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Originally Posted by ALB123
One thing that I've been terrible about is building a pitching staff focusing energy into having Righty & Lefty pitchers. Currently, I have three Left Handed pitchers on my Active Roster. One LHP in my starting rotation, one LHP Middle Reliever and one LHP Setup man. My bullpen has two Setup pitchers.
EDIT: I forgot to say that when I go with only 6 RPs during the Reg. Season, my bullpen will only have one Setup man.
Do any of you change your approach with your pitching staff in the Playoffs?
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Well, with lefties you kind of have to decide what how they'll use them if you have the 3-man rule. I still find plenty of times where I'll use a LOOGY to get the 3rd out of an inning, or when the AI stacks 2 big lefty bats together. Then of course he'll walk the first one and give up a homer to the second
LOOGYs are usually cheeeeeeeeap and easy to find, just be careful that they are actually good against lefties. If you can find a lefty who is as good against righties, that's obviously better and hurts less when he has to face a righty between two lefties or whatever.
As to the playoffs... I often don't change anything about my pitching staff. Usually I just take the 5th guy (or 4th, if the 5th guy matches up well against the opponent) and stick him in the bullpen to use in mopup. If I have a really good hitting guy in AAA or a fast utility guy I might squeeze him onto the roster especially if my bench is thin or filled with Robinson Canos
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Originally Posted by itsmb8
Ive also seen a couple instances of triple digit runs in a game because the AI doesnt have any relievers left. Is it possible the reliever stamina is a bit too low?
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There was a thread about that not long ago, sorry I don't remember which one, but you are not the only one that thinks so. I just turn up pitcher stamina overall by one notch for every game, although this year that seems to lead to ace starters pitching reeeeeeeeally deep into games especially in international play.