Not a fan of new pitching rotation rule anymore
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I faced 4 starters the other game, Kluber, Newhouser, othani and Oswalt. So much fun and so realistic.
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I guess I’m different, I have kluber, oswalt, degrom, maddux and prior. I use them all and only use my bullpen. I guess I’m just not that hard pressed to win at all cost
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it should be a 5 man rotation that gets locked for 5 games. after 5 you can change your rotation again the way its done now its as if we are playing game 7 of the WS every game
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@STI1489 said in Not a fan of new pitching rotation rule anymore:
it should be a 5 man rotation that gets locked for 5 games. after 5 you can change your rotation again the way its done now its as if we are playing game 7 of the WS every game
Well, we kind of are doing that. When your sitting at 895 in ranked and you need that win to make WS, you should be able to use your entire roster, in whatever way possible, to pursue the win.
With that said, I don’t think I have once used a starter out of the pen, but I like having that option. Furthermore, in my experience, it has taken four games to get to full strength.
I think a lot of people must be throwing starters out there that aren’t fully energized. I don’t do that.
Edit: Actually, I have used a starter out of the pen once.
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@maurice91932 said in Not a fan of new pitching rotation rule anymore:
@STI1489 said in Not a fan of new pitching rotation rule anymore:
it should be a 5 man rotation that gets locked for 5 games. after 5 you can change your rotation again the way its done now its as if we are playing game 7 of the WS every game
Well, we kind of are doing that. When your sitting at 895 in ranked and you need that win to make WS, you should be able to use your entire roster, in whatever way possible, to pursue the win.
With that said, I don’t think I have once used a starter out of the pen, but I like having that option. Furthermore, in my experience, it has taken four games to get to full strength.
I think a lot of people must be throwing starters out there that aren’t fully energized. I don’t do that.
Edit: Actually, I have used a starter out of the pen once.
sure you can use anyone in your roster but it only takes 3 games to be back in full energy so in reality, all you need is a 3 man rotation and your 4 & 5 are long pen options this is an issue. Either it should be you have to use your 1-5 in order or energy must be lowered. Right now guys can run there starter for 4 bring in another for 2 another for 2 and a bullpen piece for 1. Then the 2 starters that went 2 innings in the previous game are good to go in the next game
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I think people will use starters out of the pen less frequently once we get better bullpen arms. Right now, a lot of people’s’ most reliable pitchers are starters. I know I don’t have many relief pitchers I trust.
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@floating_goat34 said in Not a fan of new pitching rotation rule anymore:
I think people will use starters out of the pen less frequently once we get better bullpen arms. Right now, a lot of people’s’ most reliable pitchers are starters. I know I don’t have many relief pitchers I trust.
Yep. There's only a couple relievers I'm comfortable with right now... Nick Anderson, Kerry Wood & Osuna. Pitch like [censored] with most others, including Mo Rivera.
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I haven't bought the game this year (yet?) because of all of the issues people are posting. Are you telling me that you can now put starters in as relievers?
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It was a good idea by SDS but of course people have to exploit.
Here's my solution. Allow us to put one starting pitcher in the bullpen before the game. Let it be a max 84 overall. Do not let us hit R1 and have access to our whole starting rotation. problem solved.
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My Rockies tried using a four man rotation a few years ago...did not work out too well, but it was a legitimate MLB strategy.
Long relievers like Charlie Morton (Classics Pack) will be very useful. Pairing him with a # 5starter as a long reliever is not a horrible way to go.
We just need to adjust the way we think about game. In years past we were rewarded for pushing a starter as far into the game as we could. This year we we'll get more mileage if we are quicker with the hook and rely more heavily on our bullpen arms. This is what will keep the starting four well rested.
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@AlphaDag13 said in Not a fan of new pitching rotation rule anymore:
I haven't bought the game this year (yet?) because of all of the issues people are posting. Are you telling me that you can now put starters in as relievers?
Yes.
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A new signature starter comes out tomorrow so expect to see him alot, unless he's like...Cliff Lee.
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As usual, sds comes up with a good idea and as always bungles the implementation and leaves exploits.
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Yeah they definitely get energy too fast. It should take 4 games to get to full strength. They also could make it progressive so you get less energy back the first couple games and more back in the last game. So a guy stays in the red the first 2 days rest (making him not that usable), then goes yellow after 2 days rest (making him usable out of the pen after 2 days rest, but this throws him back into the red), and not 100% green until after 4 days rest.
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@D27J said in Not a fan of new pitching rotation rule anymore:
@floating_goat34 said in Not a fan of new pitching rotation rule anymore:
I think people will use starters out of the pen less frequently once we get better bullpen arms. Right now, a lot of people’s’ most reliable pitchers are starters. I know I don’t have many relief pitchers I trust.
Yep. There's only a couple relievers I'm comfortable with right now... Nick Anderson, Kerry Wood & Osuna. Pitch like [censored] with most others, including Mo Rivera.
Doolittle, wood, chappy, ottavino fb, gange..... feierbend
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Once i saw how quickly energy comes back i knew all you need is 3 dominant starters and thats all you will be facing until the season is over and people startcmoving on to other games.
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Last years game was no different apart from bringing them out of the pen. Out of the 10 games you played, Kershaw would appear at least 6 times in ranked seasons.
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Some changes I'd make personally: SP energy takes longer to regenerate & don't allow a SP to come in relief until all RP/CP have been used.
I brought in Oswalt behind Sale because I had tough luck yesterday, and I wasn't going to let a W slip by me.
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@HShawFSU said in Not a fan of new pitching rotation rule anymore:
Some changes I'd make personally: SP energy takes longer to regenerate & don't allow a SP to come in relief until all RP/CP have been used.
I brought in Oswalt behind Sale because I had tough luck yesterday, and I wasn't going to let a W slip by me.
The problem I have with not being able to use them unless all of your RP/CP are used, what happens when you used a reliever the game before and he's absolutely gassed? Then you'd be throwing a gassed reliever to the slaughter. I absolutely agree that there should be some sort of limit, but I don't believe that this is the way to do it.
