[x McLovin x]

Hi guys, just wanted to poll people on their preference as it relates to pitcher tendencies in allowing groundballs/flyballs. Personally, I prefer extreme groundballers and prioritize strong infield defense (with an emphasis on range). Anecdotally, I feel like groundball pitchers generally produce better results compared to flyball pitchers, mostly due to the flyball pitchers' propensity to have high HR/9. I do think that there's a case to be made that extreme flyball pitchers have the potential to be better than extreme groundball pitchers since data shows that flyballs, on average, have a lower BABIP than groundballs (infield flies and lazy flyballs = easy outs). The only wildcards here are defense, and to what extent those flyballs turn into homeruns.

I'm curious, for those who favor flyball pitchers (particularly extreme flyball pitchers), do you tend to see your pitchers have higher HR/9 than you would prefer? Does your preference for flyball pitchers lead you to select a team with a ballpark that has low HR factors and then go from there? Are there other factors which make you prefer flyball pitchers?

Really interested in hearing people's perspectives on this topic, so please feel free to vote and chime in!