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Originally Posted by joefromchicago
All pitchers who are not in the rotation are automatically turned into relievers. Why? I dunno. It has ever been thus.
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I actually have not found this to be true, but in my opinion it probably
should be. The reason being, a pitcher's SP/RP designation affects their rest status. If there are two pitchers with identical stamina, one designated a SP and one designated a RP, the SP will be able to go deeper into a game, while the RP will be able to recover from fatigue faster and pitch on less rest.
You can test this for yourself. Find a RP who's thrown ~50 pitches yesterday. Depending on his stamina, he'll probably either be Tired or Slightly Tired. Then switch his position to SP and watch him (again, depending on his stamina) likely become Exhausted. An example (from OOTP18, but the function still applies) is attached.