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#5833	12/25/2013 9:25:40 am		Ignore
TexasBoy1688 Joined: 10/26/2013 Posts: 3 Inactive	What is the difference if a player has good hitting,but not good plate discipline and not good hitting,but good plate discipline?
#5834	12/25/2013 2:38:44 pm		Ignore
rjpj69 Joined: 08/22/2013 Posts: 55 Inactive	Good hitting means the player is good at making contact with the ball. Plate discipline means knowing the difference between what is a ball and strike and when to swing at the right pitches.
#5838	12/25/2013 7:00:19 pm		Ignore
Crunchtime Joined: 05/23/2013 Posts: 141 Inactive	Plate discipline determines if the player can lay off balls. The higher this is the more walks he will draw and less strikeouts. Hitting determines how often he can put balls into play and helps get more base hits. Being that a walk is the same as a single, they're both good to have. However, walks don't drive in runs or end up as doubles, triples or homers. If you have to choose between the two, take hitting.
#8393	06/21/2014 2:21:42 pm		Ignore
Sports00 Joined: 06/01/2013 Posts: 31 Inactive	Which is more important: hitting or plate discipline?
#8425	06/22/2014 8:41:22 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Which do you value more -- batting average or OBP? Steve
#8428	06/22/2014 11:56:51 pm		Ignore
Spoonerific Joined: 01/17/2013 Posts: 339 Inactive	I think both have their place. I personally like higher plate discipline for my faster players because it gives them more opprotunities at steals. And I like high contact guys after them to help moves runners and to aviod too much shifting of th infield. It all works together and every skill is useful. The flaw is when the engine decides not to send runners but that will be ironed out.

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