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One piece of general advice that took me a couple of seasons to really grasp; sometimes a frustrating bullpen is actually due to your starting pitching, in the following sense: if your starters have a low quality start percentage, that means they are forcing your bullpen to throw a lot of innings. A tired bullpen is a surefire way to a bad record.
Ideally your starter gets you directly to your best setup man or even better, the closer. You really have to pay attention to make sure you have 1-2 quality innings-eaters in your rotation. A supremely talented starter with low-stamina can actually be pretty taxing on your pen; he's going to throw a lot of pitches striking guys out and then come out in the 6th inning, dumping 3 innings on your 'pen.
I will usually try very hard to make sure I have at least one starter with max stamina (for my scouting settings, which are 20-80). Some of the best pitchers I've ever had were ones with slightly above average ratings in Stuff-Movement-Control but max stamina. Put 'em in front of a good defense and watch the innings roll up; and watch your rested 'pen suddenly drop their ERA considerably.
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