Pitch Around and Intentional Walk

DMan77 · 07-09-2019, 07:03 PM

Hey all... Playing around with my overall strategy and I realized I'm not too sure what types of stats Pitching Around and Intentional Walk are tied too..

If you're going to set pitch around more towards frequently, would it make sense to have pitchers with high control? My top 3 starters have pretty lousy control so I'm thinking of keeping that rare... Or does that not really even matter?

I was thinking with intentional walks maybe movement would play into that decision? If you've got pitchers with terrible movement, maybe it makes sense to set intentional walk higher to avoid the big bats?

Just guesses! Any insights would be appreciated!

CurlyKarkovice · 07-09-2019, 08:01 PM

Everything you posted makes sense to me.

If you have really good rated defense in the infield the Intentional Walks might be okay to have up there for more double plays. If not, well you're just giving up and putting more runners on. Also depends on your league. Perfect League there's probably a really solid bat coming up next that could knock them all in anyway. No reason to intentionally walk in Perfect League imo.

Also because I don't know when they do it. IBB when the batter is opposite handed as the pitcher with same hand coming up? When a runner on second with one out? Every time runners are on Second and third less than two outs? With or without a lead?

So my bias in Perfect League is pitch around is okay and forget about IBB.

07-09-2019, 07:03 PM	#1
DMan77 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 45	Pitch Around and Intentional Walk Hey all... Playing around with my overall strategy and I realized I'm not too sure what types of stats Pitching Around and Intentional Walk are tied too.. If you're going to set pitch around more towards frequently, would it make sense to have pitchers with high control? My top 3 starters have pretty lousy control so I'm thinking of keeping that rare... Or does that not really even matter? I was thinking with intentional walks maybe movement would play into that decision? If you've got pitchers with terrible movement, maybe it makes sense to set intentional walk higher to avoid the big bats? Just guesses! Any insights would be appreciated!

07-09-2019, 08:01 PM	#2
CurlyKarkovice Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 231	Everything you posted makes sense to me. If you have really good rated defense in the infield the Intentional Walks might be okay to have up there for more double plays. If not, well you're just giving up and putting more runners on. Also depends on your league. Perfect League there's probably a really solid bat coming up next that could knock them all in anyway. No reason to intentionally walk in Perfect League imo. Also because I don't know when they do it. IBB when the batter is opposite handed as the pitcher with same hand coming up? When a runner on second with one out? Every time runners are on Second and third less than two outs? With or without a lead? So my bias in Perfect League is pitch around is okay and forget about IBB. __________________