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Old 04-13-2019, 09:01 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Reed View Post
In another thread, Matt said exit velocity is mostly cosmetic in OOTP.
Remember ratings (contact, power, eye) along with the pitcher ratings (and luck) determine stats. I am sure real life exit velocity (as of now anyway) is NOT used to determine the power rating.
Yes, I believe the indication has been that exit velocity is mostly (mostly!) cosmetic.
But the thing that Questdog was responding to was a mention that it might be like pitch velocity in that sense.
Like Questdog, I'm pretty sure that pitch velocity is not mostly cosmetic. It interacts in a very real way with pitch types and ratings to influence stuff ratings, at the least. It is a meaningful number, more so (at this point, anyway) than exit velocity.
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