Ahhh, the Year of the Pitcher Continues

LeeD · 03-11-2026, 08:30 PM

62 games into beta Entry Pool, and my team is giving up less than two runs per game. Scoring a little over three. Almost half of the games decided by one run. Looks like nothing has changed about this in PT27. It's 1968 all over again. No complaints, but it does show that front-line pitching and beating your opponents in the home run race is a key factor here.

webrian · 03-12-2026, 06:48 PM

I know, right??

I wonder if this is something the developers are going to have to tinker with. Nobody on my test team is hitting, but we have a record of 64-59 because our team ERA is something like 2.30.

LeeD · 03-12-2026, 08:03 PM

It's just Entry Pool, so it's not all that important. Just a curiosity why they seem to have chosen an extremely pitcher-friendly environment for every team's opening week. 122 games so far, only 247 runs allowed. ERA of 1.86, which leads the league. Only six of sixty teams with ERA above 3.00. Spread is similar to 1968 MLB but even more extreme, possibly due to the best teams having acquired all of the best pitchers (which won't happen once we get out of free candy and into official play).

cwhitman · 03-12-2026, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LeeD

It's just Entry Pool, so it's not all that important. Just a curiosity why they seem to have chosen an extremely pitcher-friendly environment for every team's opening week. 122 games so far, only 247 runs allowed. ERA of 1.86, which leads the league. Only six of sixty teams with ERA above 3.00. Spread is similar to 1968 MLB but even more extreme, possibly due to the best teams having acquired all of the best pitchers (which won't happen once we get out of free candy and into official play).

It's not an environment issue: it's 2010. it's either an engine issue or a card pool issue. but we'll see, entry pool is weird.

The only stat that is off is BABIP: everything else seems fine. could be related to the new BABIP scale, but hopefully not and it'll be fine. we'll know more by the weekend.

kkfootball · 03-13-2026, 03:08 PM

I've noticed that when the AI manager submitted my roster it default had all pitchers as two-way players. I deselected this in strategy but I checked the stats of players in the entry pool and starting pitchers were getting ABs despite it being a DH league.

03-11-2026, 08:30 PM	#1
LeeD All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 915	Ahhh, the Year of the Pitcher Continues 62 games into beta Entry Pool, and my team is giving up less than two runs per game. Scoring a little over three. Almost half of the games decided by one run. Looks like nothing has changed about this in PT27. It's 1968 all over again. No complaints, but it does show that front-line pitching and beating your opponents in the home run race is a key factor here.

03-12-2026, 06:48 PM	#2
webrian Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 351	I know, right?? I wonder if this is something the developers are going to have to tinker with. Nobody on my test team is hitting, but we have a record of 64-59 because our team ERA is something like 2.30.

03-12-2026, 08:03 PM	#3
LeeD All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 915	It's just Entry Pool, so it's not all that important. Just a curiosity why they seem to have chosen an extremely pitcher-friendly environment for every team's opening week. 122 games so far, only 247 runs allowed. ERA of 1.86, which leads the league. Only six of sixty teams with ERA above 3.00. Spread is similar to 1968 MLB but even more extreme, possibly due to the best teams having acquired all of the best pitchers (which won't happen once we get out of free candy and into official play).

03-13-2026, 03:08 PM	#5
kkfootball Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2022 Posts: 1	I've noticed that when the AI manager submitted my roster it default had all pitchers as two-way players. I deselected this in strategy but I checked the stats of players in the entry pool and starting pitchers were getting ABs despite it being a DH league.