In OOTP I want ground ball pitchers. In the majors it would depend though. If I am facing a lineup of primarily fly ball hitters then I want a fly ball pitcher. If they are primarily ground ball hitters then I want a ground ball pitcher. The reason is because the platoon splits are more apparent here than they are in the lefty/righty paradigm. I don't believe that OOTP models this in any way though. I could be wrong, but I've never seen anyone on these forums ever mention the possibility of those platoon splits manifesting themselves in OOTP. So it would appear that in OOTP there is no natural advantage for the pitcher to be an extreme fly ball pitcher if pitching against an extreme fly ball hitter, even though that appears to be a stronger advantage on average in MLB than having a lefty pitcher against a lefty batter.
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Originally Posted by DFyvie
I read somewhere (probably The Book: playing the percentages in baseball) that ground-ball pitchers really only have an effect, consistently, on normal or ground-ball hitters. Typically, a fly-ball hitter can and will still hit fly balls when facing a ground-ball pitcher. That's why I still don't choose 'pitch to contact' when facing a slugger, regardless of the pitcher.
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If playing the percentages in baseball then you'd actually want a fly ball pitcher to face that fly ball hitter instead of that ground ball pitcher.