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Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager
I would never ask Pujols to hit singles.
But instead with the modern era you have hitters who hit .240 with 100k but 15 HR who could hit .290 with 50 K but only hit 5 HR.
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Ok, first of all I don't know what your basis is for assuming those numbers. Second, you should probably do the math before you throw numbers like that out.
Essentially, what you're advocating is losing 10 HR in lieu of replacing an out with a single in 4% of a player's ABs. Assuming a season of 500 AB's, that's 20 more hits... take away the 10 HR and now, what you're saying is: lose 10 HR, gain 30 singles. That's a net loss of 10 bases. Not a good strategy.
Edit: whoops... maybe I should check my math... it's 5%. so you're losing 5 bases rather than 10.