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In terms of historical play, I still say we need the ability to do away with bullpens altogether. Now, I know a bunch of you are going to say, but Ralph, you can already do this. You can set the rotation to 4 or 5 or 6 and simply set the bullpen size to 0. Problem is, if you set the rotation to 6 and use "Always start the highest rested" starting pitchers will start in the hood of 28 games. That's not enough when playing deadball, the 20's or the 30's.
What we need is the ability to set the rotation to 5, 6, 7 or even 8 with 0 pitchers in bullpen, but tell the game that we want the start highest rested to center on the top 3 or 4 or 5 pitchers as starters and to only make use of the remaining pitchers as starters when needed. Hopefully, doing away with bullpens and simply having a pitching staff will allow us to play the early periods without seeing some cat making 30 to 50 relief appearances without ever starting a game.
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