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Originally Posted by SirSaab
No! FEELINGS! 
And your point about all the “unsuccessful” pickoffs happening “off camera actually makes more sense than I’d prefer to admit  |
This is the sort of thing for which data can be gathered if people really feel there is an issue that needs to be resolved.
But yes, first we need to make sure we are understanding how these are visually represented in the game. I am not assuming that I am correct, but merely mean to suggest that any data we gather about how successful pickoff attempts made by the AI are compared to those that a human manager calls for is meaningless if the visual representation isn't the same for these two events. However, it is certainly possible to identify how many successful pickoffs are made by your (human managed) team and how many are successfully accomplished against your team by AI teams. And it is very possible to compare those numbers to real life numbers. Understanding, of course, that your statistical league settings are going to play a big role in this and there are many little things, in this very expansive game, that could be off leading to odd results.
I will suggest also that if there was a big bug in this area of the game it would be the sort of thing that a great number of gamers would have already pointed it out long ago. Having said that, there is often an ongoing discussion here about things like passed balls, wild pitches, etc. which is very similar to this discussion. And though pretty much any data evidence that has been gathered suggests that it is a problem that is more of player perception than an actual game engine issue, it is a perception that seems to have at least nine lives.