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When I want my guy to run, I always use run & hit and never use steal. Just my personal philosophy. But to your point, I will tell my hitter to take a pitch or pitches to get try and get the count where I want it before actually putting the run & hit into play.
I know there's a belief that taking pitches manipulates the pre-determined outcome of an at-bat in your favor by raising pitch counts, but at the same time there isn't an option to only put the steal (or run & hit) on in a certain count, so yeah. I will just give my hitter the "take" in effort to get into a runner-friendly count (eliminating a pitch out possibility and being in a count where the pitcher will be looking to throw a strike for the sake of my run & hit).
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