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Originally Posted by QuantaCondor
The reality is that there are a ton more good and affordable righty starting pitchers and righty relievers than there are lefties, so lefty hitting is at a clear advantage.
The problem with lefty teams is that there's an obvious counter in the playoffs: just pick up lefty pitching, which is usually VERY effective because the splits are so aggressive. Both of my WS titles came because I was able to clean up against lefty teams in the playoffs by picking up a Brett Anderson or Paul Splitorff. Hell, in the most recent WS victory, Jim Kaat of "I'm just here because I was in the twins set" fame got some innings and pitched well just because he's a lefty. Brett Anderson threw a maddux. There's a reason these dominant lefty teams stumble in the playoffs every year (although allenciox has been getting particularly unlucky as well which doesnt help). Because you can totally switch up rosters in between series, you have so much flexibility to counter lefty teams.
To get to the playoffs, you either need to be a lefty team or specifically be set up to counter lefty teams while still being a cohesive unit against the rest of the field. The latter concept is how I'm building the Cottons and it seems to be working.
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Was it you that hard countered my lefty team?