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Originally Posted by imnotjesus
In the aftermath of the MLB World Series this year, I got to wondering, can pitchers in OOTP be successful pitching on three days rest (in the playoffs, or otherwise)? What about four days? What are people's experiences?
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Well, there are some interesting aspects to this question. To start with the simplest answer: yes, they can be successful; they just won't pitch as many innings as they would if they were completely rested. The more interesting answer/question is: should their performance during the innings they pitch be compromised by starting not fully rested? And, if so, should the degree of this vary from pitcher to pitcher?
In any event, OOTP doesn't try to do anything along these lines. You can easily start a pitcher on short rest, but you will be into your bullpen sooner than otherwise. In fact, if you play historicals where there are a lot of doubleheaders, you will see pitchers on AI managed teams starting when they are quite fagged out (a problem with game design, but that's for another day
).