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Originally Posted by DonkeyKongSr
Yeah, it's a switcheroo opener strategy, but they just suddenly adopted it a few games ago and are going to get wrecked. It's not really a strategy that works in this game due to the RP/SP bonuses and penalties. RP are forced to pitch like SP and are garbage at it so they get crushed even in 1-2 inning stints.
And the only time I've seen something like it work was an all LHP elite starter 5-man rotation and a ballpark set to neuter RHB. I.E. not an opener strategy, but a gimmick to mess with standard lineups.
It's not as blatant a problem as Team #1, but the developers specifically have said that making drastic experimental changes like this suddenly in the higher levels isn't considered a legitimate attempt to compete.
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Hi, I have a lot of respect for you as a poster, but I'm going to have to take exception at your statement that this is a problem and not a legitimate attempt to compete.
As I mentioned above, I did basically what you claim is a gimmick but did so expressly with the intent of winning, and I told everyone the season before that I was going to try to do this.
Adjusting ballpark factors isn't a gimmick but a completely valid strategy of playing to your teams strengths and magnifying other teams' weaknesses.
Also, I don't consider attempting to set up favorable matchups for my bullpen to take advantage of is any different than teams platooning lineups to take advantage of pitching handedness splits.
All I did was go with a 4 man pitching rotation of LHP, set my starter hook all the way to the left, and loaded up my bullpen with RHP. People knew I was going to do it and they were more than given the opportunity to adjust. Whether they chose to or not was entirely up to them.
Just my humble opinion.