MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2018 is a new RPG for the iOS and Android platforms that continues where Glu Games left off last year with the 2017 version. You play against other players and against the computer, trying to score the most runs and give up the least runs in a 9-inning span with other players. You can pick your favorite team, build a team of players with trades and free agency, and complete for the highest-ranking team in the entire game. Read on for some tips and tricks for MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2018!
No matter how good the players on your team are, you’ll lose every time without learning how to time pitches and watch for your pitch. Watch them and learn their patterns to figure out what pitches will be strikes and what will be balls. You will usually be able to tell as soon as the ball leaves the hand of the pitcher. Stay away from curveballs, even when they are strikes, because they will be extremely difficult to do anything meaningful with.
The more pitches a pitcher throws, the more tired they get. So take advantage of this mechanic by trying to force the opposing pitcher to throw as many pitches as possible. Take a ball in order to get a strike. Take a strike in order to get a BETTER strike. Or just take a bunch of pitches to intentionally drive up the pitch count. When a pitcher gets tired, your hits will start landing, their pitches will be slower and straighter, and you can score a high number of runs.
By the same token, change your pitcher IMMEDIATELY when the game tells you that they are tired out, even if their rating is better than that of the potential relievers. They’ll go from tired to exhausted extremely quickly and a massive inning for your opponent becomes a very good possibility once they get tired out. It’s far better to have a fresh reliever than a tired starter.
Use your coins to continuously improve your team, starting with improving your coaches. Improve your hitting coaches to get better and more solid hits. Improve your pitching stats to stifle the other player, and improve baserunning stats to increase your chances of taking one more base during a hit in which an extra base is a possibility.
If you run out to a huge lead, then switch to auto-playing innings just to get the game over with. If you lose that lead, though, switch back to playing manually so that you can score a ton of runs. Also, if you are off to a big lead, don’t ever take the extra base, especially if the chance of taking it is fair or poor.