gidp's ? for strat afficianados

[scorehouse]

i know gbA's on the 7 roll are killers. how many gba's do you normally shy away from as your number 2/3 hitters? or would 3 not matter? for example, i love frisch. but he has 4 gbas, 4 thru 7, on both sides of his card. like to lead off with my 20-16 base stealer. thoughts?

[PillPop]

I like my #2 hitters to max at 5 or 6 gbA's, #3 at 10, but there are exceptions. But I won't use that 1962 Mays card anymore, for instance, because of the multitude of gbA's. I've become gbA-phobic, expecially in a small-ball stadium.

[macnole]

Scorehouse, actually I think the 7.45 card has 20/20 and the 7.45 has 19/20.

The 7.45 card RH side 2d6 rolls equate to:
4: 3 gbA
5: 4 gbA
6: 5 gbA
7: 6 gbA
11: 2 gbA

or 20 total out of 108 chances. 20 is the typical benchmark, especially for old-timers that didn't have good stats on double plays. So I like to look for anything less than 20, but for a number two hitter, I really want it minimized, and would like to see more gbC, gb()+, and fly()? in terms of more productive outs. gbB isnt exactly a bargain either.

Ive never really worried about it on a #3 hitter unless it was over 20 chances, because usually it's your best all around hitter anyway.

[rburgh]

The default value for all players is 20 gbA. There are far more with more than 20 than there are with less than 20, although there are a few zeros.

Since 1/3 of a guy's AB's (more or less) come with 2 out, and since close to half the rest come with nobody on base, and since some of the rest occur with 1st base vacant, I think that gbA's are a consideration but not a reason to develop a phobia.

There are a lot of phobias on this site.

gbA phobia
ballpark HR on pitcher's card phobia
"W" batter rating phobia
+ arm C phobia
defense rating >1 phobia

If you developed enough of them, there would only be 25 guys left in the card set you could use. This is a game of tradeoffs. Generally, you want to avoid 3-rated fielders, but there are a fair number of them that can out-hit their stone gloves. Generally, you want to avoid catchers that don't have big arms, but Piazza is very popular. And so on.