[Velocifaptor]

I mostly have experience in 16 but I'm wondering if in OOTP 18 there is any correlation between the pitcher and the catcher and the success of striking out the batter. Often times, through testing, it feels like a lot of the positions on the field are just spots that are filled by the best batter you can find, but maybe I'm playing on a subpar level. I mainly let the ai manage roster line-ups, the bullpen, and the play by play as well as most drafting and roster changes. Though I do enjoy the inaugural draft in fantasy league a whole lot because it feels like that's the time when I have most control to try out strategies. Admittedly I know very little about baseball. I mostly just watch baseball anime, which glorify a lot of things about the game, the relationship between a catcher and pitcher probably sounds a lot more romantic as a story than the reality that they're professional players and they probably don't really care who they're paired up with.