3D Game Pitch to Contact, Pitch Around?

[ColumbusJets]

Originally Posted by SkipBranham

The way I’ve always understood it is that ratings represent the player’s true talent level. So if a .250 hitter goes 12-for-25 and gets the hot icon, his underlying rating is still .250. The hot streak doesn’t suddenly make him a .480 hitter, it likely just adds a small temporary modifier to his ratings. In other words, he might perform like a .260 or .270 hitter for a short stretch instead of .250.

OOTP seems to layer small situational modifiers (hot/cold streaks, pitch strategy, fatigue, morale, etc.) on top of the core ratings system to create more realistic streakiness, but the ratings still drive the long-term outcomes.

There are old posts where one dev says a small difference and another says a small difference only if morale is on. I wouldn't pitch around a player because he's rated .010 or .020 higher than normal.

[ColumbusJets]

Originally Posted by zappa1

Try it and see how it works for you. I have and been burned many times pitching to contact with a hot hitter.

How does it happen? I asked what the batters rating would be if he was normally rated to hit .250 and was on a .480 hot streak.