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Originally Posted by superdaws
Well ITP had the ability for pitchers to learn a new pitch, seems reasonable that a pitcher would want to expand their repertoire since it should make them more effective, but I do understand the points against having a button to direct a player to learn a new pitch, but here is an idea.
First, a player is more likely to try to learn a new pitch if they (in no particular order):
1) have a high work ethic.
2) are not pitching successfully with their current stuff.
3) Have a good pitching coach
Factors that would effect how well they learn the new pitch (again in no particular order)
1) their pitching coach
2) their work ethic
3) their intelligence
4) how often they pitch
So pitchers don't become supermen with high ratings and numerous pitches, if a pitcher decides to learn a new pitch the ratings for their other pitches will not increase. You can assume that they are spending their time perfecting the new pitch at the expense of the ones they already know.
And just to throw this in as well, why not allow us to determine what fundamentals a team should work on during spring training? You can have maybe three options for both pitchers and hitters. So if you want them to work on bunting, baserunning, and taking pitches then some of the players may improve in those categories. For pitchers you can have one of the options be to learn a new pitch. To make things a little more real, maybe pitching coaches can have a specific pitch that they can teach the pitchers. Like Roger Craig and the splitter. Just a thought.
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I agree with all of this would add complete realism, and wouldn't get into a fantasy world. To say the staff of a team has no say in what a pitcher may work on is not realistic. Forcing a player to learn a a sharp Curveball isn't either.
Pitching coaches don't have unlimited time, so their should be a limit to how many pitchers they can teach a pitch two for an extended period of time.