tendencies and use the best strategy for the situation.

Batting Difficulty

Changing the batting difficulty affects the AI pitcher's strategy. The difficulty does not so much adjust how fast a pitcher throws or how much the ball breaks, but which pitch types are used and how accurate the pitches are. At lower difficulties, pitchers will throw clear balls and strikes, while at higher difficulties, pitchers will paint the edges of the strike zone and mix in fast and off-speed pitches.

Both Batting and Pitching have nine difficulty levels and a dynamic option. Dynamic difficulty will adjust to your gameplay and can be a great option if you do not find a difficulty that matches your playstyle. The only downside to dynamic difficulty is that you cannot see the level that you are currently playing, so you just have to trust the system.

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