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Not that I'm demanding that anybody do a study, but to me this leads to one more question.
I'm assuming that all of these pitchers had the same defense behind them (which had to be true, or the study means nothing).
So now, I want to see each team (stuff team, control team, movement team) paired with a good defense, fair defense, poor defense.
Because the team in the field should have an impact on the pitchers. Obviously, it's best to have a great defensive team, but it's not always possible.
So while movement was the best overall team, maybe if you have a poor defense, you should go heavy on stuff pitchers because they allow less contact.
On the other hand, if you have a great defense, maybe that makes it more beneficial to have a control or a movement heavy pitching staff.
So what I'm saying is that this study shows who's best in a vacuum.
But I want to see which style of pitcher best compliments each defense.
Make sense?
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