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MR3 would be more valuable than LR2 for me personally

The LR2 is essentially a MR3. There is really no different other than what you choose to set the earliest inning too.

The only pitchers with special logic are the LHRP, RHRP and Closer. The others are basically governed by your mgmt. settings. The role determines the order of checking and also the order of replacement starters.


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If that is the case, would it make sense to relabel LR2 as MR3? It would probably make things clearer for new players.

EDIT: and old players ;)

One difference would probably be the MR3 should be checked before LR1 in situations where MR1/MR2 are checked before LR1. Currently LR2 is always stuck behind LR1, so he doesn't get much love.

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Except for spot starting, the MRs are always checked before the LRs. Usually though the MRs have a different mgmt. setting so they aren't brought in before a certain inning or if there is a blow out etc.


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Exactly. That's what I'm saying. Because the LR1 is always checked before LR2, LR2 doesn't pitch much. If LR2 was instead MR3, and he was checked before LR1, then he would pitch more often. The way the management screen is aligned, it generally makes sense to have the pitchers "first inning" be smallest at the top and larger numbers as you go down the list. But this means that #2 will usually be listed with similar (or larger) values as #1, which means they don't pitch as much. For MR this makes sense (I want my best available MR to pitch in the game). For LRs, this means that most people won't get many innings on their LR2. This is why several of us were commenting that MR3 would be more valuable than LR2. Keep the LR role as an early inning cleanup guy, but provide depth to the MR pool for packed series. Someone could still make an MR3 essentially an LR0 by giving them an early inning setting. But LR1 would still get first draw on excessive innings or spot starting.
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So if I figure this correctly, the work around for what I want (which is 3 middle relievers that are not handed specialists) would be to put the pitcher I want to be the MR3 as the LR1 with management controls set to not let him in until mid game, then put my long relievers in as the LR2 and SS, with early innings selected....?
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I think that would work @allen54chevy. But, I would not mind a MR3 spot at all
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Yeah, using LR1 would be the best way to make MR3. Then you can use LR2 as your long reliever by setting him to 1 for earliest inning.
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What would be the exhaustive list of every new pitching role people would want?

A backup closer? Would he get enough work?

More LRs too?

Do we have enough RH and LH pitchers?

A third setup man?

Thanks,

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Personally I'm fine with what we have now, but if anything I think an MR3 could be useful. I don't see a need for anything else.
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Agree with Rock, a 3rd MR seems like it would be utilised, but other than that I think the current roles leave enough room to play around with the 'pen sufficiently.


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