[IBL] V is for Venditte

[Sean Sweda]

The IBL game does not allow a switch hitter to decide what side he hits from, he is required to hit from the opposite side that the pitcher is throwing.  This is because over 99% of all PAs by switch hitters happen this way.  Venditte should be treated exactly the same, except required to pitch with the same arm as the side the batter hits because this will be true for the vast majority of his matchups.  Only in the situation where Venditte faces a switch hitter do we have to give someone a choice in order to break the stalemate.

IMO giving the batter the choice in this situation would be incorrect because it is completely antithetical to the decision tree that occurs in reality.  When Venditte faces a switch hitter with a significant platoon split in real life he will have the option to force the batter hit from his weaker side.  The defense dictates the matchup, the offense merely gets to gain the platoon advantage afterward.

I can see an argument for giving the switch hitter some kind of bonus in order
to simulate the platoon advantage that is  missing (Venditte's card will be based mostly on PA with the advantage).  Standard platoon advantages are very small though, we're only talking about a few extra hits/walks.  If Venditte proved to be extremely poor without the platoon advantage I could even see forcing him to use his fatigue numbers.  However, we're going to be dealing with a tiny sample size after only one season. I wouldn't be comfortable dinging him that hard unless his MLB manager was consistently pulling him vs switch hitters.

Sean
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> On Jun 8, 2015, at 6:05 PM, Kevin Greenberg <greenbergk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Correct.  My point is that real control is in the hand of the offense.   Letting the defensive manager decide would allow each batter's weakest side to be exposed.   Probably not what we want to do.  
> 
> Maybe let D manager decide but allow a team to say "hit Righty against V no matter how he throws" or something like that
> 
>> On Monday, June 8, 2015, Sean Sweda <sweda at ibl.org> wrote:
>> The MLB rule requires Venditte to declare which arm he's using at the beginning of the AB. The hitter is then allowed to choose which side to hit from.  If you want to see this in action watch what happens before Swihart's AB in Venditte's first appearance.
>> 
>> Sean
>> < via mobile >
>> 
>> Kevin Greenberg <greenbergk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> MLB is letting the batter select the side and then Venditte picks.  So we should let the offensive manager designate if he so chooses.  If not, let the defensive manager.  
>>> 
>>>> On Friday, June 5, 2015, Russell Peltz <peltz38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> That's fairly straightforward.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm more worried about how to treat him for rest purposes.
>>>> Do we have to track how many batters he faced with each hand?
>>>> 
>>>> Could his left arm require a day of rest, but not his right arm?
>>>> 
>>>> From: Sean Sweda <sweda at ibl.org>
>>>> To: Nelson Lu <nlu at me.com>; Members <members at ibl.org> 
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 6:03 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [IBL] V is for Venditte
>>>> 
>>>> Venditte will get a single card with "S" listed as the way he throws.  For LH or RH batters he would be required to pitch from the same side as the batter (e.g. considered throwing RH to a RHB), since that's what's going to happen in the vast majority of his MLB matchups.  This is functionally the same as how we treat switch hitters, except they obviously are required to hit from the opposite side as the pitcher.  When Venditte faces a switch hitter the simplest solution would be to require the defensive manager to pick a side from which to throw and then require the switch hitter to hit from the opposite side.
>>>> 
>>>> Sean
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