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Minors (Rookie Ball)
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois
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Lefty Hitters
I just took over a team in an online league, and I just realized it has a lot of lefty hitters (5) in the lineup (plus 2 more switch hitters), but of course I didn't realize this until I recently traded one of my right handed hitters for another lefty. So against a right handed pitcher I will have all lefty hitters but 1, and against a lefty, all but 4 (Right handed batter in for one of my lefties). So my question is how many lefties is too many or is it okay to have this many? Should I trade some away for Right handed batters?
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Although lefty hitters created in OOTP generally do better against lefties (the way the game creates their ratings), it's up to ratings and split stats. Just because a batter is a lefty doesn't mean they'll necessarily struggle against right handed pitchers.
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Pretty much. As long as they can hit (you can check their stats vs. lefties and vs. righties by going to the splits dropdown on their batting stats page if I remember correctly) it doesn't really matter. I completely disregard batting handedness in my league, to the point where I couldn't tell you the handedness of a single one of my players, but I do fine.
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Major Leagues
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I'd just add that handedness can disadvantage the pitcher as well. So a LHB might be better against RHP and a particular right handed pitcher might be worse against LHB, doubling the advantage so to speak.
That said, as Damien mentioned, individual ratings/stats should be used to evaluate whether you should have a player in the lineup and against which handed pitchers rather than simply which side they hit from. |
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Depends on your park also. If you play in Yankee Stadium, Citizen's Bank Park or say Coors it won't matter. If you play in Wrigley it will. Only 1 Left handed player over 30 Hr in 30 yrs. Personally I like to platoon. Most of my teams have 4-5 lefties vs RH and then I only have 2-3 vs LHP. and those tend to be leadoff #8/9 and #6 hitters. If my C is a leftie I sit him vs RHP unless the backup sucks vs LHP.
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