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These are good points about the generalities of pitchers and endurance. I'm sure if Markus acknowledges this problem, he'll probably just change the contract AI to ignore the primary position and base demands off endurance instead.
Everyone agrees a pitcher is worth more if he can throw more effective pitches. The effectiveness is taken care of by his endurance rating, nothing beyond his endurance rating will be as effective. So a pitchers worth is directly related to his endurance rating, and not the role he plays. If you take an effective starter and put him in the pen, he's still worth more because he has the ability to start. Maybe he should lose that ability over time, but that seems like a random thing that happens already in the game.
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However, I'm still looking for real suggestions of how people deal with this problem of OOTP basing the contract demands on the listed primary position of the pitcher.
Some other leagues must acknowledge the gaping loophole here. Until there's a fix, there's got to be a good rule to keep people honest about how they pay their pitchers.
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