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Originally Posted by Qeltar
Also if changing position doesn't change ability I wonder why the numbers for their abilities change.. or maybe I am misunderstanding what these numbers mean (I thought they directly controlled performance, so I am not sure why the guy would for example give up more home runs simply by virtue of being made a starter from a reliever.)
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I play OOTP 18, not 19, so I don't know if it is changed there. But in 18, only the Stuff rating is reduced when a pitcher is used as a starter in a game, though he will be able to pitch more pitches before becoming tired compared to if he were used as a reliever.
The difference in Stuff is due to a bonus relievers get based on how good their top 2 pitches are compared to the others, based on the idea that they don't need to use their other pitches to mix things up since they will only see each batter once, usually. Starting pitchers have to mix in other weaker pitches so the batters will have difficulty figuring out the pitcher after seeing him multiple times in an outing.
For SPs that have a variety of well balanced pitches, they won't have much of any penalty, and in fact I've seen some where they showed higher stuff when set as a SP.