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Originally Posted by Neezer
An opener is a pitcher that starts the game and is pulled after just 1-2 innings...so the setting isnt seeing that and isnt picking the right lineup
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Do you think IRL teams always know when they are facing an opener?
I submit that they do not
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Wade Miley was set to start NLCS Game 5 against the Dodgers in LA, a crucial game in the series with both teams hoping to take a permanent lead from this 2-2 tie. Miley indeed started the game, and then almost immediately left it after walking the leadoff batter.
As everyone sat there wondering what in high heaven was going on, it quickly became clear that the Brewers had pulled the ol’ fake starter trick on the Dodgers in order to get them to start their right-handed platoon against a lefty pitcher, only to then switch to righty Brandon Woodruff and hope to come out on top in the matchup game.
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https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/10...y-fake-starter
Maybe instead of checking if it's the opponents pitcher is listed as an opener (the opposing team shouldn't have access to that info anyway), it should check if the opposing team's starter has stamina < X. Let the user set X. If the starter has a stamina of 25, it's probably an opener. 40? it's less obvious.
This way, teams could adjust for obvious openers and likely followers
But, pitching teams could still try to out strategerize their opponents by starting a high stamina right-hander and then switching to a left-hander after an inning, or 3 hitters, or 15 pitches, or whatever.
Again, nothing is going to be perfect, because it's relying on an AI and not a creative human.