Are the Event tables for the players created against league averages, or are they calculated specifically against that team's opponents?
Let me try to rephrase that with an example. In the older CPS seasons where the actual splits are not used, but rather the splits rely on platoon advantage formulas, suppose there as a specific league made up of roughly two-thirds right-handed starting pitchers and one-third left-handed starting pitchers. Next suppose there is a team in that league that faced an overwhelming number of left-handers over the league average (say 60%), maybe because that team has some very strong left-handed hitters, so opposing managers tried to neutralize those hitters with left-handed arms. Are those lefty hitters going to be treated any differently in their Event Tables against left-handed pitchers (assuming the platoon advantages and disadvantages stay the same for all hitters) compared to left-handed hitters on teams that face roughly the league average of left-handed pitchers?
If they are not, then wouldn't it make sense that lefty hitters on those teams that face many more left-handed pitchers are at a terrible disadvantage compared to other left-handed hitters on teams that face the league average (or less) in opposing lefty pitchers?
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Let me try to rephrase that with an example. In the older CPS seasons where the actual splits are not used, but rather the splits rely on platoon advantage formulas, suppose there as a specific league made up of roughly two-thirds right-handed starting pitchers and one-third left-handed starting pitchers. Next suppose there is a team in that league that faced an overwhelming number of left-handers over the league average (say 60%), maybe because that team has some very strong left-handed hitters, so opposing managers tried to neutralize those hitters with left-handed arms. Are those lefty hitters going to be treated any differently in their Event Tables against left-handed pitchers (assuming the platoon advantages and disadvantages stay the same for all hitters) compared to left-handed hitters on teams that face roughly the league average of left-handed pitchers?
If they are not, then wouldn't it make sense that lefty hitters on those teams that face many more left-handed pitchers are at a terrible disadvantage compared to other left-handed hitters on teams that face the league average (or less) in opposing lefty pitchers?
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