Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:15 pm
I always set my team intentional walks at Extra Conservative. And I set almost all of my pitcher prefs as IBB less. I might make an exception on pitcher prefs if I have a 5L or 5R reliever, on the theory that I wouldn't mind a 5L RP walking a righty, but I'm not sure if HAL pays any attention to platoon when issuing IBB. Anyway, with an Extra Conservative team setting and a IBB less, a pitcher, in my experience will issue no IBB. And that's the way I like it when HAL is making the decisions.
Very often, my teams issue no IBB all season, or if so, then very few. And that's the way I like it. My theory is, the fewer the baserunners, the fewer the runs, especially in an environment where almost eveyone can hit, which is typically the case in ATG.
Even so, many folks are using the IBB. If one looks at the Manager Profiles, some teams might issue 0 to 5 IBB, and other might be issuing 60 or more.