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Old 01-11-2011, 10:04 AM   #12
Cole
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Originally Posted by rudoggy View Post
Maybe i have been reading the wrong posts, but i have never seen "for sure" how you can push for a third pitch before. It seem like it really should be an option of sorts. Successful or not, as a pitching coach, you should be able to have some influence on young arms and guide them to their potential. It just shouldnt be random. I also do not like simply editing and adding a crappy changeup for a third pitch as you end up setting potential also, which means you are stating how he will end up(more or less), there is no randomness to that either.
Agree 100 per cent. It seems kind of dumb that you have to just do it blindly and hope for the best, whereas in real life if you drafted a stud MR that you wanted to convert to an SP you would be able to start pushing him towards learning new pitches, stretching out his stamina, etc etc.
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