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So if I have a switch hitter going against a left handed pitcher whose splits are say 75 v R and 60 v L, why wouldn't my switch hitter hit lefty against him even though it's then lefty on lefty?
8/14/2012 1:54 PM
tecwrg
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Because the engine doesn't do that.
8/14/2012 3:16 PM
mchalesarmy
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There is no way for you to tell if he did or didn't.

What evidence do you have that suggests that he DOESN'T hit lefty against that pitcher?

8/14/2012 3:41 PM
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Posted by ct_duck on 8/14/2012 1:54:00 PM (view original):
So if I have a switch hitter going against a left handed pitcher whose splits are say 75 v R and 60 v L, why wouldn't my switch hitter hit lefty against him even though it's then lefty on lefty?
It would also then depend on the hitters capabilities versus R/L.  I think the engine just hits opposite regardless.
8/14/2012 3:48 PM
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Posted by opie100 on 8/14/2012 3:48:00 PM (view original):
Posted by ct_duck on 8/14/2012 1:54:00 PM (view original):
So if I have a switch hitter going against a left handed pitcher whose splits are say 75 v R and 60 v L, why wouldn't my switch hitter hit lefty against him even though it's then lefty on lefty?
It would also then depend on the hitters capabilities versus R/L.  I think the engine just hits opposite regardless.
no it wouldn't cause the pitcher isn't s switch pitcher.
8/15/2012 4:58 PM
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Posted by mchalesarmy on 8/14/2012 3:41:00 PM (view original):

There is no way for you to tell if he did or didn't.

What evidence do you have that suggests that he DOESN'T hit lefty against that pitcher?

Good point.
8/15/2012 5:01 PM
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His batting rating vs. L assumes he is hitting RH.  He has never been evaluated hitting LH vs LH pitching because the occurances are few a far between where a pitcher would have opposite splits.  He very well could be a 5 as a lefty vs. LH pitching, which is why he became a switch hitter in the first place.

8/15/2012 5:53 PM
opie100
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WIS says: "It is always assumed that he (switch hitters) will bat opposite of what the pitcher throws."

Here ends the reading.
8/16/2012 10:14 AM
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You know what happens when you assume, right?
8/16/2012 10:25 AM
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