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Originally Posted by robc
I believe it is just random fluxuation. I don't think the game has a 'this pitcher will be poor today' feature. There have been plenty of times I just let my pitcher pitch until tired after getting shelled early and they usually settle down.
I think there have been some studies in real life where they use those cameras that analyze the pitchers movement and such and there usually isn't a big difference between their stuff when having a good day and a bad day. Sometimes the batters just get luckier.
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Maybe it's all a random walk as some analysts characterize the gyrations of the stock market. But real life managers don't share that philosophy. They'll take out the Ace if he's getting hammered early. Superstition?
And if start to start fluctuations are fiction, then there's every incentive to leave the pitcher in until he reaches his customary pitch count meaning that OOTP hurlers will record more innings than their MLB counterparts.