[Syd Thrift]

It should also be pointed out that the ratings have a sympathetic effect on each other, that is, a guy with 80 Stuff, 40 Movement, and 40 Control will allow fewer HRs and walks than a guy with 40s across the board. Also, while Stuff is calculated as an aggregate of the Stuff from all your pitches (note: I don’t ever see a pitcher’s stuff rating go down from adding a D quality pitch), how it actually works when a pitcher is relieving (where the game mainly looks at the guy’s best 2 or 3 pitches) or starting (where all pitches are counted and in fact if a player has less than 3 quality pitches they’ll see a debuff after their 2nd time through the order) are different.