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Originally Posted by Pablo
What's the rationale behind this?
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A lot of old-school baseball people think you only draw a lot of walks if the opposing team is scared of your home run power.
HR power helps, but is less important than the things I mentioned in my last post.
Wish I'd been there. I would have asked him why, then, were the Orioles - who play in a place that INCREASES HR output substantially - so bad at drawing walks last year, while their division rivals, the Rays - who play in a place that notoriously DECREASES HR output - were so good at it?