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Originally Posted by thegoldengod
Appreciate the effort to look into it. I brought up MLB splits from 2020, and it appears that indeed LHB either perform a few points worse, or about even as RHB against RHP, and suffer heavily against LHP. So if the desire was to replicate last year, that seems to be the case then.
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Again, keep in mind MLB stats are for the universe, whereas if you are running regressions, that digs to a different set. The average LHB contact vs R generally is higher than RHB vs R, as is the average LHP stuff vs L compared to RHP stuff vs L, which is why the balance can shift. So the change was mostly about balancing that and not double-penalizing a certain overall talent level.