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MaxPower wrote:I probably hit and run more than most. It can be a good play for weak hitters, including platoon guys facing a same-handed pitcher, if their rating is B
Maybe you do and I could be missing something. I definitely missed the HnR rating error in the earlier text.
But whenever I compare the HnR possibilities to a hitter's card, I usually only see it making sense for very weak hitters who have few productive out possibilities. Especially in small ball which I play a lot, where outs are precious and I think overuse of HnR is a prime reason for failing to score more runs with lower slugging teams.
Sometimes I see teams with guys like Frisch or Delahanty leading in sacrifices and looking at the team's HnR data...like the typical 8 hits in 50 tries or something.
There is the advantage of more productive outs, but even a guy like Maury Wills at low caps gives you that (to some degree) for free. And even when his gbB kills the lead runner, now he is on and can steal. Not a great tradeoff but that's how I look at it. Kind of a boundary example, unlike Delahanty, but same idea for me.
Depends on cap of course. I almost never use it above 100M unless a real scrub/bench guy. One other thing is it is more advantageous if a scrub is facing a stud like RJ who has lots of Ks and not many XBHs...changes the tradeoff.
But maybe I need to watch tradeoffs more closely--Max may be kinda new but he is no doubt the top of any player that has under a few hundred leagues. Maybe no matter how many leagues. So worth paying attention to for sure.
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