Sunday, December 14, 2008

Combating Minor League Pitching Fatigue Update

I was asked a question as what to do if you can't check your teams three times a day. I put a lot of thought into what I would do to for that situation. First I think I would change the lineup to only 10 players, the bench person would need to be a decent player that could cover about every position in case of injury. Position players then would be held in inactive status and changed out every few games. This would take longer because you would need to change the depth charts every time one makes an adjustment. A six man rotation would be the best course of action because you could increase the TPC and MPC by 10 to 15 pitches so they could go longer. The pitchers would all need to have a stamina of at least 68 so the TPC could be set to 90 and MPC of 105 (recovery rate should be in the mid 20's also). The pen would be about the same but their TPC and MPC should be lowered even further along with their fatigue pull level. I would go with more pitchers and set the TPC and MPC so they only cover 1 inning. This will allow more actual Setup A pitchers in the loop, but would still need about 3 or 4 long reliever types. The call pen should still be a 1 or a 2 in any case.

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