With apologies if I am being a pest...a pitcher like '86 Mark Eichorn. how would you set him up to get all his innings? Eich pitched 167 innings, 2.28 IP per game. So, in OL type league, with 2 375+ innings starters, if I set their PC to 65-70, Eich to 10-15, would that work? Set Eich to come in in the 7th, others for the 8th and 9th? Is that a reasonable strategy, or am I missing something?

Well your 2 starters at 65-70 and Eichorn to come in in the 7th.I think wishful thinking that your starters will make it to the 7th on 65-70 pitch count.It will happen some times but most the time no way.

maybe Eichorn to come in 5th inning on.

You're probably better off trying to match his real-life use (30-35 pitches per game, resting every other day).

The only way you'll get 180 innings out of him, is by setting his PC to 30/30, pull setting of 1, no inning designation, and do not allow him to be PH for.

essentially then, he is not a wise purchase?

Eichhorn, and others like him, are not good for OLs, in my opinion.

The problem is exactly what you describe, and gets to what I believe is a flaw in the in-game fatigue model. Certain relievers, Eichhorn, Radatz, late-70s Gossage, routinely pitched 2+ innings, and often more than that (check out the IP for Sparky Lyle 1977 at retrosheet.org sometime).

With in-game fatigue predicated upon a pitcher's average IP/G, that same reliever will fatigue rapidly if used more than 2 innings. Result: he'll get shelled. Implication: you can't use him that way, so you'll never get all the IP you paid for at the quality level you paid for.

The same thing is true of pitchers who both started and relieved. A pitcher who started 10-15 games and relieved in 30+ is going to have an IP/G that makes him all but impossible to use as an SP in WIS. Yes you can use him as a tandem, but the point is that pitcher can never be used the way he was in real life.

Quote: Originally Posted By 2pragmatic on 5/06/2010essentially then, he is not a wise purchase

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