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Originally Posted by Jeff1787
I am probably over-thinking this, but it seems that teams that favor LHB in their ballpark factors would also need LHP to counter the opposing teams.
Because wouldn't the opposing team play more RHB, putting them at a disadvantage in the LHB ballpark?
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Absolutely. If you are playing lefty hitters in a lefty ballpark, you want to have a starting pitching staff of lefties as well, so that teams you go up against will bat righties or face a disadvantage of having their lefty batters up against your lefty pitchers.
In fact, if you are going to be traveling to a lefty ballpark, you want to put lefty SPs up for the same reason... sending your right-handed SP up against it is just playing into their hands. This is often too much micromanagement until playoffs, but can definitely play a factor there.