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Chicagofan76 · 03-17-2011, 01:35 PM

For me it depends on which league I am playing, but as a general rule I play out the 1st 10 and the last 4.....I use the 1st 10 to see what some of the players that r battling for roster spots can do. I use the next 10 games, whether i sim or play them, to shake rust of of starters, and I use the final 4 games to start doing my cuts. Final ST game is 99.9% opening day roster.

I also always use a 6 man rotation (if league is already 5) and since I play out the 1st 2 times thru the rotation I keep every SP on a strict pitch count. 1st time its 50, 2nd its 60 3rd its 75 4th 100.

and I also tend to keep a pitch count the 1st time thru a rotation to start a yr 100-110.

For my depth chart is ST I use the backup spots usually every 3rd game. so I have 3 C's the Starter plays game 1 backup plays game 3 3rd string plays game 5. or something like that.
Plus I have a strict 0-3 rule in ST (also in Sept if not battling for playoffs up or down) that if u go 0-3 u come out in favor on the guy with the fewest AB's (of course I try to make sure I dont put an OF at C)
I also try to have any player that can not play at least 2 positions learn another 1 even if its only 1B.
It also depends on my league, the yr and the basic setup.

03-17-2011, 01:35 PM	#3
Chicagofan76 Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Diamond, IL Posts: 6,339 Infractions: 2/2 (3)	For me it depends on which league I am playing, but as a general rule I play out the 1st 10 and the last 4.....I use the 1st 10 to see what some of the players that r battling for roster spots can do. I use the next 10 games, whether i sim or play them, to shake rust of of starters, and I use the final 4 games to start doing my cuts. Final ST game is 99.9% opening day roster. I also always use a 6 man rotation (if league is already 5) and since I play out the 1st 2 times thru the rotation I keep every SP on a strict pitch count. 1st time its 50, 2nd its 60 3rd its 75 4th 100. and I also tend to keep a pitch count the 1st time thru a rotation to start a yr 100-110. For my depth chart is ST I use the backup spots usually every 3rd game. so I have 3 C's the Starter plays game 1 backup plays game 3 3rd string plays game 5. or something like that. Plus I have a strict 0-3 rule in ST (also in Sept if not battling for playoffs up or down) that if u go 0-3 u come out in favor on the guy with the fewest AB's (of course I try to make sure I dont put an OF at C) I also try to have any player that can not play at least 2 positions learn another 1 even if its only 1B. It also depends on my league, the yr and the basic setup.