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Originally Posted by rudoggy
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.
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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.