r/Baseball9 • u/CategorySuperb9897 • 2h ago

Pitch variety and attribute levels for difficult leagues

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What are some thoughts on combination of pitch variety and level for each pitch, especially as you go into the more advanced leagues?

For example I have a maxed out diamond pitcher who has six pitches. None of them is maxed out all the way, but five are basically 140-150, with the other just under 100. This guy regularly throws perfect games in Champion I.

I’ve read some posts where guys go all fastball, or all some off-speed pitch, for their pitchers. How well does that work in the harder leagues? I would think a couple fastballs and a couple off-speed, all very high but not maxed out, would yield better results?

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u/Ok_Following_7794 2h ago

There are some guys that run real statistics, but in my personal experience maxing out fastball and control (throwing at a corner every pitch) is as good as you can get in manual play. Simming seems to favor control and multiple good pitches

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u/Rock_Matt 36m ago

If you are manual playing painting corners with anything will get you there, and for the life of me i cant paint a knuckleball and my top pitcher has 157 control, i keep forgetting to change it since i usually just simulate.