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Whoopycat wrote:[...]
Also worth noting is the clutch effect on HAL. HAL is acutely aware of clutch, and will often intentionally walk high clutch hitters to get to a lower clutch hitter, even if the next hitter is pretty good. Even if HAL's strategy pays off, that's another out avoided in the lineup, so 2 hitters to get 1 out, giving your better hitters more at bats.
I think this is an important point for lineup construction at a lower cap or a heavily imbalanced team with stars and scrubs.
It makes a huge difference for HAL--he WILL walk a better hitter to get to the lesser hitter if the lesser hitter has negative clutch. IBBs are a key stat I track but I think it would be nice if it were tracked on the roster page instead of just the leaders' stats.