Interesting. I found the opposite to be true. When B_Ma I think it was confirmed it a couple years ago that the control and movement ratings only apply to played games (not simmed) and that movement influenced whiffs, it basically confirmed what I was seeing. I'd still get K's but I'd be bottom of the league with a decent staff.
Just to continue discussion, Brooks seems to base things off of known grips, right? I recall redsfan doing pitch edits for '12 or '13 but most people didn't try them because of seanjeezy's rep and also they didn't like how he'd assign some pitches. He gave King Felix a splitter back then because it matched the movement and back then splitters got more whiffs in the game than changes (opposite might be true now). He had some out of the box thinking that I was able to appreciate. I didn't think of it as "Felix doesn't throw a splitter" like many did. I thought of it as that was how his pitch behaved. There were plenty of others that he did like that as well.
That said, I know Bumgarner gets a good whiff% on his "slutter" and WTNY has it as a cutter with a low movement rating. Maybe I'll edit him and play a few to see how that whiff% looks compared to SCEA's slider they gave him. Also, to see how often he throws it not being assigned as his primary pitch (I think they did that to get him to thrown it more in the game).
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