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biekert · 04-26-2018, 02:47 PM

In an online league I'm in, I have a SP with 8-6-3 attributes (and 8-7-4 potential) on a 1-10 scale who is absolutely lighting the league on fire despite 1.5 current stars (3 potential).

He also happens to be an astounding 7 feet tall (and 255 pounds)! My question is whether extreme pitcher height makes a difference, as it certainly seems to from the observed evidence to date. I've exhaustively scoured the Internet for topics on pitcher height, and all I've established definitively is that Markus has posted that low pitcher height makes SPs less likely to develop stamina, and to have a lower chance of "putting it all together". But it certainly does seem like his highly unusual height is assisting his performance, at the very least in a much-higher-than-expected K/9 rate (which is consistent with a fastball travelling a foot less far on the way home). Any opinions?

04-26-2018, 02:47 PM	#1
biekert Bat Boy Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 18	(Extreme) height of starting pitcher - affects performance? In an online league I'm in, I have a SP with 8-6-3 attributes (and 8-7-4 potential) on a 1-10 scale who is absolutely lighting the league on fire despite 1.5 current stars (3 potential). He also happens to be an astounding 7 feet tall (and 255 pounds)! My question is whether extreme pitcher height makes a difference, as it certainly seems to from the observed evidence to date. I've exhaustively scoured the Internet for topics on pitcher height, and all I've established definitively is that Markus has posted that low pitcher height makes SPs less likely to develop stamina, and to have a lower chance of "putting it all together". But it certainly does seem like his highly unusual height is assisting his performance, at the very least in a much-higher-than-expected K/9 rate (which is consistent with a fastball travelling a foot less far on the way home). Any opinions?