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Originally Posted by Tony M
It does change over time. I ran a fictional league + one minor + 4 feeders for 327 years and had a look at some of the leading players and there were a good few pitchers who went through all the roles. One of the HOF pitchers with a high winning percentage - he went through College and pitched as a middle reliever (or an absolutely awful closer!), once into the minors he stayed as a middle reliever, then in the majors he became a closer in his 2nd season and stayed there for three seasons. The following years he was mainly a starter with an increase in relief appearances before he became a middle reliever again. Another four or five seasons passed and he became the team closer again for another stint of three years before ending his career as a middle reliever again.
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This is interesting. But in fact I don't think you are necessarily showing that the pitcher's endurance is changing, but instead that his endurance was in a range (50, for example) that permitted him to be used both as a pitcher and reliever.
Or . . . ?
One of the things that this discusion suggests is that OOTP has gotten itself into a bind trying to be all things to all people (this is a point that has often been made before, I realize). I wonder whether it might be possible someday for Markus to produce two variants: one with all the historical depth and accuracy of MLB history, including the robust minor league system that I have wanted to see for some time, and another version representing baseball as it is evolving currently and may evolve in the future.
It's unrealistic to expect this from one person, of course, yet it seems the franchise isn't large enough for him to be able to bring another programmer on board. Too bad . . .