MLB The Show 22: Every pitching option explained

Pure Analog Pitching

The first two options involve pressing buttons where this option you are purely going to use the analog sticks. Hence the name, Pure Analog Pitching. Just like any other pitching option, choose your pitch type and location of the pitch. When you use this pitching option, the pitching meter shows a picture of home plate at the end of it. The ball will sway back and forth over home plate and your goal is to pull the right analog stick back to start the pitching motion and forward when the pitching indicator reaches the yellow line. Depending on how quickly you push the right analog stick forward and how far to the left or right of the yellow line you were, will depend on how fast and accurate your pitch really was. I am personally not a fan of the Pure Analog Pitching method as there are better options out there.

Meter Pitching

Meter Pitching is definitely going to require some precision in order to master this option. After you select your pitch and location of where you want the pitch to go, the batter will begin to make his wind-up. When the pitcher winds up to make his pitch, a meter will begin to fill up. You want to stop the meter when it is completely full. The meter will begin to go back down once you try and stop it once it is full. When the meter makes its way down again, you will want to try and stop the meter when it reaches the yellow line. The meter moves really quickly on the way down which is why your timing has to be pretty spot on when you use this method. The fuller the meter gets will determine the velocity of each pitch. The closer you get to the yellow line will determine how accurate your pitch will actually be. The higher the meter and closer to the yellow line, the more accurate you will throw your pitches.