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Ultimately, since we're not getting ratings for each pitch type), it seems that the eventual best scenadio would be if a pitcher had 5 key ratings:
Strike Outs
Walks
Fly Ball %
Line Drive %
Ground Ball %
I haven't read in detail the latest deep thoughts on pitchers' ability to control line drives, but I'm thinking that some influence has been proven ... though tiny. Perhaps this is a "qualifying" rating--a rating that starts low (or negative) in the minors and eventually gets to the level where he can survive in the majors and the rating levels out for all but a tiny few (for who it continues to improve).
This would be preferable to Stuff, Control, and Movement because the ratings descriptors actually define something the pitcher controls.
An alternative is to give us the weakish scouting nomenclature (Stuff, Control, and Movement), but give us detailed stats on gb/fg/ld so we can figure these "hidden ratings" out. Note--that would mean gb/fb/ld actually did mean something within the game, which I'm assuming they will now.
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