Before you bat at home plate in MLB The Show 25, you can adjust your hitting settings to make even the fastest pitches easier to hit. While all settings in the game can be personalized to best fit what works well for you, some adjustments are better than the default. With the right tweaks, you can make batting feel more intuitive, especially as you learn the game's hitting mechanics.

Hitting skill is determined by a number of factors, including the overall stats of which hitter in MLB The Show 25 you're using. The stats of specific athletes may be geared more into batting well, while others may struggle at home plate to not strike out. When you understand how your players interact with batting, go to the "Hitting Interface" section of your Gameplay menu to make and confirm changes to your hitting settings.

Best Hitting Camera

Set Your Field Of View To Be Just Right

The Camera, or Hitting View, of your batting settings will help you focus in on incoming pitches, making it easier to determine where the ball is. Placing the camera too far forward will make it too hard to see a pitch, but putting it too far back will make your field of view too wide. A wider camera angle creates too many distractions, making it very important to pick a Hitting View that finds a happy middle ground.

I've found that the best Hitting View Camera for batting is "Strike Zone 2," a setting that creates a widespread and legible viewpoint. This Hitting View, alongside others, can be chosen between other Camera Options in Batting Practice. Feel free to experiment with the other Views available in all of MLB The Show 25's various game modes to see which one works best for you.

Best Hitting Interface

Allow Greater Customization Through One Setting Change

The best Hitting Inferface setting in MLB The Show 25 is Zone, the only batting mode that gives you full customization over several other options. Zone gives you the most control over every swing, giving you precise ways to strike based off your choices.

Another good Hitting Interface is Timing, which locks out some custom controls, but makes it easier to learn the game's mechanics as you simply try to hit fast pitches.

Zone is notoriously hard to use but extremely rewarding for players who can master precise batting controls. If you want the most freedom while hitting, Zone is the way to go, as it allows you to then create a plethora of new hitting settings related to your Plate Coverage Indicator (PCI).

Best PCI Anchor & Settings

Activate An Additional Indicator For More Precision

Once you select a Zone Hitting Interface, turn the Plate Coverage Indicator setting "On" to create a new reticle for swings while you're at the bat. This PCI demands more accuracy with your swings, but it is far and away the strongest way to react to pitches with the strongest hits possible. By adjusting the size, shape, and other visual factors of your PCI, you can customize it to suit your visual preferences.

Here are some good hitting settings along with some PCI tuning to help you hit even the trickiest throws from MLB The Show 25's best pitchers:

• Directional Camera Shift - On
• Directional Hitting Indicator - On
• Guess Pitch - Off
• PCI Anchor - Preset
• PCI Anchor Dots - On
• PCI Center - Circles
• PCI Inner - Basic
• PCI Outer - None
• PCI Color - Your choice
• PCI Opacity - 50-70%
• PCI Fadeout - None

The PCI Anchor refers to the place where your PCI starts when you begin to adjust it for an incoming pitch. This can be adjusted with some more fine-tuning if you take it off a Middle-Center Preset, which adds several other options you can change.

The Opacity of your PCI means it won't get in the way of actually seeing a pitch as its thrown. Similarly, other settings for your PCI are to ensure that its has more visual notice on your screen without taking up too much space. With different indicators on, the end result is a large enough reticle that you can freely aim at pitches to strike them with above-average precision.

It'll take some time to get used to your new batting regimen, so take your time to practice using your hitting reticle and camera. The best hitting settings in MLB The Show 25 do not guarentee a home run every time, but they make it easier to universally land hits against even the trickiest pitchers.