old_school posted:missing fat 0-2 is worse then wasting a pitch.
That's a good way of putting it.
Though I respectfully disagree with it.
For a coach like myself who promotes "attack in the zone on 0-2," I definitely have to be OK with missing fat. And I am.
Similarly, with our hitters, I hyper-promote "get on the fastball," which risks making us hyper-vulnerable to offspeed.....and I'm OK with the tradeoff.