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Here's a few things that I thought of, in case they are relevant--
Maybe Millwood's drop in overall was what did it. In case it is relevant, OOTP X did correctly import my settings of weights of 50% ratings, 30% current year, 15% previous year, 5% 2 years ago stats. So, this wasn't a case of giving different weights producing different results.
It still seems very strange that, out of 30 teams, about 26 of them had a pitcher lose his spot in the rotation. And, what makes it even stranger is, instead of calling up someone from AAA, all of them are moving relievers into the rotation.
If Millwood did pitch himself out of the rotation, it would seem very strange that a pitcher with a 4-4, 4.24 ERA year gets banished to the bullpen, while the same manager allows a 1-1, 7.00 ERA (albeit a small sample 2 starts, but this pitcher (Carlos Fisher) only has 2 MLB starts, so he could be tops on the list in terms of a demotion), a 4-5, 4.46 ERA season (Adam Loewen) and 2-4, 4.73 ERA (John Thomson) all get to keep their rotation spots.
It also is strange that Cherry, a pitcher with 0 career GS, who is having a 5.47 ERA season, who averages about an inning and a half per outing gets a suggested role of "boaderline starter."
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