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Originally Posted by Talorin
I think it would be nice if I didn't have to manually adjust a pitcher's stamina when I convert them to either a Starter or Reliever. Maybe some kind of formula of Innings/Pitches/GamesStarted/Games that would determine if a player would see his stamina increase/decrease.
Starters set to relievers should see their stamina decrease over a set number of games, while the reverse should be true for relievers pushed to start consistently.
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I disagree with this 100%. Changing the players role should not have any effect on his stamina for quite some time.
That's part of the reason why it is hard to convert a reliever to a starter... and starters moved into relief roles are able to go nowhere near as long as they would in a starting role. That is already modeled into the game. For instance, I have a 35-year-old starter Rick Sutcliffe in my historical game, and he has an 80 stamina on the 20-80 scale. He is acting as my long man and by about pitch 45, he is tired.
That is because the game takes into account that a pitcher entering in relief tries to be his most dominant coming out of the bullpen, and does not pace himself as a starter would.
Going the other way, most pitchers that are relievers are there either because it is known they lack the stamina to be a successful starter, or don't have more than two MLB level pitches. It is definitely not any type of a given that a pitcher will develop stamina just because he is moved into a starting role.
You may find this article from Grantland in 2012 very insightful on this topic, and it is backed up by research from all the way back to 1920. You may have quite a different feeling on this issue upon reading it.
Change of Address: Bullpen to Rotation (Grantland, 2012)