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BobDylanRH · 08-27-2009, 10:24 PM

Version: Patch 3
PC/Mac: PC
Reproducible: Unknown

I'm in an online league.

I find that the AI is skipping over my starters often and starting the bullpen. At the trade deadline, I have a reliever with 3 stamina having already thrown 92.1 innings, with multiple starts.

The #3 starter, who has not been hurt, and has been in the #3 slot most of the season, has 63.0 IP. His ERA is more than fair at 4.00. I recently promoted a guy from the minors. The AI skipped over him twice to make starts out of the bullpen.

My rotation is set to 5-man, strict order. I don't have anything in anyone's player strategy that would tell my AI manager to skip over rotation guys. I have every single pitcher in my pitching staff on a pitch count.

I understand that the AI sometimes has to compensate if a guy is hurt or sick or tired, and while sometimes this has been the case, it hasn't always been. Besides, if a starter were hurt for a rotation turn, I'd rather the next guy in the rotation threw instead of my bullpen. (Unless everyone in the rotation was 'exhausted' or 'tired'.)

08-27-2009, 10:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
BobDylanRH Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 104	AI skips over rotation starters Version: Patch 3 PC/Mac: PC Reproducible: Unknown I'm in an online league. I find that the AI is skipping over my starters often and starting the bullpen. At the trade deadline, I have a reliever with 3 stamina having already thrown 92.1 innings, with multiple starts. The #3 starter, who has not been hurt, and has been in the #3 slot most of the season, has 63.0 IP. His ERA is more than fair at 4.00. I recently promoted a guy from the minors. The AI skipped over him twice to make starts out of the bullpen. My rotation is set to 5-man, strict order. I don't have anything in anyone's player strategy that would tell my AI manager to skip over rotation guys. I have every single pitcher in my pitching staff on a pitch count. I understand that the AI sometimes has to compensate if a guy is hurt or sick or tired, and while sometimes this has been the case, it hasn't always been. Besides, if a starter were hurt for a rotation turn, I'd rather the next guy in the rotation threw instead of my bullpen. (Unless everyone in the rotation was 'exhausted' or 'tired'.)