Can I take a pitch away from a player?

wishesgrantd · 04-26-2014, 12:52 PM

This one player I jus signed has a god-awful changeup. A future major leaguer can't have a 4/100 potential for a pitch. Is there a way to take the pitch away, remove it from his repertoire?

TGH-Adfabre · 04-26-2014, 01:06 PM

Commissioner Mode-> Player Editor Tab in Player Profile.

RchW · 04-26-2014, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by wishesgrantd

This one player I jus signed has a god-awful changeup. A future major leaguer can't have a 4/100 potential for a pitch. Is there a way to take the pitch away, remove it from his repertoire?

Not sure why you think that a future major leaguer can't have a poor pitch. This is very common.

wishesgrantd · 04-26-2014, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TGH-Adfabre

Commissioner Mode-> Player Editor Tab in Player Profile.

I go there I find his changeup, set current and potential to 0 (just like pitches he doesn't have) and it still shows up on his page, just as an even worse pitch.

Avindian · 04-26-2014, 02:56 PM

Sometimes those awful pitches get better. Even if you could remove the pitch entirely, it's not worth it -- I think the pitching AI is bright enough not to use a pitch that bad that often.

TRO · 05-02-2014, 07:52 AM

I think the more appropriate question is can we instruct them not to use said pitch in a game.

It would be nice to be able to tell them not to use their best pitches in games too, as that is done sometimes in minors and spring training when players are trying to improve secondary pitches.

Cinnamon J. Scudworth · 05-02-2014, 08:01 AM

The discussion in this thread suggests that the presence of a bad pitch in a player's repertoire doesn't actually have a negative effect by itself on game performance, since a pitcher's stuff/movement/control ratings are a composite and don't vary pitch-by-pitch.

And of course, if a pitcher has two great pitches and another pitch or pitches that are significantly weaker, another option is always to turn him into a reliever. OOTP will then only "count" his two strongest pitches.

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wishesgrantd Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 29	Can I take a pitch away from a player? This one player I jus signed has a god-awful changeup. A future major leaguer can't have a 4/100 potential for a pitch. Is there a way to take the pitch away, remove it from his repertoire?

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TRO Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 84	I think the more appropriate question is can we instruct them not to use said pitch in a game. It would be nice to be able to tell them not to use their best pitches in games too, as that is done sometimes in minors and spring training when players are trying to improve secondary pitches. __________________ FOBL Montana Monarchs

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Cinnamon J. Scudworth All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,119	The discussion in this thread suggests that the presence of a bad pitch in a player's repertoire doesn't actually have a negative effect by itself on game performance, since a pitcher's stuff/movement/control ratings are a composite and don't vary pitch-by-pitch. And of course, if a pitcher has two great pitches and another pitch or pitches that are significantly weaker, another option is always to turn him into a reliever. OOTP will then only "count" his two strongest pitches. __________________ "Sometimes, this is like going to a grocery store. You’ve got a list until you get to the check-out stand. And then you start reading People magazine, and all this other [stuff] ends up in the basket." -Sandy Alderson on the MLB offseason Last edited by Cinnamon J. Scudworth; 05-02-2014 at 08:06 AM.

04-26-2014, 02:56 PM	#5
Avindian Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 274	Sometimes those awful pitches get better. Even if you could remove the pitch entirely, it's not worth it -- I think the pitching AI is bright enough not to use a pitch that bad that often.