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Originally Posted by Smoothie7745
Would it be possible to look into a pitch lab kind of thing for OOTP 23 or 24? Something where you can examine spin rates and grips for your pitchers (data that isn’t yet even a part of the game) and release points and tweak, maybe during spring training? A way to teach pitchers new pitches, or refine arsenals to change philosophies? I’m thinking of Charlie Morton, for example - going from sinkerball guy in PIT to being a high velo north and south guy in HOU/TB/ATL. Or Greinke, aging gracefully from power pitcher to finesse guy.
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I'm always in favor of more ways to try to guide your player's development.
Like you said, it happens in real life, especially as players start to struggle or need to make adjustments and whether or not they succeed change rewrite their whole careers.
The current development seems to have a hard time capturing moves like Greinke or even Maddux making a similar move even before he was old. Usually guys like that just simply collapse, not even trying to adjust. They just basically give up and throw their straight fastballs until you cut them.
I would especially think intelligent and/or hard-working players would at least try to adjust. They may not succeed, of course, but I could see their skills attempting to shift as they try to grasp new pitches and new mentalities on the mound (and the plate for that matter - like Yelich adopting the idea of lifting the ball to go from a hard grounder guy to a hard low-flyball guy and hitting HR without hurting BABIP).
Would absolutely love it.