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Originally Posted by Charlie Hough
Actually, Bill James has done a thorough comparative analysis and has shown extensive data to disprove that catchers have any truly significant impact on pitcher performance. So I'd rather not see catcher cohesion as a factor in OOTP.
But managers and GM's clearly believe in the ability of catchers to 'manage' a pitching staff, so I don't disagree with modeling this in OOTP. If it makes catchers less likely to be traded in season in real life, then it makes sense to reflect this. But we need to see some analysis of the real life trade data to be sure this is the case.
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How has that Red Sox pitching staff performed since Varitek retired
