Philosophy Alignment

[cub fan]

In filling out my minor league personnel, I've always sort of hired the guys with the best ratings and have somewhat ignored the specific leanings of my hitting and pitching coaches. Is this a mistake? Is there a meaningful benefit to making sure all PC throughout my system line up (like "power pitchers" or "groundballers")? Is it recommended to fill the system with ground ball coaches and then preferentially draft pitchers with that trait? Is the benefit meaningful enough that it would then be worth it to draft ground ball pitchers even if a different pitcher had slightly better projected ratings?

[Charlie Ricker]

I'm curious about this, too. I play my games out usually pitch by pitch - have hired managers and coaches to align their strengths, have good relationships with players and have had it blow up in my face.

Just wondering what some of you folks think - have you had success? Failure?

Charlie

[Sweed]

I think it is a mistake to over commit to any one focus/philosophy for pitching/batting coaches over the entire organization. When focus was first introduced I liked the idea of having "groundball pitchers", then drafted and staffed accordingly. IOW I "lived" your example question. I didn't like the results (seemed too limiting) and moved on to a more balanced approach rather quickly.

Now, I like having coaches with a different "focus" at each level. Something like Hitting coach focus might be..
Power @ R and AA
Contact @ A
Patience @ A+
Neutral @ AAA
(mix and match any way you see fit).
and the same type of thing for pitching coaches.

MLB? Maybe if I have a generational pitcher that is a "power pitcher" I may think about going and getting a PC with a power focus if I felt like he wasn't moving towards his forecasted high ceiling. If he was dominating with the PC I had? I'd see no reason to change.

The balanced model let's me draft the best players available and not feel like I have to "draft to fit" one player type. At some time during a player's minor league career he should be exposed to a focused coach that benefits him. What I won't have is a player that is never exposed to at least some focused training. Unless of coarse a guy misses a level due how advanced he is at the draft.

Of course there is no right answer on how to do this. FWIW I don't know, nor do I want to know how this works under the hood. I'm not interested in trying to solve the developer's "math problem" (I'm not saying that is what the OP wants to do). I only want to be immersed in my simulation of a "baseball world".