Do you have a minimum pitch quality you look at for your major league staff? I've typically gone with 70 as a minimum for the 1st pitch but given more value to pitchers who have higher pitch qualities or more pitches with a higher quality rating.

One person posted once you are looking for this in P1 through P5. 85, 70, 55, 40, 25. I think that is a good way to look at it, but you have to realize nothing in the ratings can be taken in a vacuum. You have to consider other attributes too. Control, vL, vR, GB/FB, and P1-Pn as a whole to determine what type of pitcher you have.

IMHO - Tier 1 - Control and Splits with Tier 2 - Velo, GB/FB, Pitches. You can league average results with guys who have good tier 1 ratings and meh tier 2. Other way around the guy will likely be a 4A player.

Purely speculation based on experience, but I usually eyeball that the guy has at least two pitches in excess of 65+. If not I'm reconsidering their effectiveness.

Extremely important. If I had to put it in order, I would say it goes

1. R split
2. Control
3. P1
4a/4b. L split and P2

This is purely anecdotal, but I have noticed that a guy with pitches 70,65,80 will underperform a guy with pitches 80,70,65, all else being equal.

Posted by strikeout26 on 4/7/2020 7:51:00 PM (view original):
This is purely anecdotal, but I have noticed that a guy with pitches 70,65,80 will underperform a guy with pitches 80,70,65, all else being equal.

It depends on what your catcher's PC rating is.

Any pitch rating under 50 is a negative. So I would rather have a pitcher with 3 pitches at 85-70-60 than a pitcher with 5 pitches at 87-72-60-45-25.

Posted by tlowster on 4/7/2020 7:18:00 PM (view original):
Extremely important. If I had to put it in order, I would say it goes

1. R split
2. Control
3. P1
4a/4b. L split and P2

My top 3 are R split, control, and GB/FB. After that, I weigh all of the other ratings and throw them into a stew.

Posted by bjschumacher on 4/7/2020 8:47:00 PM (view original):

Posted by tlowster on 4/7/2020 7:18:00 PM (view original):
Extremely important. If I had to put it in order, I would say it goes

1. R split
2. Control
3. P1
4a/4b. L split and P2

My top 3 are R split, control, and GB/FB. After that, I weigh all of the other ratings and throw them into a stew.

(Control = VsR) > > VsL > GB/FB > (P1 = P2). I don't even look at velocity.

Posted by bjschumacher on 4/7/2020 8:42:00 PM (view original):

Posted by strikeout26 on 4/7/2020 7:51:00 PM (view original):
This is purely anecdotal, but I have noticed that a guy with pitches 70,65,80 will underperform a guy with pitches 80,70,65, all else being equal.

It depends on what your catcher's PC rating is.

I'm not sure this is right (I'm not sure it's wrong either). From my understanding, PC is merely a modifier. Individual pitches aren't actually called. I think each pitch is weighted in descending order, thus a strong P3 isn't going to be as effective as a strong P1.

What about for relievers, is the quality of secondary pitches less important? That is, how about a closer with great splits and control, a P1 of 99, but a P2 of 45 and no other pitches?

There is no right or wrong answer to these questions. You need to look at lots of pitchers whom have good success and there ratings.