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#32293	03/24/2016 8:40:13 pm
cmneal Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 33 Bolingbrook Beavers IV.2	I'm 85-42 in league 6.4 and 5 games out of first. The first place team only has nine pitchers on their MLB staff. And they are setting all kinds of real life records with relief pitching wins and endurance. WTF...

#32296	03/24/2016 9:51:14 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	A short roster of reliable relievers is better in this game at the lower league levels than a large ML roster in my experience. I never carried more than 10 pitchers until last season in LL III. I have said as much in a hundred different places in the forums when people with a ton of ML players asked advice, though I perhaps have not said in those words before...

#32318	03/25/2016 6:48:25 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5201 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	What do you do? Hang in there. Any injuries they suffer will be more difficult to handle. May provide an opportunity to make up ground. But as Newtman said, 9 is sufficient for this part of the schedule. Lots of off days, no double headers. There was a better chance of their pitching numbers hurting them while you played the West. Could still happen, but less likely.

#32333	03/25/2016 2:27:58 pm
cmneal Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 33 Bolingbrook Beavers IV.2	Yeah, I figured there wasn't much I could really do. Just keep plugging along. Acquiring and developing players best I can. I was actually concerned about the use of RPs. I used to play a BBall sim called "GrandSlamBaseball", and we had issues with people putting 4 RPs as starters with short leashes and have 2 dominant SPs set to middle relief. The results weren't real good for the integrity of the game. I only really mentioned him only having 9 Ps (and one has been injured for 20 days so really 8 for a 3 week stretch) because a couple seasons back I was having issues with my pitchers and was told repeatedly that I could not succeed at this game going with less than 10 mlb pitchers. I guess with other factors (schedule, quality and endurance of Ps) taken into consideration, it is possible. Thanks for the replies guys.

#32339	03/25/2016 4:39:29 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Well there aren't reliefs and starters in this game just pitchers, and you choose where to play them. Nothing wrong with putting a workhorse in the bullpen, but relievers get tired just as quickly as starters.

#32376	03/26/2016 2:21:17 pm
cmneal Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 33 Bolingbrook Beavers IV.2	I should be more clear and say high stamina and low stamina instead of sp and rp.