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Number4 · 05-20-2016, 10:09 AM

Yeah, I remember once having a true two-way pitcher, batting forth. On the days he was on the mound, I used no DH, so he was batting forth as pitcher.

He was often intentionally walked to, but that was no surprise, as he was worse than the #3 hitter. However any time he came to bat with less than 2 outs and runners on, the opposing manager was playing the corners in, as if I would be sacrifice bunting with my cleanup hitter.

The game usually calculates this things for different position players, it does more or less sensible intentional walks, so why not use this routine also for the pitchers?
Managers do not intentionally walk to get to the guy on the mound, they do it to get to a guy weak with the bat, which almost, but only almost every time is the guy on the mound.

05-20-2016, 10:09 AM	#19
Number4 Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 460	Yeah, I remember once having a true two-way pitcher, batting forth. On the days he was on the mound, I used no DH, so he was batting forth as pitcher. He was often intentionally walked to, but that was no surprise, as he was worse than the #3 hitter. However any time he came to bat with less than 2 outs and runners on, the opposing manager was playing the corners in, as if I would be sacrifice bunting with my cleanup hitter. The game usually calculates this things for different position players, it does more or less sensible intentional walks, so why not use this routine also for the pitchers? Managers do not intentionally walk to get to the guy on the mound, they do it to get to a guy weak with the bat, which almost, but only almost every time is the guy on the mound.