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Dec 12, 2014 · Ground ball pitchers typically do a little better on average but there are plenty of terrific fly ball pitchers as well. You can make more mistakes on balls in play if you have a high...
- Neil Weinberg
Are groundball pitchers just better in every single way or is there any merit to drafting/signing flyball pitchers? Even when I play in pitcher friendly parks I tend to avoid them like the plague, so I don't have a lot of experience with them.
Feb 15, 2019 · Personally, I prefer extreme groundballers and prioritize strong infield defense (with an emphasis on range). Anecdotally, I feel like groundball pitchers generally produce better results compared to flyball pitchers, mostly due to the flyball pitchers' propensity to have high HR/9.
Sep 3, 2019 · Gene McCaffrey explains the virtues of extreme ground-ball and fly-ball pitchers, and why we need both in fantasy baseball.
- Gene Mccaffrey
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For instance, your first inclination might be to say that flyball pitchers are better than groundball pitchers (more outs per batted ball) but then you’d realize that flyballs are...
it’s both. a primarily heavy sinker pitcher tends to induce more ground balls because sinkers get thrown low and break down, which have hitters get on top of them.
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Jun 18, 2019 · Gene McCaffrey compares extreme ground-ball pitchers to extreme fly-ballers to debunk the notion that fly-ball pitchers should be avoided.
