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Originally Posted by D-BacksJosh
Indeed, contact for executing the play successfully as designed. But what about stealing a base in those situations? IRL during a run and hit wouldn't a batter with a good eye have some room for choosing which pitch to swing at, and which pitch might be a good pitch to take that might end up in a successful stolen base? Or would eye rating only apply to balls and strikes.
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I believe yes it would, but to the best of my knowledge when the manager calls for hit and run or run and hit, he's counting on the batter making contact. I've seen it called (irl) and batters will swing at pitches clearly outside the strike zone because he knows he's supposed to make contact on that play.
I think eye is still important, I just don't think it's the most important attribute in that type of situation.