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If a kid is a good enough hitter, she will be used as a hitter regardless of how good a pitcher she is. Ricketts and Garcia are two prime (somewhat recent) examples and just show you how talented those two are. Problem is both hitting and pitching well take an inordinate amount of reps and there are only so many hours in the day.Actually it’s both to conserve energy and avoid possible injury.
There have been some good pitchers/hitters that were allowed to hit early on and then due to injury were relegated to just pitching roles. Paige Parker of OU comes to mind.
Then you have somebody like a Lauren Haegar of Florida who did both. I guess it’s a risk/reward factor. If she’s that good a hitter can we afford not to use her.