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Originally Posted by Nihilianth
lol, Imma playing devil's advocate, but why not?
Relievers jump from staters and back to relievers all the time. Look at John Smoltz.
That is actually one of the subjects I wanted to talk about as well.
It would be nice if there were a way to make the transition from MR to SP a bit more....smoother....
Although the "Spot Starter" role is a good role to have for one pitcher. I DO have an MR that I have started for 7 games when I lost two of my starters. He was quite effective. That same person is also a very effective reliever as well. He has 78 IP, and the league average for starters this late in my season is about 110. He has a 3.38 ERA, is has a record of 5 - 0, with 7 GS, dunno how many G played, with 8 SVs, 2 BS, and like 12 SO. Has about 15 GF.
So OOTP DOES model pitching roles pretty well, I guess you just have to ferret out a pitcher like this yourself, and just use him however you want to use him in-game. (That is, if you play out every single one of your games this is very much possible.)
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Oh I don't mind MRs and SPs going back and fourth I just wish if a guy is listed as a MR he stays that. See my biggest problem I come across in the game is that since I don't play out my games, I just sim, and once the game gets to about 2040 almost all the time I'll have a rotation full of guys with low endurance. Those guys endurance should put them as relievers not starters.