[Markus Heinsohn]

While spending the weekend in bed with a damned flu, I had some time to think about poise and what it was supposed to do, and what it is/may be in real life.

Actually it was intended as a rating that slightly influences all numbers that a pitcher has control of, so K's, BB's and HR's... the intend was to being able to create a wider variety of pitcher types. However, this would have been a completely random rating when importing historical seasons. And how should it work in the player development? Is this really a talent you can develop? Also, I didn't like the term 'poise' from the start, since it is easy to misunderstand and you can interpret all sorts of stuff into it.

So, with all the discussion going on, and with some further thinking, I came to the conclusion that this is nonsense. So, the rating was scratched.

Here is the final list of pitcher ratings:
Stuff (heavily influences Ks)
Movement (Influences HRs)
Control (Influences BBs, and slightly Ks and HRs)
Velocity (Slightly influences Ks)

Endurance, Hold Runners, HBP, Balks and WPs.

Cheers,
Markus