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Originally Posted by dodgecharger1968
OK, there are a lot of legitimate points that address real life circumstances. But I think here, we're working with ideas that are more complicated than necessary to simulate reality, and yet not approaching the complexity of reality. Why not get into soundness of mechanics, diet, regimen, natural bone structure, ligament flexibility, drinking habits, home life drama, etc?
Some guys are relievers because they aren't good enough to start. Some guys pitch in relief because they can throw three digit heat for about 20 pitches tops. Or they have a rubber arm. Some guys are relievers because they are too old to start, or too young, or the rotation is crowded with guys who suck in relief. Some guys start because the team has no better option, regardless of their repetoire.
But do we really need a back story for every single guy's role in this game? Do we need to know how well he throws each pitch in his arsenal? I don't know, the thought of keeping track of all of these things in the course of a game boggles my mind. I stand by my own suggestion. Ratings should at least change according to role, as they would in real life.
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IRL the ratings don't change because of the role they are in. A pitcher's curve ball doesn't break anymore because he's a starter. Or his slider isn't more unhittable because he's a reliever.
The simplest way to mimic real life is to give pitchers a starters endurance and relievers endurance. The way endurance works in this game is that the pitcher loses effectiveness after x number of pitches. The reason a starting pitcher loses effectiveness can be any number of reasons, conditioning, pitcher only has one or two good pitches, he loses concentration, blah, blah, blah.
For the reliever's endurance, it should correspond to how often as a reliever the pitcher can come out of the pen. The higher the endurance, the more often you can use him. These are the guys with the rubber arms. The guys with low endurance won't be able to pitch will only be able to pitch once or twice a week; and never on consecutive days.
This way you have pitchers that have both adequate endurance to do both start and relieve. These are guys who's roles will be determined by their other ratings (whether they are good enough to start) and what the team needs (maybe they're good enough to start but the team really need a closer or set up man).
Then you'll have some guys that can only start. And others that can only relieve.