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Originally Posted by Mets52
I disagree only because if you've played long enough through you'll find the 2 way players hardly ever pan out once they have reached AAA/MLB level. They become good/great at one and usually mediocre at the other. Rarely do you get an Ohtani.
As far as finding them in the draft, setting it to HS/College stats and looking for someone with good hitting/pitching numbers is what I do. If you sort by HR's and one of the top guys also has some pitching stats, you might wanna look into him.
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Agree with you. In my fictional league, there are two of them that are even decent at both. One is an elite pitcher who has decent contact numbers (like a near .300 hitter but no power) and a centerfield phenom who can pitch (as a starter, he's about a #4 or #5 in a rotation).
Does this happen all the time in the major leagues? No. But how much of it is talent level and how much of it is coaching traditionalists who just won't allow it?
I remember years ago the Red Sox had Casey Kelly in their minor league system who was a Shortstop prospect and a pitching prospect and everyone said he HAD to choose one so he chose pitching. I thought it was dumb though because they made him stop playing the field.
I bet now that Ohtani is here, it's going to become more of a trend. Once one person does it, other people will follow suit. Not everyone will be able to do it, but you'll see it here and there