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#28912	01/13/2016 5:29:53 pm
FreddyTheEye Joined: 11/11/2014 Posts: 625 Inactive	Has anyone had experience with their ace starter getting used up late in the season? My ace starter is just getting rocked his last few starts. He leads the team with 263 innings pitched. The same sort of thing happened last season to him so this season I didn't have him pitching during cup matches. Opinions? Do you think this is a fluke or could it be that some or all pitchers that see a lot of innings will tire as the season goes on? How many innings has your top guy pitched? Note: all season long we use a four or five (inter div. play) man rotation and he hasn't missed a start nor has he ever pitched without full bars for stamina. Thanks!!

#28913	01/13/2016 5:49:37 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals III.2	I think it's probably because their just pitching without a full bar of stamina or it could be because of your defense. My top guy has pitched 246.1 innings and he's doing well right now.

#28916	01/13/2016 6:03:18 pm
Crazy Li Joined: 01/25/2015 Posts: 879 Inactive	I run 5-man, so my guys don't get more than 230-245 IP a season... but I don't see a trend that ties performance to point in the season... I mean in October of last season, a lot of my starters would fall apart in the 7th and 8th innings of nearly every game... That happened again this season but in September instead and now that it's October, they're doing fine late innings. Random variance.

#28924	01/14/2016 1:18:39 am
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1580 Yakima Monster III.3	Freddy your ace is obviously a dud and must be replaced immediately.

#28930	01/14/2016 7:03:37 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	People read WAY too much into a string of bad starts.

#28939	01/14/2016 10:06:47 am
Crazy Li Joined: 01/25/2015 Posts: 879 Inactive	It's easy to panic when you're in a slump. "Why is this suddenly happening? What am I doing wrong? Can I change it?" Maybe you even turn your ballcap inside-out if that will help.

#28961	01/14/2016 6:21:38 pm
FreddyTheEye Joined: 11/11/2014 Posts: 625 Inactive	lol at the replies. As mentioned in the original post he had a full energy bar every start. Nobody is reading WAY to much into anything..just asking for opinions but thanks for the useless negativity. We really need an ignore feature here to tune out certain posters. Always the same ones too. smh It seemed possible to me that there could actually be a setting in there (other than the energy bar) to help prevent us from using the heck out of the same pitcher. Why? Because Steve works hard to make things as realistic as he can within reason. Also I though I recalled him once saying injuries can be more frequent after throwing too many pitches in a game. So I was just asking if anyone else had ever noticed a similar trend. Thanks Crazy LI for actually giving an opinion. I appreciate it. lol @ JJNZ excellent idea but maybe I'll give him one more shot. Could just be random or an off year as his HR's are up and walks are way up. Or maybe he pitches better in the first half of the season the same way some hitters consistently hit lefties way better than righties.

#28974	01/15/2016 5:25:57 am
dmcc1 Joined: 02/02/2015 Posts: 79 Inactive	Have you looked at his form? Maybe he was very hot at the start and is now very cold.

#28980	01/15/2016 6:39:44 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5201 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Unless he is coming off Tommy John surgery I wouldn't worry too much about his inning total.

#29029	01/15/2016 5:31:57 pm
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1580 Yakima Monster III.3	As a serious reply - I think it would be realistic to expect players to go off at various points at the season, and fatigue could well be a factor into it. Juarez, my ace generally starts off very slowly but finishes very strongly in my 4 full seasons of having him, so could be a hidden factor, could be random. Still, trade Adkins to Missoula!