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Originally Posted by marky32082
I was under the impression that low GB% is more desireable as long as HR% is low. The thinking is it's easier to make an out from a fly ball than it is for a ground ball.
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The problem is, at least from what I've read and sorry no sources come immediately to mind, but a low GB% increases, at least in real life, one's HRs Allowed.
As for the out part, I don't know. You usually stick your worst fielders at the corner outfield positions (and 1B, but let's ignore that for now b/c a 1B doesn't catch a hit ball a lot of the time) and it seems to me you see a lot of especially bad plays out there and some don't seem bad but they are because the OFer doesn't even get close to the ball. I think IF defenders are usually better than their OF counterparts. So yeah, a fly out is probably easier for an OFer than a ground out would be for them, but they're for the most part not trained for that and they're usually worse fielders. Then you also have the issue of if a ball is hit to the outfield for an out but with a man on 3rd and less than 2 outs then that's a run scored whereas hit for an out to the infield it's probably not. You also have greater opportunities for DPs with balls hit to the IF. I could go on I'm sure.