Quote:
Originally Posted by wallewalls
I would turn it off if it wasn't for Ohtani. He usually does really well in my saves, and I think it's cool to see an 11 WAR player like Ohtani just dominating the league on both sides of the ball.
But yes, this feature that was brought into the game for one reason is not well thought out. There are too many two way players and they never develop well. There's zero reason to have a two way player as I've only ever seen one other one, Triston Casas in OOTP 20, have any kind of major success (and in that case, Casas was a one season wonder).
|
This is an interesting comment. Pretty much cuts to the quick.
Starts off saying that there's only one player IRL who is good enough to be a two-way MLB player
Then says there are too many two-way players.
Then says they never develop.
Then says only one has ever developed which loops back to the original statement of there only being one player good enough to do it at the MLB level.
In high school and college lots of players hit and pitch. But many are drafted with some intrigue as to whether they will be used as a hitter or pitcher. Alex Verdugo is a recent example.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...2nd-round-pick
It's rare that ANY prospect develop. So, of course, it's much more rare that a player can develop as both a pitcher and hitter.
There's also Michael Lorenzen. He's had a 94 ERA- and 103 FIP- in 410 major league innings so far. He's also been a 84 wRC+ hitter (.235/.279/.432) in 145 major league at bats and has played 90 innings in the OF with 6 starts in CF.
So, there are two-way players in MLB. They are, obviously, rare