In a 19th century style lg, I have the major lg level running just fine.
SP have 3.500 stamina in majors and complete 30-38 of their 40 starts.
In a full season, a team may accumulate 1-4 saves on their team.
In the minor lgs for the very same major lg level, I cannot stop the game from bringing in a RP for a save opp.
I set minor lg SP stamina to 55.000 - yet they get pulled to give a RP a save. (Also set RP stamina to 55.000 - but minor lg teams will use 3 pitchers for Win, Hold, Save sometimes
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I know the minors are more volitale and thus the need for the AI to want to pull their pitchers more... but if a guy is pitching good with a 5-2 lead, why pull him for a RP when he has 55.000 stamina??
My major lg and minor lg are set basically identical. High stamina for both SP and RP. ALL teams (major and minor) I turned off AI control of rosters and manually set every strategy to slowest setting on pulling SP and/or RP.
Yet my minor lg teams avg 15-20 saves per team each season (usually for 1 pitcher on their roster).
In OOTP 14 new pitching staff setup, I set ALL non SP to long relievers - didn't change the results I was getting in OOTP 13 as well ... 15-20 saves per team in minors.
Any ideas to stop the Saves??