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Originally Posted by chazzycat
If the game had separate lineups for home & road games, absolutely. But with the current setup I disagree. This is going to kill you against lefties at home, because the game will force them to hit from the right side, which you've nerfed. So that's a -20% penalty (from +10 to -10) in those situations, which is huge.
-20% penalties are to be avoided at all costs. You can never make up a -20% penalty on the road, because away parks average out to a neutral park. So at best all you can do on the road is +10% (lack of -10 penalty, but NEVER +10 boost).
Basically...it's counter-intuitive, but I would advise considering ONLY home games and not worrying about away games whatsoever.
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1/2 of the games are on the road. A switch hitter can hit righties well and will still have a matchup advantage against lefties despite the ball park factors.