Force start not working (in Triple A)

frank_olaf · 05-06-2016, 04:13 PM

I'm the GM of a MLB team and have a pitcher in Triple A who I want to be a starting pitcher. In Set Game Strategy I set Force Role to Starting Pitcher but for some reason my triple A manager isn't using him as a starter.

I do have three other pitchers set to Force Start as a Starting Pitcher and it is working fine for them.

Is there a way around this issue?

Thanks

Matt Arnold · 05-06-2016, 04:45 PM

Are they only going with a 3-man rotation? If you have a guy set to force start as SP, basically we will go through and fill up their rotation with them, but once the rotation is full, then they'd get shuffled off to the bullpen.

grmagne · 05-06-2016, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frank_olaf

I'm the GM of a MLB team and have a pitcher in Triple A who I want to be a starting pitcher. In Set Game Strategy I set Force Role to Starting Pitcher but for some reason my triple A manager isn't using him as a starter.

I do have three other pitchers set to Force Start as a Starting Pitcher and it is working fine for them.

Is there a way around this issue?

Thanks

When I'm in that situation I force start some of my starters into a Relief Pitcher or Closer role until the guys I really want to start are in the rotation.

RchW · 05-06-2016, 05:03 PM

If you force start two players for the same position the AI will choose the one it likes better.

frank_olaf · 05-06-2016, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

Are they only going with a 3-man rotation? If you have a guy set to force start as SP, basically we will go through and fill up their rotation with them, but once the rotation is full, then they'd get shuffled off to the bullpen.

As far as I can tell it is a 5 man rotation (looking at the Pitching screen, it shows 5 starters in the starting rotation).

As grmagne suggested, I set one of the pitchers who was starting to be force started as a reliver, so now the guy I want is starting (but I don;t know how long that will last for).

MrWideFrame · 05-06-2016, 05:30 PM

This sort of thing can happen if you force start too many SPs, i.e. 6 in a 5 man rotation.

bwburke94 · 05-07-2016, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MrWideFrame

This sort of thing can happen if you force start too many SPs, i.e. 6 in a 5 man rotation.

We've already established this isn't the problem.

Roggie · 05-08-2016, 12:36 AM

This has been going on in my online league as well. It will only force start ONE SP (no matter how many are set, if it's 2, 3, 5, or whatever) for each minor league team that is set to force start at SP. Every other position works correctly.

4maddux_cy's · 05-08-2016, 01:17 AM

Can you not edit lineups and rotations for your farm teams like you could in the past? This is my first year playing in a few years...

Roggie · 05-08-2016, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by 4maddux_cy's

Can you not edit lineups and rotations for your farm teams like you could in the past? This is my first year playing in a few years...

You can. But it's still something that appears to not be working (or at least isn't for this guy and myself) and sometimes you just don't have time to manually do it all for an online league so you'll auto a few minor league lineups/pitching staffs.

05-06-2016, 04:13 PM	#1
frank_olaf Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 128	Force start not working (in Triple A) I'm the GM of a MLB team and have a pitcher in Triple A who I want to be a starting pitcher. In Set Game Strategy I set Force Role to Starting Pitcher but for some reason my triple A manager isn't using him as a starter. I do have three other pitchers set to Force Start as a Starting Pitcher and it is working fine for them. Is there a way around this issue? Thanks

05-06-2016, 05:03 PM	#4
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	If you force start two players for the same position the AI will choose the one it likes better. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

05-06-2016, 04:45 PM	#2
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 15,871	Are they only going with a 3-man rotation? If you have a guy set to force start as SP, basically we will go through and fill up their rotation with them, but once the rotation is full, then they'd get shuffled off to the bullpen.

05-06-2016, 05:30 PM	#6
MrWideFrame Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 224	This sort of thing can happen if you force start too many SPs, i.e. 6 in a 5 man rotation.

05-08-2016, 12:36 AM	#8
Roggie Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 95	This has been going on in my online league as well. It will only force start ONE SP (no matter how many are set, if it's 2, 3, 5, or whatever) for each minor league team that is set to force start at SP. Every other position works correctly.

05-08-2016, 01:17 AM	#9
4maddux_cy's All Star Starter Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 1,189	Can you not edit lineups and rotations for your farm teams like you could in the past? This is my first year playing in a few years...