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Originally Posted by CurlyKarkovice
It's not really a stigma against it. It is about timing and efficiency. A lefty at thirdbase can't get their body turned to throw to first base as fast as a righty. Infield singles on soft ground balls or bunts down the third base line would sky rocket. Same with throwing to second for turning a double play, rarely would they get the guy at first out.
Same reasoning for lefties at Catcher, SS and 2B. With lefties at catcher, they can't turn and throw fast enough to a runner stealing third like a righty can. Lefty second base? Ground ball up the middle player has to turn against his momentum or do a backward pirouette around to get it to first with any sort of hard throw. SS a grounder between SS and third, they would have to stop dead and spin 180 degrees to throw a decent ball to first.
It's just incredibly inefficient to have lefties at those 4 positions so they don't get good ratings there no matter what.
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Nah, not really. It's not even about the stigma, really. It's about the pitching issue.