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Originally Posted by DonMattingly
I noticed in PT 19, catcher defense had a pretty large effect on the performance of the pitchers. And that mostly went away in PT 20.
Has anyone studied how much effect catchers have in PT 21, ie how much difference is there in CERA between varying skill levels in catching defense?
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I noticed a big difference in PT20 with catcher ability. When I used a catcher with high ability, my pitchers painted the corner dramatically more than when I used a catcher with much lower ability. This was using high powered pitchers in a low league level. As I advanced in levels the effect disappeared.
In PT21, I used a catcher with high ability (Yasmani Grandal) only in 9th inning save situations for Joe Nathan the closer. Nathan won reliever of the year 3 straight seasons. Again, these were low levels and Nathan eventually became ineffective.
As far as "studying" the effect, how would you go about doing that without a supercomputer?