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Originally Posted by dougaiton

^^^^ Exactly. There is no evidence as to:
a) what effects catchers have on development
b) what effects game-calling has on a game, and if it is a repeatable skill or not.

For a RL example, Pudge Rodriguez was considered to be a terrible play-caller in Texas, asking for fastballs to boost his Runners Thrown Out percentage and generally causing his pitchers to give up runs. Yet when he moved to Florida, he was described as a great play-caller who was helping the kids develop! Ben Davis was considered a terrible play-caller, while Dan Wilson was a great one, yet the 2002 (or 3) Seattle staff performed better with Davis behind the plate.

I can't argue that these abilities don't exist, but in a computer simulation, like OOTP, which basically is a lot of number crunching, if you can't think of a formula to model it (i.e. x's rating affects ERA by y) and prove that formula exists in real life, then sadly OOTP can't replicate it.

uhh... maybe CERA?