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Puckett guy · 01-30-2013, 11:27 AM

IRL the Minnesota Twins management has at least given lipservice about developing and signing "pitch to contact" pitchers. Strikeouts go down and walks go down. Also, an effective "pitch to contact" pitcher can locate his pitches in a way that solid contact is limited. Theoretically this is all supose to work well if you have a good defense and a pitcher friendly ballpark. However, after losing 90+ games the past two seasons it looks like the Twins are thankfully giving up on this idea and are now desperately trying to find a few pitchers who can actually strike people out.

I don't mind if it is modeled in OOTP, but it should exhibit some of these real life limitations.

01-30-2013, 11:27 AM	#18
Puckett guy Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Near Lake Wobegone Posts: 306	IRL the Minnesota Twins management has at least given lipservice about developing and signing "pitch to contact" pitchers. Strikeouts go down and walks go down. Also, an effective "pitch to contact" pitcher can locate his pitches in a way that solid contact is limited. Theoretically this is all supose to work well if you have a good defense and a pitcher friendly ballpark. However, after losing 90+ games the past two seasons it looks like the Twins are thankfully giving up on this idea and are now desperately trying to find a few pitchers who can actually strike people out. I don't mind if it is modeled in OOTP, but it should exhibit some of these real life limitations. __________________ "...and we'll see you tomorrow night!" - Jack Buck, October 26, 1991, HHH Metrodome, Mpls, MN