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#31454	03/04/2016 2:55:08 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	I have a left handed starter who is the best guy in my rotation this season. Perhaps results may vary more than some are suggesting.

#31470	03/04/2016 9:40:51 am
Crazy Li Joined: 01/25/2015 Posts: 879 Inactive	Lefties always fail me, but on the flip-side, my team goes to sleep against opposing LHPs... so must be working for someone.

#31493	03/04/2016 5:16:49 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9599 Haverhill Halflings III.1	The flip-side of that train of thinking is that it is a huge problem in this game that righties can't hit. But with a larger sample size we all realize that just isn't the case. My lefties have been pretty reliable starters. At least when they can stay healthy... I think its more about scouting accuracy and other hidden factors that make it hard to tell how good a pitcher is without evaluating their talent. We see 5 out of 10 righties work out and figure they are good pitchers, then 2 lefties fail and folks decide lefties can't pitch...

#31507	03/05/2016 3:49:39 am
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 884 Kodiak Mules III.3	a few season ago, I fielded a 5 LHP rotation. And they are all gone, but one (relegated to AAA because he allows 2 HR/9) Three of them were pot15... but my statement is not based on apocryphal stories. I'm just looking at my opponents' lineups: there, is a collection of all LHP performance. there's a lot of players with a 300/400/500 slash line. against Rhp, only a few superstars are hitting like that. Another thread pertains to this conversation: the abnormal small number of LHH faced by LH setup men. And Starters too. It's the very same side of the coin

#31508	03/05/2016 4:08:08 am
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2237 New York Lancers V.4	Another pitching question: what's best? I have two pitchers: 23yo, 11 POT, 74 SI And I just claimed: 25yo, 13 POT, 69 SI I've picked all these guys up because pitching depth is my weakness and there was nothing in the farm when I took over. I'm not sure there's a ton of upside here but it was better than what I had before. Any advice appreciated!

#31509	03/05/2016 6:24:12 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals III.2	I would take the 13 POT 25 year old because his SI can be between 104-111 and his skills will be higher than the two 11 POT pitchers you have. If the 11 POT players have low fielding, arm, and range, then they can be worth something because because the majority of their points will be in their pitching skills instead of their fielding.

#31511	03/05/2016 7:14:30 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	@Frank, except all your statements are based on the league you are in. The league you are in is not necessarily representative of every league in Broken Bat. So it suffers from the same experiential pitfalls that the rest of our claims have. In other words, results may vary.

#31514	03/05/2016 9:55:14 am
Balbinjj Joined: 05/27/2014 Posts: 213 Appleton Foxes III.1	I have three LHP main starters. Ham, Carrasco and Matthew. We are doing well. Just want to share that.

#31534	03/06/2016 11:14:25 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9599 Haverhill Halflings III.1	He's in the same league as me... Which is a hitters league, so all the pitchers are suffering. I don't see the lefties doing any worse than righties... Just a quick and dirty back of the napkin for our leauge: Lefty Starters (15) - Average ERA 4.8, Top 3 pitcher's ERA - 2.83, 3.39, 3.78 Righty Starters (49) - Average ERA 4.5, #1,4,7 ERAs - 2.34, 3.38, 3.46 So even in our league with its small sample size there is really only a slight skew towards righties. So I'm really not sure what Frank is talking about... Updated Sunday, March 6 2016 @ 11:36:59 am PST

#31535	03/06/2016 11:49:07 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9599 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Speaking of anecdotal fallacies. My lefty starter Byrd should be the worst starter on my team (although he isn't ) since he is a brand new rookie. His 4.8 ERA isn't helping the lefties average ERA, but he has a smaller sample size so far this year because he has had injuries totaling over 70 days out. Still looking at his H/IP ratio, his K/BB ratio, his WHIP, his GB/FB ratio, I expect him to be producing a sub-4 ERA by the time he is 27.