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#24285	09/20/2015 4:33:45 pm
dsz071 Joined: 09/12/2015 Posts: 334 Inactive	Which is a better plan for saving my major league starters arms for league games? Should I call up my minor league starters for a day or pick up some cheap older players just for cup games?

#24289	09/20/2015 5:17:30 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9592 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Well, if you can advance you get extra experience, so I always try to advance. If you're already confident of advancing, then I try to save my best 2 pitchers for league games. But I don't bring up guys who aren't ready. Instead I move in a relief pitcher and reorientate the staff so that one starter is pitching in the 5th game and the other one is unassigned. Updated Sunday, September 20 2015 @ 5:17:48 pm PDT

#24293	09/20/2015 9:10:02 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	I don't see why one should "save" arms for league games. There is not an increased chance of injury after a certain amount of innings pitched over the course of a season, only a flat chance that can increase if a pitcher continues pitching when fatigued. I guess to answer the question, I would call up pitchers that were almost ready to promote, either due to age or skill to give them a trial run. If you don't have any pitchers matching that description then I would sign older guys as a last resort, though personally I do neither. You could also do as Rock suggested, though I would be very careful using a low stamina bullpen guy as a starting pitcher, as he could pick up an injury with the minimum hook of 5 and minimum pitch count of 75 that starters have.

#24295	09/20/2015 9:15:47 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9592 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Well for me, several of my reliefs have more stamina than my starters. I don't really think there is much increased risk of injury using a relief as a starter unless you set his fatigue setting to ++ or something silly like that. A pitcher is a pitcher in this game.

#24299	09/20/2015 11:29:51 pm
dsz071 Joined: 09/12/2015 Posts: 334 Inactive	Thanks for the info. I guess I just assumed that there would be more injury risk with the accumulation of the extra innings.

#24303	09/21/2015 8:49:53 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5198 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	I am one that does save arms for league. But its a luxury that comes with being an established team. Accumulation of innings doesn't increase injury chance. However, each time a pitcher takes the mound there is a chance to get hurt. Starters can get 30+ day injuries. To me, it's not good risk-reward using my top starters in cup play. So my younger pitchers (normally found in the bowels of my bullpen) start cup games. The advantages are: - more experience for my young guys - less injury exposure for my established guys - my top 3 starters are loaded into the chute coming out of every cup break (over the course of the season, this can work out to an extra 3-4 league starts) This main disadvantage is the team is weaker in cup play. For a newer team, this approach has less value. Probably don't have the young guys to trot out.