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Originally Posted by msupoke
I know this has been addressed on the forums before, but I am not sure how it is handled. If a pitcher is designated as a starting pitcher but placed in a reliever position, does he pitch like a starter or reliever?
Scenario 1:
Player X is a SP with 3 pitches and 70 stamina (20-80 scale). He is placed in a middle relief role and comes in to start the 6th inning. Will he be able to finish the game if he does not have trouble (15-20 pitches per inning)? This could put him around 80 pitches, a reasonable expectation if he starts the game.
Scenario 2:
Player Y is a RP with three pitches and 70 stamina (20-80 scale). As a reliever, he gets gassed after 40 pitches. If he starts the game, can he be expected to give 80-100 pitches if he is still labeled a reliever?
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The label you see doesn't matter to the game engine. If a labeled SP is used as a RP the engine sees him as a RP and is a labeled RP is used as a starter the engine sees him as a SP.
So you are not fooling the game engine into giving a pitcher better stuff by labeling him a RP and starting him.
As for stamina a RP with a 70 stamina will be able to go more than 40 pitches as a SP (longer than he can as a RP). The reason is as mentioned above, a RP goes all out for a short period of time while a SP paces himself. As I said above, the game engine looks at the pitchers actual usage, internally a pitchers stuff may be lower when a pitcher is used as a SP than it is as a RP (to model the SP v RP approach to pitching).