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When you do your settings for your starting pitchers what does "avoid left or right handed batters" mean? Does it mean if they are in trouble and a big hitter comes up that they will be pulled? I am hoping that is what this means.

Judging by the lack of answers I would guess I am right eh? 8)

I can't give you a definitive answer, but I always use these settings when I use a guy who has a strong advantage against one side or the other. Not really sure if it makes a difference, but it makes me feel better... :mrgreen:

LOL ok thanks. :D

It's my understanding that most of the pitcher settings effect relievers. I am not sure if the game will pull a starter just because of the avoid left or avoid right. But I am certainly not the answer guy.

This was similar question to the post someone had about the "IBB less with this pitcher", which I had answered this way:

[color=darkred:ee5e0b76e7]"In the context of SOMO, it's an attempt to give you some control over how liberal HAL is with issuing an IBB. Without seeing the code, it's not possible to give an exact indication of how it modifies HAL's tendencies, except that over the long term that pitcher will generally issue less IBBs.

So it may keep HAL from issuing a walk with 1 out and the tying run on 2nd if the on deck batter is stronger than the guy in the box, but he still may issue the walk if the on deck batter is weaker than the guy in the box...but of course this is a guess. We never really know what HAL's gonna do!

The short answer most people will tell you is it's just there for show--check it, then uncheck it, just for the fun of it. Gives you something to do since those check marks don't work as expected much of the time due to unexpected consequences.

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And for avoid lefty/righty, I've seen HAL do good things occasioanlyy--but it seems seldomly invoked.

If you have someone like Andy Pettitte, and are facing a team with 2 lefties, he may issue an IBB in certain cases. If you're facing 4 or 5 lefties, he prob won't and you prob wouldn't want him to walk half the lineup every time though anyway.