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Originally Posted by Amazin' Blue
I'll say this much, as someone who has been a play out every game person since, I don't know, version 10 or so... yanking starters when they get shelled is certainly a good way to avoid cold streaks.
(Insert new can of worms opened here!)
And I am totally convinced that cold streaks impact performance. No science to back that up, but probably a few thousand games simmed one batter at a time is all the science I need.
Starter on a cold streak is lucky to get through 5 IP no matter his ratings. You really have to manage them out of it.
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Pretty much my experience too.
You should see my SP in my current season that was at ~85% quality starts 13 starts into the season. Got rocked one game, then two, and I kept throwing him out there thinking he'll pitch his way out of it. He's just too good. ~6 starts later I caved and moved him to the pen, pitched him in low stress situations, and if he gave me one good inning I took him out. It's now September and I'm fighting for a playoff spot. Brought him back to the rotation and while not his dominate self he is holding his own.
It's the worst case of penthouse to outhouse I can recall on one of my teams that wasn't accompanied by an age related reduction in skills.