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Originally Posted by PSUColonel
I like the idea of having communication with your pitching coach as opposed to the meter….obviously mound visits should also be of help.
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To me the meter is a stand-in for a lot of things that a manager would be able to see / understand themselves, including the pitcher’s body language, changes in mechanics, a direct idea of where pitches are missing in the zone if they are (like, a sinker/slider guy missing high is a bad sign but a 4 seam pitcher missing high might not be), lower velocity, and yes, eventually talking to the catcher and pitcher on the mound although you only get one visit per inning so you’d better make that count.
When the game includes all of the above, sure, perhaps a bar delineating fatigue won’t be as needful.