Best Batting Stances In MLB The Show 25

MLB The Show 25 allows you to equip a batting stance for an athlete, adjusting how they swing for the best chance at hitting everything a pitcher throws at them. Every batting stance is derived from a pre-existing all-star athlete in the game, giving you many options to choose from. The strongest batting stances are either made from finely tuned customization or presets from the players with the highest stats.

When you make a custom character in The Road to the Show mode, you'll be asked to create a batting stance alongside your athlete's physical appearance and stats. It is worth noting that a batting stance does not impact your character's stats. While a good batting stance can lead you to be a better hitter in MLB The Show 25, it is a setting designed around preference, not hard numbers.

Best Custom Batting Stance Settings

Adjust The Positioning Of Your Character's Hands And Arms

When you start making a character's batting stance, you are given several settings to adjust, including:

Hand Offset (Offset X, Y, & Z)

Hand Rotation

Hand Waggle Rotation

Back Elbow Offset

Front Elbow Offset

Hips Offset (Offset X, Y, & Z)

Forward Foot Offset (Offset Z & X)

Each of these batting stance settings are not to be confused with the Motions & Sounds of your character, which you can also adjust upon creation. Motions of your character may impact their Swing Type, Stride, Running Style, or other factors.

The positioning of your hands, elbows, hips, and feet impact how fast or powerful your swing is as you explode from your batting stance to hit an incoming ball. Each of these stats that make up your batting stance can be adjusted from 0-100, with lower/higher scores coming with their own pros and cons. It'll take some experimentation and match-up knowledge against MLB The Show 25's best pitchers to know how to make a strong custom stance.

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To help you get started with some batting stance customization, here's a good spread of stats that reflect a balanced hitting style that can adapt to a variety of situations:

Stat Value Pros Cons Hand Offset Offset X = 65

Offset Y = 50

Offset Z = 45 Better contact on late swings

Balanced hits on high & low pitches

Better outside pitch hitting Worse contact on early swings

Lower inside pitch hitting Hand Rotation 75 Very good contact against low pitches Worse contact against high pitches Hand Waggle Rotation 35 Very good contatct against high pitches Worse contact against low pitches Back Elbow Offset 80 Powerful contact swing Worse contact swing

Stat Value Pros Cons Front Elbow Offset 35 Good contact against low pitches Worse contact against high pitches Hips Offset Offset X = 75

Offset Y = 50

Offset Z = 35 Better contact on late swings

Balanced hits on high & low pitches

Better outside pitch hitting Worse contact on early swings

Lower inside pitch hitting Forward Foot Offset Offset Z = 65

Offset X = 35 Less chance of hitting fouls

Better contact on late swings Harder control over hits

Worse contact on early swings

This starter custom build is meant for beginners to MLB The Show 25 who may be struggling to hit in general. This batting stance prioritizes hitting more often with late swings and outside pitches that are sometimes harder to nail when learning how to play. This build also focuses on not hitting foul balls too often, but you may want to make some adjustments to add more control to your hits.

Best Player Batting Stances

Adopt The Strongest Styles Of Amazing Athletes

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Custom stats usually assume you are using a preset stance from an athlete with a Generic batting stance. However, some athletes have naturally good batting stances that are already strong for you to start adopting right away.

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Here are some of the athletes with the best batting stances in the game, regardless of their overall Rating in MLB The Show 25:

Ken Griffey Jr.

Shohei Ohtani

Carlos Beltran

Xavier Edwards

Ted Simmons

Yordan Alvarez

Legend Stance 7

Each of these players have strengths in either Power Hitting, Contact Hitting, or a balance between the two using their batting stance stats. With the inclusion of the new feature in MLB The Show 25 called Ambush Hitting, you can take even more advantage of these powerful hitters to play to their strengths while at the bat.

Ultimately, the batting stance of your character is something you'll have to make small adjustments to over time to get right. The best batting stances in MLB The Show 25 are the ones you are the most comfortable with, whether they are fully customized or a preset from an existing athlete.