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Originally Posted by Galeno
Thank you for the explanation.
I am very new to the game of baseball, but aren't there some positions in which the fatigue factor force the player to play less games then others? Like catchers. They use to rest more games then, say, a 1B, don't they? And even a healthy player doesn't play all the 182 games, isn't it?
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Glad to help.
Yes, position players get tired, particularly catchers. In OOTP's prior versions, when a player gets tired, his name changes to pale yellow (If I remember right) on the selection screens. Simply replace him for the next game and all will be well.
The "minor dings" referred to above are in OOTP as well. They are shown as injuries with the player shown as, say 95% in pale yellow on his player card screen. As I said above, this is considered an injury in OOTP even though its minor and the player can perform in the game with little, if any, perceptible decline in performance.
The game does a good job of automatically using subs in the starting lineup to prevent the 'tired' condition. For me, I know I only get this problem if I have only one backup at a position, say shortstop, and that backup gets hurt, or has to play regularly at another position. Then the regular at shortstop will get tired because he is playing lots of games without rest. However, if the team has an off day, then this problem won't happen. As soon as a day off occurs, all the position players who are tired go back to 100%. So the schedule generally prevents this from happening.
As long as you keep backups for all positions, the game does a solid job of preventing the starters from tiring due to playing all the time.