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Originally Posted by JKap
For a game that markets itself as a comprehensive simulation of baseball, using only walks, Ks and HR allowed for pitcher rating changes is extremely simplistic in its approach.
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Not really.
It's a DIPS based model, which is still generally accepted as the most realistic model by the majority of the baseball stats community, though of course plenty of folks have (more or less strong) disagreements with it.
Whether you fully agree with it or not, there certainly isn't terribly conclusive evidence that the majority of pitchers (with possibly a few noteworthy exceptions) can control their batted ball outcomes.