I actually did a sim-test of this... multiple 162 game seasons, compared historical put out numbers to put out numbers produced in a sim. Catchers saw the biggest spike in output numbers, proportional to their real life averages. I determined it was not because of increased strikeout numbers - pitchers were putting up normal numbers. It goes without saying that the next most plausible reason catchers were recording so many outputs was an inordinate amount of pop outs - we're talking 3 a game.
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