Reverse Splits for Pitchers

[flymrfreakjar]

Hey everybody!

Quick question here, sorry if it's been asked before, but does anyone know how MLB:TS features pitchers with reverse-splits? IE. Anthony Varvaro is a RH reliever but he may as well be considered a lefty-specialist holding them to a .149/.198/.284/.481 line vs .273/.314/.406/.720 against righties in 2014. Is there anything in the game to handle these sort of pitchers? I know it's easy to see how batters fare against pitcher's-handedness, is there a similar stat in reverse?

Thank you!

[OhioCub]

This is something I always wanted them to expand on cause certain lefties are especially tough on lefties and certain righties are especially tough on righties. It'd be nice to know so I know which lefty in the pen I should designate as my lefty specialist and which I can use against anyone, etc.

[Jr.]

Quote: Originally Posted by flymrfreakjar

Hey everybody! Quick question here, sorry if it's been asked before, but does anyone know how MLB:TS features pitchers with reverse-splits? IE. Anthony Varvaro is a RH reliever but he may as well be considered a lefty-specialist holding them to a .149/.198/.284/.481 line vs .273/.314/.406/.720 against righties in 2014. Is there anything in the game to handle these sort of pitchers? I know it's easy to see how batters fare against pitcher's-handedness, is there a similar stat in reverse? Thank you!

You can see a pitchers BAA vs RH and LH, but you can't see the OBP or SLG against each handedness. So you can get a little bit of an idea through BAA numbers but that's it.

[catswithbats]

Quote: Originally Posted by flymrfreakjar

Hey everybody! Quick question here, sorry if it's been asked before, but does anyone know how MLB:TS features pitchers with reverse-splits? IE. Anthony Varvaro is a RH reliever but he may as well be considered a lefty-specialist holding them to a .149/.198/.284/.481 line vs .273/.314/.406/.720 against righties in 2014. Is there anything in the game to handle these sort of pitchers? I know it's easy to see how batters fare against pitcher's-handedness, is there a similar stat in reverse? Thank you!

I would be interested to see if they do this. I seem to remember reading somewhere that pitcher reverse splits could be kind of "fluky" (but also, some righties were tough on left handed bats and vice versa due to repertoires).

[flymrfreakjar]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

You can see a pitchers BAA vs RH and LH, but you can't see the OBP or SLG against each handedness. So you can get a little bit of an idea through BAA numbers but that's it.

Thanks, I was looking for that but couldn't find it. It's a start for sure. The commentators often say 'this guy is SO tough on lefties' or the like, and I assumed that had to be tied to career numbers. I assume they're in there somewhere, I was just curious to the extent of their valuation in the game.

[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by flymrfreakjar

Hey everybody! Quick question here, sorry if it's been asked before, but does anyone know how MLB:TS features pitchers with reverse-splits? IE. Anthony Varvaro is a RH reliever but he may as well be considered a lefty-specialist holding them to a .149/.198/.284/.481 line vs .273/.314/.406/.720 against righties in 2014. Is there anything in the game to handle these sort of pitchers? I know it's easy to see how batters fare against pitcher's-handedness, is there a similar stat in reverse? Thank you!

I don't think pitchers are coded to have intrinsic advantage over certain handedness by platoon attributes as in Contact and Power for hitters. The in-game commentators are simply making general baseball comments I think.

Much of platoon effect derives from the delivery of a pitcher and how his pitches break relative to the hitter, so if the hitter AI in The Show is actually coded to respond to these elements realistically, I would expect some in-game pitchers to have more pronounced platoon advantage over others. But I would not be surprised if the hitting AI isn't that detailed though; otherwise we don't have to have split attributes like Contact & Power for hitters the way they are.

[cardinalbird5]

I think pitchers with a good changeup/splitter will naturally have a better chance to get the opposite handedness out. I really think SDS would just complicate things with adding a split attribute for pitchers. Plus it can be random and lacking data so adding an attribute for this would not be very ideal.

[nghuicaso]

Plus it can be random and lacking data so adding an attribute for this would not be very ideal.