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Originally Posted by Findest2001
I'm willing to try anything but mound visit in the first inning after 3 pitches? Even in a blowout that seems extreme. Nonetheless ill try it.
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Hey, whatever it takes
Mound visits, I think, have a small chance of settling a P but like real life who knows?
The batter\pitcher match too me is what to keep an eye on.
example if I have a P that is 4-4-8 stuff-movement-control(on the 2-8 scale) and he is facing a batter that is 7-5-2 (contact-power-eye) I'm thinking of using pitch around and see if I can get him to chase or hit a ball on the edge of the zone weakly. Anything over the plate and his 7 contact is a real danger against my 4 stuff.
That can be reversed: P with 8-8-4 vs B with 4-3-8 and I may pitch him to contact figuring even if he hits it he's not going to hit it hard. But with that 8 eye he's a danger to walk.
Then there's the batter that has a history of pounding your P. He's a pitch around candidate in certain situations.
I look at it as, who do I want to challenge, and who do I want to make sure doesn't beat me.