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Garnash1970
Joined: 08/07/2014
Posts: 199

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I remember seeing a series of posts about the relative ineffectiveness of left handed starters. I went looking for it and couldn't find it.

I'm running out 4 left-handed starters and my closer is LH. I've been at or near the top of pitching stats for the past 3 seasons. It is possible.

The biggest side effect of LH SP is in my CS%. My catchers have allowed only 19 SB so far this season, the next best team has allowed over 40. My starting C has a 14 arm.

Also, my RFs tend to make almost as many plays as my CF.

Having a huge outfield REALLY helps your pitching!

Just sharing.
admin
Joined: 01/27/2010
Posts: 4980

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If you look at the expanded league standings, you can see how other teams in your league do against LH and RH starters.

In general, teams (especially bots) platoon a little more in Broken Bat than in RL, so LH starters tend to face a lot of lefties.


Steve
Rock777
Joined: 09/21/2014
Posts: 9569

Haverhill Halflings
III.1

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A good pitcher is a good pitcher. Lefties will face a lot of right handed hitters because there are more righties then lefties. Righty pitchers have the advantage of still facing a good amount of righties. So there is a little bit of an advantage there. However, a good pitcher is a good pitcher. If the guy is a stud, it doesn't matter what hand he is.

Additionally some guys seem to perform better on the split than others. So a lefty who doesn't have a strong split tendency won't be at as much of a disadvantage. A lefty with a very strong split tendency should probably be playing LHS.

Case in point, I really wanted Byrd to be my LHS because he doesn't have a lot of stamina and he is a good pitcher. However I was eventually forced to face facts and put Briggs at LHS instead. Despite having the stamina of a starter his splits were just too severe. He really has to be a LHS (or nothing). So Byrd went into the rotation instead.
Seca
Joined: 05/05/2014
Posts: 5194

Waterloo Dinosaurs
Legends

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I have been surprised by the amount of LH starting pitching in Legends West. Successful too.

East is another story. Only 3* LH starting pitchers of note, all with poor records (Bagley 6-9, Gargiulo 5-7, Guerra 2-5). Only 1 team in the East that doesn't have a better winning % against south paws.

Have long felt the value of LHP varies a lot with league / opposition. Haven't seen anything to change my mind this season.

* no disrespect intended to recent additions to the rotation like Sheehan or Ngamsan.


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