What's the best way to have him reach his RL IP? He only has 2.28 ip/g so I am thinking of having him as the only long A. My starters are limited to a 70 pitch count. Will this ensure he hits 170-185 ip?

That'll help, but you'll probably still have to pitch him tired to reach his RL innings. I had him in a live league, and even there (where I had total control on how to use him) it was tough to use up all the innings. For a stretch of about 30 games I started him every other game (he was usually good for 2-3 innings) but of course that tired out the rest of the staff with appearance fatigue.

I do my best to avoid drafting RPs with a ton of innings and low IP/G. 1984 Willie Hernandez is another good example.

Its fairly easy to do on Live iv gotten 170 IP out of releivers but in the sim wise iv gotten schilling there before but it was a 6 IP/Gbut if he is the only Long A then he can probualy make 150 IP



Mark lives just up the street from me also. ill give him a hard time for you

Lol, that would be hilarious if you would. Anyways, I swapped him out for elton chamberlain.

Long A... give him a flexible rest setting and a low pull factor.

Just make sure that there aren't too many other pitcher options available that would distract Sparky, and you should be good to go.