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Originally Posted by mm7607
The problem with this answer is that I don't play MLB. Only fictional with small rosters. This was my most used feature for my leagues. I really don't want to start all over as this is the first time I had an import from an earlier version that went well. I don't want to play MLB or MLB style so I'll probable go back and stay with v13 if I cant find a work around.
edit->>> Please do suggest it to the beta forum.
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So I'm curious: what is your reason for using/liking spot starters? [Edit: Nevermind. I just read your post in the other thread.] You said you play fictional with small rosters, but the need for spot starters is still not obvious to me. Like injury log, I always found it a bit bizarre. I guess because, if spot starters are used in MLB like they are in OOTP, I haven't noticed. Then again, I don't pay that much attention to 5th or 6th starters.
I always thought a spot starter, at least in real life, was a reliever who started the occasional game when all the regular starters were a bit too tired either because there weren't enough off days or the next starter was still tired from his previous start or maybe you just don't want to risk over-working a young phenom (e.g. Strasbourg). The way spot starters were implemented in OOTP before I don't think addressed any of these reasons however. IINM, it only replaced the last regular starter a certain % and that was all. Maybe what we really need is a "fatigue starter".
injury log mentioned that it might be useful in splitting starting time between two prospects, but at least in real life I don't think you'd want to do that to a young guy since you often here that preparing to start versus preparing to relieve require two totally different mindsets and you probably don't want to make things anymore difficult than necessary for a young pitcher.
I'm not arguing against having spot starters. If people want them, that's totally fine by me. I just never understood why.
If people still want a spot starter with %s,
this article has an interesting way of implementing a spot starter in that you might want to use one not just for the fifth starter, but more and maybe even all. I could envision OOTP having %s next to each starter spot and that's how often the spot starter would work. You could, for example, have the spot starter start 20% of the time for, not just your fifth starter, but every starter excluding maybe your ace. Or maybe do 0,5,10,15,20, or whatever.