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Cross Dominance

Edgy MD Sep 29 2016 05:39 AM

The Mets have seven pitchers (including inactive guys) who bat the opposite way from how they throw. [list:2wicam66]deGrom: L/R Edgin: R/L Henderson: L/R Matz: R/L Reed: L/R Syndergaard: L/R Wheeler: L/R[/list:u:2wicam66] Time was, of course, when this was discouraged — or in the case of Dwight Gooden, forbidden. Now it's a big chunk of the staff. Edgin and Matz even represent the rarest bird of them all—a righty batter/lefty thrower, at a disadvantage both on offense and defense. A disadvantage except for pitchers of course.

bmfc1 Sep 29 2016 11:09 AM Re: Cross Dominance

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dinosaur jesus Sep 29 2016 11:42 AM Re: Cross Dominance

Koufax was a righty batter/lefty thrower. I think it was so his pitching hand wasn't the top hand on the bat.

RealityChuck Sep 29 2016 01:07 PM Re: Cross Dominance

Edgy MD wrote: A disadvantage except for pitchers of course. Not always.

seawolf17 Sep 29 2016 02:00 PM Re: Cross Dominance

There was at least one other Met, and I'm trying to remember without looking it up. Mark Carreon, maybe?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 29 2016 02:03 PM Re: Cross Dominance

Jesse Orosco.

Centerfield Sep 29 2016 02:03 PM Re: Cross Dominance

Rickey Henderson.

Edgy MD Sep 29 2016 02:04 PM Re: Cross Dominance

RealityChuck wrote: Edgy MD wrote: A disadvantage except for pitchers of course. Not always. Certainly Cle was disadvantage, but overcame it. Of course nobody did that more with that dominance set than Rickey, but with his build and skills, had he thrown righthanded, rather than being the fifth or sixth best leftfielder ever, he possibly could have been by far the best second baseman.

Ceetar Sep 29 2016 02:48 PM Re: Cross Dominance

I'm always curious how this comes about. With the relievers especially I assume they bat whatever is natural and just happened to learn to pitch with the non-dominant hand. Or maybe it's completely unrelated. As top-flight athletes in high school they probably tried switch-hitting and just stuck with the side that they felt most comfortable?