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I posted this earlier in another thread, but here it is revised:
Would we sacrifice realistic results for knuckleballers and the Paul Quantrill's of this world to make a game that allowed us to scout better with sabermetric methods for 'normal' pitchers? I agree that most pitchers results are decided by BB/HR/K rather than balls put into play ratings, but I would also suggest that OOTP changing to this system as a rule behind its stats would mean one of two things:
1) a loss of realism in generating knuckleballers stats
2) a new system to determine the way in which certain pitchers work.
Nobody responded last time; can anyone see light at the end of the tunnel and a way around this?
I am all for a K/BB based game engine, but not if it ruins the worth of a small but significant selection of pitchers
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