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Originally Posted by Reed
How many relief pitchers do teams carry? Correct me if I am wrong but I do not believe teams used very many relief pitchers in a game in 1954. Usually 1 or 2?
I probably would not allow starters, the 4 or 5 in the rotation, to be used as relief. I like seeing all my relief pitchers get at least a few innings. I would not like to see a dominant starter also become a dominant relief pitcher. Just my opinion.
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Not sure a starter would ever become a dominant reliever though. Thinking they would simply get a few games in relief here or there. For example if you look at the 1954 MVP voting, Bob Lemon and Early Wynn are the top two vote getting pitchers. Lemon pitched in 36 games that year starting 33. Wynn pitched in 40 games, starting 36. I think the game defaults to 4 relievers in 1954 and I think I may have upped that to 5. I will probably finish this season as is and decide what to do next year when I see the results. I'm in July. Trying a new method in which I sim to July 1st and then start watching every game from that point on.