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Originally Posted by Talorin
I am in no way saying that I should be able to take a one trick pony and get him to pitch like Kershaw. I am saying a pitcher should be able to be stretched out to handle more innings, as is done frequently in real life. And I am also not saying it should be overnight. I am saying changing a reliever to starter should yield some benefit to their stamina over a length of time. Obviously you could have factors that reduce how this works such as age or whatever else. I am also pretty sure that there is already a built in function that adjusts a pitcher's effectiveness based on his role.
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I'm saying, the stamina value will change if you put that length of time in.
You're just not ever going to see a 40 stamina reliever become a 60 stamina starter... that just won't happen, nor would it be realistic, but you can build stamina on a pitcher. It just isn't going to be some earthshaking amount. Generally, if a guy converts from relief to starting at the major league level, he already has the stamina in place from being a starter all through the minors until they hit the pros. Nearly every successful conversion was a starter until they reached the majors, but when they came up they were initially used and were successful in relief. So, when they get "stretched out" it is more of getting them back into the mindset and the routine than it is actually building more stamina, the stamina was already there to begin with.
It definitely isn't a sure thing at all that a player can be stretched out from relief to starting. Look at Neftali Feliz, for instance. Every time they tried to stretch him out to become a starter, he stressed his arm out, and lost nearly 2 full seasons because of it. I think OOTP does a really good job modeling this, as you see very few conversions at all anymore, and very few of them from reliever to starter are even close to what could be called "successful."
Obviously, you can try to do it in OOTP, but its very hard, just like real life... so, I don't think they should make any changes that would make it easier to convert relievers to starters. There are plenty of reasons why it is done with the rarity it is, especially at the ML level.
And yes, when you put a player in a relief role, they do get a small stuff boost because of entering in relief, you are correct.