All bunts speedrun strategy

The 2025 evolution of this run cuts out needing to hit a homerun, which was always much less reliable than any of the bunts. The basic strategy for getting sub-3 minutes is "always bunt". Each bunt, after the first two batters, you use the lead runner to draw the throw to home and away from the batter running to 1st.

You can just keep bunting until its 10-0, with even making one mistake for a first out not breaking the strategy. Then, get to 3 outs somehow to end your inning.

But the truly fast approach requires a specific 3 outs, described with Heroes player names:

- JED's 2nd time up has to get thrown out at 1st. The bunt has to be just good enough that the lead runner reaches home first, the pitcher gets the ball next, and JED hasn't yet reached 1st so the pitcher throws to 1st. If JED reaches 1st safely during the throw to 1st, just start running toward 2nd after the first basemen catches the ball, you'll be out instantly. If JED reaches before the pitcher throws, the pitcher won't throw to 1st, and you cannot get JED out (RIP).

- BARN has to have a normal bunt, the lead runner drawing the throw home and scoring the 9th run. The runner at 3rd coming home will be the 9th hitter, which is usually the pitcher, the slowest runner on the team. This is why I pinch hit for the pitcher when they come to bat: that runner is faster and actually offsets the pinch hit menu time -and- you have higher odds of succeeding on this particular bunt.

- BOBY has to get out at 1st, same situation as JED's bunt. At least now your runner at 3rd base is the fastest guy in the game, so he almost always gets to home in plenty of time. Then also, BARN going from 1st to 2nd has to get out to end the inning. The easiest way to do this is have BARN turn around and go back to 1st while the pitcher is throwing to 1st. Be careful you do not turn around too soon, the game will soft-lock with BARN stuck in a sliding animation. My PB is probably 1 frame away from the soft lock kicking in. This is because while BOBY is not yet out and is headed to 1st, BARN is not allowed to fully return to 1st base, so the game just freezes him mid-slide.

If you pull off all these bunts, you'll get to 10-0 and get outs 2 and 3 all basically at the same time. This is the least number of batters (13, 10 runs and 3 outs). It's also the minimum number of times the defense throws the ball. No plays have more than 1 throw, always just pitcher to home or 1st. Those are the main variables you can control in the speedrun. Everything about how long the pitcher takes to pitch and where they pitch is RNG, the bunts themselves seem influenced but still random, and a possible manip is a strategy guide for a future day....

brianwilliams42

Baseball Simulator 1.000

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Seirea

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thohan99

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