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Originally Posted by homerj
This is one of those things I'd like to see the AI do better at. Real life, there would be a AAA callup of a RP for an exhausted bullpen. A team may sit with an 8 man pen for a couple games because of it. It would be useful for simming longer periods, if we got a notification that would stop the sim on an exhausted bullpen, so we could do the shuffle to call up a rested player. Even better if we could designate players that would be called up and other players to be sent down. Perhaps a checkbox in player strategy 'promote/demote for exhausted bullpen'.
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Not a bad idea... and until the AI can handle this in a reasonable manner, the only "fix" I have to satisfy this issue is to go to a 26 man roster.
The 26 man roster was close to being passed my MLB/MLBPA last year but the MLB also wanted September roster expansion down from 40 to 28 players, so it didn't pass. So, it's not really that much of a stretch.
I actually enjoy the extra RP pitcher I now have to think about when filling out my pitching staff for the season. (it's typically either an aging veteran who's getting a limited chance in mop up duty or a promising youngster who might work his way up the more chances he gets to pitch).