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Originally Posted by ripwalk
Agree 100 per cent. It seems kind of dumb that you have to just do it blindly and hope for the best, whereas in real life if you drafted a stud MR that you wanted to convert to an SP you would be able to start pushing him towards learning new pitches, stretching out his stamina, etc etc.
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I'm trying to think of a real life MR (College/HS) stud or not, who has converted to a starter. I'm sure there are some, but none come to mind. Consider that there are more relief pitcher slots than SP slots and many pitchers who can throw 3-4 pitches may choose to go with 1-2 as a ticket to MLB vs a career in the minors. To me IRL the process is reversed, starters become relievers way more often than MR become starters because the available pool shrinks with each advancement in level.
Markus cannot program the real life "natural selection" that occurs as (thousands of?) dominant pitchers, almost always starters, progress up the ladder in baseball. Minor changes, tweaks and injuries or opportunity, even being left handed will affect your chances of starting. What if you go to a good program where the team has 8-10 potential studs wanting to start? Somebody has to close games.
The result is that OOTP has already weeded out the starters from the relievers by draft day. It may not be ideal but I think it is just a limitation of the programming.