scorehouse wrote:i musta not been very clear so let's try this. i mean a +9 turns Cecil Fielder into a base stealing machine
Remember the COMBINATION of pitcher PLUS catcher can NEVER be more than +6 or less than -6.
So you MUST figure your catcher's hold into it also.
If you have Fielder as always stealing and you have a +6 pitcher with a zero hold catcher, then Fielder would have a stealing success rate of around 65%, however his attempts would still be low since he would rarely get a good jump even under favorable conditions where HAL would let him attempt the steal.
It's typically NOT a good idea to have a pitcher/catcher combo greater than +3 ....although I'm sure some owners can show me some counter examples to the contrary.