IF Deep option

DFyvie · 06-20-2018, 04:57 AM

Amongst the various defensive alignments is the option to play your infield deep. Is this to prevent the ball from leaving the infield.. but presumably and quick runner would make this strategy unsound? So in short: what situation warrants the IF deep alignment?

RchW · 06-20-2018, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DFyvie

Amongst the various defensive alignments is the option to play your infield deep. Is this to prevent the ball from leaving the infield.. but presumably and quick runner would make this strategy unsound? So in short: what situation warrants the IF deep alignment?

Removed dumb post

DFyvie · 06-20-2018, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

That’s the OF version of “no doubles”. If played correctly even a speedy batter shouldn’t get to 2B

So.. with two outs and a runner on 1st, one would go with a Infield Deep formation?

Drstrangelove · 06-20-2018, 12:02 PM

http://probaseballinsider.com/baseba...l-positioning/

This is what I found, so assuming one can relate that web sites terminology to OOTP's, you can see some of the reasoning behind the strategy,

http://cmbaseballsoftball.org/2e5ca8...3833/37462.pdf

This is WAY more detailed on the same subject. Even in otherwise identical situations, a fast runner on first with a weak armed catcher and a pitcher who doesn't hold runners well, might not be handled identically if it instead was a slow runner, a catcher with a cannon, and Steve Carlton on the mound.

RchW · 06-20-2018, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DFyvie

So.. with two outs and a runner on 1st, one would go with a Infield Deep formation?

Sorry I totally misread your OP. My comment is nonsense.😧

06-20-2018, 04:57 AM	#1
DFyvie Major Leagues Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 389	IF Deep option Amongst the various defensive alignments is the option to play your infield deep. Is this to prevent the ball from leaving the infield.. but presumably and quick runner would make this strategy unsound? So in short: what situation warrants the IF deep alignment?

06-20-2018, 12:02 PM	#4
Drstrangelove Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 346	http://probaseballinsider.com/baseba...l-positioning/ This is what I found, so assuming one can relate that web sites terminology to OOTP's, you can see some of the reasoning behind the strategy, http://cmbaseballsoftball.org/2e5ca8...3833/37462.pdf This is WAY more detailed on the same subject. Even in otherwise identical situations, a fast runner on first with a weak armed catcher and a pitcher who doesn't hold runners well, might not be handled identically if it instead was a slow runner, a catcher with a cannon, and Steve Carlton on the mound. Last edited by Drstrangelove; 06-20-2018 at 12:10 PM.