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Originally Posted by G1911
I tend to think the modern analytics has it correct, strikeouts are not that detrimental to the offense. However, most pitching metrics continue to heavily weight strikeouts. If strikeouts are not that detrimental to the offense, then they are also not that helpful to the defense.
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A lot of great pitchers over the years have said they only got great when they came to realize that they didn’t need to strike everyone out.