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Originally Posted by b10wick
Max Fried needs some updating on his pitch arsenal. He throws 5 pitches (fastball, curve, slider, sinker and change) but only shows 3 in OOTP (fastball, curve, change). I'd also argue that his pure stuff rating needs an increase after the season he put forth in 2020, as well.
A look at his pitch usage of each is attached below.
Mike Soroka is also missing a fastball in OOTP as he currently only features a sinker, slider and change. I've attached his pitch usage info as well (attachment #2).
Lastly, Kyle Wright is mostly a sinker baller but he doesn't feature one in OOTP. In OOTP his pitch mix consists of a fastball, cutter, curve and change when it should feature a sinker, 4 seam fastball, slider, curve and change. He's missing the slider altogether and is showing a cutter rather than sinker. I've attached his pitch usage as well (attachment #3).
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Most guys don't get both a sinker and a fastball in OOTP (there are a few exceptions) because how a sinker works in-game is different from a 2-seam fastball in real life whereas in Statscast and Brooks baseball and other sites that track pitches, they generally classify most any 2-seam fb as a sinker.
For Fried, at the moment I do not think he is a guy who would get both pitches in OOTP. I did add in a slider for him now though as that was missing and I'll review whether he should get a sinker and fb a bit more.
I'll review Soroka as well since he's also a borderline case.
As for Wright, his GB% irl is not high enough to merit a sinker in OOTP (guys need to be well over 50% and Wright in MLB so far is around 43%). What I did do for him is actually adjust his gb% and movement ratings a bit to reflect in-game how its been trending in real life toward his being a fb pitcher.