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Originally posted by crackpott
My other concern is the weighting of each category. I would argue that velocity should have a slightly greater role (maybe not as much as the others, but it should influence K's more than "slightly", and control's influence on homerun's should be minimal. My concern is that the control rating is going to be far too important in the grand scheme of things.
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The real life Barry Zito has an average of 178Ks a season and he throws around 90 mph. Velocity should not heavily influence strikeouts. While it may be true that guys with high velocity do strike out hitters more often than not, I feel it would penalize very good pitchers that do not pitch with much velocity.
A pitcher's control is very important. The more guys he allows to reach base, the better chance he'll give up runs. I'd rather a guy give up a solo home run than 3 walks and a single (which would score at least one, maybe two...and possibly more if the defense falls apart).