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Originally Posted by ALB123
Joe, I believe there are more than two settings for pitcher stamina. The two you mentioned, a pitcher's personal rating (ex. 25/80 or 50/80), the general strategic tendencies found on the left-side of the Stats & AI page (ex. Low, Normal, High) and then on the right-side of Stats & AI you have the Starting Pitcher Stamina and Relief Pitcher Stamina modifiers which change every season. For 1995, my current season, SP Stamina is set to 1.151 while RP Stamina is set to 1.000. I've only paid attention for a few seasons, but the RP Stamina modifier has stayed at 1.000 for multiple seasons.
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Yep, forgot about that. That modifier, I believe, is applied to the "scale" that is established by the league stamina setting. But I could be wrong.
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Originally Posted by ALB123
I know this question was meant for scurvycure, but I'm going to butt in anyway...   
I set the league to use a 5-man rotation and strict order.
Hook for SP is +4. Hook for RP is -5 (Very Quick). Use of Relievers is Very Often. Use of Closers is Very Often. Pitcher Stamina is Low. These settings are all defaults for 1995 in ootp. |
I would be very hesitant to use the "strict order" setting for any league in any era, in large part because it is extremely rare to find any team that actually did use a strict rotation for an entire season. In 1995, the Braves came very close to having a strict five-man rotation (Maddux-Glavine-Avery-Mercker-Smoltz), but that was the result of having some exceptionally durable pitchers and a schedule that had no double-headers and no rainouts.
No other team that year could boast such a stable rotation, which is one reason why I'd probably set the rotations in 1995 to "strict order, occasionally highest rested." It is, I think, more historically accurate. The other reason is that adhering to a strict rotation can lead to some pretty bad results if you have any injuries or double-headers. Taking away a rest day will lead to a cascading series of exhausted starters who never have a chance to get fully rested until there's an off-day.
I don't know what the "low" setting for league stamina means in terms of "between-game" stamina, but if your starters are constantly tired, then you either need to raise the league stamina setting, go to six-man rotations, or change the rotation setting (or a combination thereof). By 1995, teams were routinely using five-man rotations, so they should work in OOTP. Another solution would be to assign some of your relievers a secondary role of "emergency starter." That would help solve the problem for your team, but, as I've mentioned elsewhere in this thread, the AI teams will never give any pitcher a secondary role.