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Originally Posted by Garlon
As far as I know those ratings are assigned randomly, but LHP seem to generally get much better ratings. I have been wanting this to get corrected for quite a while.
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I'm with you there. Lefties in OOTP all have high hold runners ratings, and that gives them an unrealistically extreme advantage. Left-handers certainly have a natural advantage in real life, but things still depend on the pitcher's stretch, delivery, and how quick his move to first is. Simply being left-handed is not a guarantee that you'll be really good at holding baserunners, but that's how OOTP handles it.
Since others are confirming that these ratings are randomized, then I don't feel so bad about adjusting them in some cases.
For example, my namesake, Charlie Hough, had one of the best moves to first in baseball history. He was always right on the edge of a balk, and he was remarkably good at picking off or holding baserunners. But OOTP has never given him a high hold runners rating in my saved games.
I also don't think many MLB pitchers have ever warranted a hold runners rating of a 1 on a 10-point scale. Yes, there are pitchers who are relatively easy to run on, but a 1 is really extreme, especially in how it impacts base stealing success in OOTP.