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milldaddy35 04-02-2018 11:38 AM

Do you or the catcher call the game?
 
Who do you let call the game? The catcher, or yourself?

Benz87 04-02-2018 11:40 AM

Re: Do you or the catcher call the game?
 
I do. I think the catcher just randomly calls pitches without much logic, or any type of differentiation between catchers. It makes sense to do it yourself, especially against users online.


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DoubleZ_3 04-02-2018 01:35 PM

Re: Do you or the catcher call the game?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by milldaddy35 (Post 2049299458)
Who do you let call the game? The catcher, or yourself?

I always call the game.

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trackstar121388 04-02-2018 01:46 PM

Re: Do you or the catcher call the game?
 
I use a mix. I see what they call and I might change the location but keep the pitch, change the pitch and keep the location, or change both, but I always start with the Catchers suggestion.

forme95 04-02-2018 02:06 PM

Re: Do you or the catcher call the game?
 
I let the catcher call it for the most part. I will override him late in counts if I don't like the call.

kaptainkarl76 04-02-2018 02:07 PM

Re: Do you or the catcher call the game?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by trackstar121388 (Post 2049299687)
I use a mix. I see what they call and I might change the location but keep the pitch, change the pitch and keep the location, or change both, but I always start with the Catchers suggestion.

Exactly this..especially when the catcher is asking for curveball cheese to a power hitter right down the middle..

underdog13 04-02-2018 02:23 PM

Re: Do you or the catcher call the game?
 
When I'm flustered and struggling I follow the catcher. I really like reading the signs from broadcast cam without the API.

MBMavs20 04-02-2018 02:59 PM

Re: Do you or the catcher call the game?
 
About a month ago, I started calling all of my pitches and ignoring the catcher. Just thought his pitch calling didn't make much sense.

I have always been fascinated by the batter/pitcher match-up. What to throw? Do you go with your best pitch? Are you all about disrupting timing? How good are your breaking pitches? Do you favor inside/outside? Up and down in the zone?

When I did my franchise in MLB 08 years ago, I actually looked at the games Jorge Posada and Jose Molina caught just to see if pitchers had a better ERA with one catcher or the other.. (Pitchers ERA was about half a run better with Posada)..

Maybe in the future SDS can assign a rating to a catcher based on how well he calls a game. Maybe even how well he frames pitches too...


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