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Wrigleyviller · 06-14-2004, 01:24 PM

Get a pitcher according to what you have. If you have a great infield defense, a la 2000 Mets, groundball pitchers will have much more success than normal (coversely, Kevin Brown on the Yanks is going from Chavez-Ravine/brilliant IF defense to a Yankee Stadium/Jeterrific one, hurting his numbers). If your OF defense is great, control pitchers are nice, because they tend not to strikeout as many but give up flyballs instead. If your defense isn't great anywhere, go strikeout pitcher.

However, I think strikeouts are the most important facet for pitchers. So few pitchers can survive with low K-rates - with knuckleballers, groundball-experts and the rare Tommy John as exceptions - that it's just dangerous to go with someone else.

06-14-2004, 01:24 PM	#5
Wrigleyviller Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Guess :-) Posts: 51	Get a pitcher according to what you have. If you have a great infield defense, a la 2000 Mets, groundball pitchers will have much more success than normal (coversely, Kevin Brown on the Yanks is going from Chavez-Ravine/brilliant IF defense to a Yankee Stadium/Jeterrific one, hurting his numbers). If your OF defense is great, control pitchers are nice, because they tend not to strikeout as many but give up flyballs instead. If your defense isn't great anywhere, go strikeout pitcher. However, I think strikeouts are the most important facet for pitchers. So few pitchers can survive with low K-rates - with knuckleballers, groundball-experts and the rare Tommy John as exceptions - that it's just dangerous to go with someone else. __________________ The baseball axis of evil: Cardinals, Mets, Yankees. In no particular order.