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#36476	07/01/2016 5:54:57 pm
Huaraches25 Joined: 05/01/2016 Posts: 151 Inactive	I was trolling through threads and saw this guy whose velocity is 13(after declining a bit) but has an arm of five, now I don't understand how to effectively pitch but this doesn't look like it makes much sense http://brokenbat.org/player/99112 Updated Friday, July 1 2016 @ 5:55:11 pm PDT

#36481	07/01/2016 7:41:03 pm
Maksim Joined: 06/29/2016 Posts: 100 Inactive	probably game glitch... if not idk

#36482	07/01/2016 7:58:04 pm
DaveCool Joined: 02/28/2015 Posts: 141 Inactive	I have seen some great pitchers who can deliver the ball to the plate very well, but when it comes to throwing to first they might either send it to rightfield or to the dugout. The arm part of it is how good the pitcher is at defence.

#36488	07/01/2016 9:27:25 pm
dwindacatcher Joined: 04/03/2014 Posts: 633 Inactive	While that doesn't make sense logically in most cases I have steve best defense for it. One name. Jon lester.

#36502	07/02/2016 4:00:21 am
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2237 New York Lancers V.4	@DaveCool has it right - Arm is purely for defence, and has no bearing on how he actually pitches. Pitching ability is based solely on velocity, CoS, movement and control (plus stamina). So you can have a guy with an unhittable fastball who only has a 9 arm, say. The two are not connected in game terms.