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I think that all pitchers should just be positioned as pitchers. Let the manager or AI determine what the best role is by the scouting reports if on or the the players expectations, live and learn. Just because a pitcher has low endurance does not mean that he can't go 6 or 7. It just means that he loses his effectiveness prior to that. Also I feel that the endurance rating should be an overall rating and that the effectiveness (role endurance) should be a hidden value or that the ENDURANCE rating is completely thrown out and all the actual endurance ratings remain hidden.
The progression through most of baseball was for a pitcher to come to the bigs, play reliever for a few years to learn the game, then evolve to starter if good enough or a spot opens, and then end his career in the pen again. Today's game is a little different but not by much. I would also like to see more relievers that age and become decent starters, like Charlie Hough, Ken Forsch, etc...
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