'MLB The Show 17' Update: Greater Variety of Hits To Be Made Possible by Reworked Ball Physics

New Catcher Throwing Meter also set to be featured in 'MLB The Show 17'

By John Paul Sunico, Christian Post Contributor Thursday, February 09, 2017

"MLB The Show 17" will bring plenty of new features, but none figure to be quite as impactful as the changes developers are implementing when it comes to ball physics.

Developers laid out these reworked mechanics in a new video.

</p><section class="inline-newsletter-mar24 design" id="inline-mar24" action="/newsletter/inline-mar24.html"><img class="graphic" src="https://cdn.christianpost.com/assets/img/newsletter/photo-newsletter.jpg" alt=""><div class="txt"><h2 class="title">Get Our Latest News for FREE</h2><div class="desc">Subscribe to get daily/weekly email with the top stories (plus special offers!) from The Christian Post. Be the first to know.</div><div class="newsletter-message-body desc"></div><form method="post" action="/newsletter/sidebar-freedom-post.html" class="newsletter-campaign-form form-newsletter"><input class="input-basic" name="email" type="email" placeholder="Enter your email" required="required"><button class="submit-newsletter-form submit-inline-mar24">Subscribe</button></form></div></section><p>For this latest installment of the franchise, developers are attempting to make gameplay even more realistic by implementing a new physics model that now takes into account how the baseball will react after it is struck by a bat.</p><p>Previously, developers had based the baseball's movement on how it would typically react were it to hit a wall instead of a bat.</p><p>This change should allow players to see new kinds of hits including bloops, Texas Leaguers and even those slicing line drives that usually curve after they go past a base.</p><p>With this change applied, it looks like players will need to be even more vigilant when it comes to fielding, as balls in play that may have seemed harmless before may become hits now.</p><script src="https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js" pubname="christianpostcom" widgetname="0011r00002XMEVu_11109"></script><p>It's not just hitting that will be changing inside "MLB The Show 17."</p><p>In the video, developers also introduced fans to the new Catcher Throwing Meter that will come into play whenever baserunners try to steal. 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