All that was pre installed. When I woke at 7 I went straight into the menu and franchise.
Haha pretty much exactly the same for me. I've just been working the market. I did get Anthony Rendon as my returning user reward, and I pulled Alex Wood, Tommy Pham, and Rich Hill from packs(preorder and ones I bought while playing the market). I probably won't get into a game until Sunday because playing the market is just too lucrative right now.
Use guess pitch(it might be turned off in your settings by default, turn that on. ) I think quadrant is the easiest to use. If you guess the pitch and location correctly the quadrant will light up, your controller will vibrate, and you’ll get a ratings boost for that pitch. Not only that, but you’ll know what pitch is coming so timing it will be easier. I always start by guessing high fastball and I take pitches until I have two strikes or I get a high fastball in my zone. This leads to some walks too which are pretty tough to draw in this game, especially on lower difficulty when pitchers throw more strikes. You’ll get the hang of it soon enough. If you really want to make it easy on yourself, turn off the plate coverage indicator. Then all you need to do is time the pitch correctly to hit it hard.
