Catcher Ability- The Moneyball of OOTP and Why it Should be Your top Priority 

Thanks for doing this, the data is awesome. On a side note, I'm off to buy my Ben Stutz jersey.

You are doing God’s work sir.

I instinctually knew this, but had no data substantiating my instinct. Thanks for your effort. Bonus, these types of guys are often available in the rule 5 draft.

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Truly fantastic and eye-opening.

This is very interesting! I’ve been an OOTP Baseball gamer since the very beginning. For many years and many games I would start an inaugural season with my team having the last draft position. I would always use my first pick for the best starting pitcher possible. Recently I’ve changed to drafting the best catcher available. Huge difference. My entire pitching staff is so much better, making for a more competitive team right from the beginning. Thanks for all the OOTP Baseball tips and instructions you have put out on RU-vid. Much appreciated…..

Great work! Happy to be a new subscriber.

191 thumbs up and zero thumbs down! Don't see that very often. Well deserved!

this is some good stuff. thanks for making this video!

Excellent Work!

This was fantastic.

this guy should cost 3 million dollars a year. We can get him for 563,500

The absolute GOAT of OOTP

Adding my anecdote here: So I'm playing my first OOTP 22 game as the 2021 Mariners, who the game predicted to have a .500 win rate (which I managed to reduce significantly :P). I chose to watch a game vs Cleveland (who were predicted to be under .500 yet had the best record of the year at the time). Strangely, most of my non-pitching lineup was considered better than theirs by the game (and I was the one getting hit hardest with injuries). The biggest difference? Their two-star catcher's *only* above average trait was a Catcher Ability in the 90s.

had no idea you had a youtube channel until this popped up in my suggestions.

Markus saw this video and immediately had the devs change 23’s coding. Way to go Mushroom

Should be the “Big Data Baseball” that books all about pitch framing and the catcher.

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Good stuff. Enjoyed that. I'm curious if you've done any sims on this type of thing with the short-series tournaments? Does it pay off in a 7-game series the way it would in a Perfect Team dynasty?

Question: What is the difference between catcher ability and position rating for a catcher? For example, my backup has a cannon for an arm (100) and his position rating at catcher is 76. However, his catcher ability is 36. I figured he was a solid backup to shut down other teams' running games, but now this is making me think that I've been doing it wrong. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I watched this a bit ago, but I can’t remember what the difference is on the 20-80 scale. Like, how much more offensive value do you need from a 65 grade ability to play them over an 80 grade?

i had buster posey and got to the world series final, then next season i opted out of his last year because he was 24 million and aging in favour of playing my prospect ryan jeffers. my pitchers babips went crazy high, im talking .150 higher for some pitchers, my defense and zone rating were some of the worst in the league... so the season after the jeffers season i got JT realmuto... suddenly my defense is solid and all my pitchers babips went down and my infielders zone rating stats all went up... and all because i went from an average catcher to an elite catcher... anecdotal of course but seems u have data that shows the importance of a catcher

Does this strat hold true for OOTP 22? or did the meta change for catchers?

How many pitchers and hitters do you keep in your minor league system ? Also do you also do the Player Strategies for all your players in the minors ?

Love the video. Would’ve been cool if you showed guys who you can easily acquire at the beginning of a save. Nonetheless you’re a genius

when you say vs average catchers, do you mean a catcher with 50 attributes all around?

How realistic is this to the actual MLB?? Are there real stats to support such massive pitching stats differences in OOTP?

is this still true for 23?

Why are the numbers exactly opposite? And why would a team score more runs (precisely more) by having a better catcher ability? The numbers being exactly opposite (wins, losses, runs scored, runs allowed) leads me to believe there’s obviously something in catchers ability that has offensive values. Hopefully u can prove me wrong or that would be worrisome