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Originally Posted by chazzycat
should I wait for my starter to get "tired" or make the decision based on number of times through the order?
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I extremely doubt MLB managers are making decisions to pull pitchers because suddenly they're at batter 19+. It's one consideration out of many. Often fatigue, at least in my opinion, is the deciding factor still.Third time through the order the pitcher's velocity is typically dropping and his stuff is slightly less effective for many reasons. Batter 19 is not some magical point where the wheels fall off if graphed by batter number I guarantee its a slow trend and not a cliff. Pulling your starter for a reliever gains you the stuff bonus because the game knows batters are not likely to see him multiple times and he can get away with a shorter arsenal of pitches. Still, though many times the starter could still be more effective than a MR. Many factors go into that decision theres no silver bullet. In fact its extremely hard to quantify the 3rd time through the order effect as much more than thats when guys get fatigued and are less effective. No way to quantify ts because the batter has had to PAs vs him.