Why will some pitchers who are giving up solidly hit balls whether or not they lead to runs or runners be replaced, while others are replaced when the other offense is reaching base on weakly hit balls, duck farts that drop in, infield hits, or poor defensive play and lead to runs or runners?
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I'm going to probably regret this but here we go........
This is hard to answer because it's such a general question. A general answer would be that overall when the offense is getting weak hits, duck farts, infield hits and the defense is making errors it is probably showing the pitcher is doing a good job but luck just isn't on his side. He's making good pitches but they are doing just enough to get on base. Poor defense isn't the pitchers fault so why take him out? Probably need to change out that shortstop who has let 3 balls go through his legs. That pitcher may settle in and / or the luck will change and start dominating. Obviously you need to pay closer attention to pitch count, mechanics and labor to see if he's losing it then make a change.
The guy getting hit hard isn't fooling anyone and it's probably just a matter of time before he gives up runs. Get him out and try someone else.
Ton of factors involved here. If my number one is getting hit hard I'm probably going to stick with him longer than I would who is a 2, 3, 4, etc... I know he's the best choice but at some point I will probably make a change before it gets out of hand. Just because they are hitting him hard doesn't mean they will the next guy but my number one will get more chances than anybody else.
If one of my backend guys are giving up weak hits I'm going to stick with him because he's being effective and as long as I'm close I'll stick him so I won't have to use my better pitcher and drive their innings / pitches up. But they may come in to close if they are available.
coach2709 posted:
…This is hard to answer because it's such a general question. A general answer would be that overall when the offense is getting weak hits, duck farts, infield hits and the defense is making errors it is probably showing the pitcher is doing a good job but luck just isn't on his side. He's making good pitches but they are doing just enough to get on base. Poor defense isn't the pitchers fault so why take him out? Probably need to change out that shortstop who has let 3 balls go through his legs. That pitcher may settle in and / or the luck will change and start dominating. Obviously you need to pay closer attention to pitch count, mechanics and labor to see if he's losing it then make a change.…
If it was easy to make the question more precise or if it was easy to answer there’d be no reason to ask the question. 
I’m guessing you hit the nail on the head when you brought “luck” into the conversation, and it’s as common a reason as because of pitch count, mechanics and labor.
