AI needs to use tired relievers during game.

J P Falcon · 03-07-2003, 06:31 PM

I've had the following occur in two games thus far. In the most recent instance, I was playing agianst San Diego. Jarvis was injured after 1.1 innings.....Walker came in and was removed (tired) after 1.1 innings......Trujillo came in and was removed (tired) after 1.2 inning....the only ready pitcher remaining for SD was thier closer Trevor Hoffman....he ended up pitching 3.2 innings...was pitching tired after 1 inning....gave up 11 hits, 4 walks, 7 earned runs..he also had one at bat....he threw 92 pitches.....

Of course, what handicapped the AI was that the remaining relievers were tired from the start of the game...kudos must be given to Markus to having a tired rule that actually works, since I can imagine Hoffman's arm must have been ready to fall off, but I think that there should some mechanism which would allow the AI to use tired relievers when situations like this occur.

We can use tired relievers, which I have done on more than one occassion when my pen was stretched. And while I'm on the subject, I notice that when I do bring in a tired reliever, he enters the game as ready, and only tires again after a few batters...what's good for me, should be good for the AI....

Erithtotl · 03-07-2003, 06:50 PM

What about the AI using a starting pitcher as well? If he had 5 starters certainly one of them should have been able to pitch right?

J P Falcon · 03-07-2003, 07:51 PM

A very good point....there was at least 1 SD starter available...I recently had Hernandez go down for the Giants in the first inning, and I brought in a rested Moss, rather than run through my bullpen....

03-07-2003, 06:31 PM	#1
J P Falcon Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 406	AI needs to use tired relievers during game. I've had the following occur in two games thus far. In the most recent instance, I was playing agianst San Diego. Jarvis was injured after 1.1 innings.....Walker came in and was removed (tired) after 1.1 innings......Trujillo came in and was removed (tired) after 1.2 inning....the only ready pitcher remaining for SD was thier closer Trevor Hoffman....he ended up pitching 3.2 innings...was pitching tired after 1 inning....gave up 11 hits, 4 walks, 7 earned runs..he also had one at bat....he threw 92 pitches..... Of course, what handicapped the AI was that the remaining relievers were tired from the start of the game...kudos must be given to Markus to having a tired rule that actually works, since I can imagine Hoffman's arm must have been ready to fall off, but I think that there should some mechanism which would allow the AI to use tired relievers when situations like this occur. We can use tired relievers, which I have done on more than one occassion when my pen was stretched. And while I'm on the subject, I notice that when I do bring in a tired reliever, he enters the game as ready, and only tires again after a few batters...what's good for me, should be good for the AI.... Last edited by J P Falcon; 03-07-2003 at 06:37 PM.

03-07-2003, 06:50 PM	#2
Erithtotl Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 330	What about the AI using a starting pitcher as well? If he had 5 starters certainly one of them should have been able to pitch right?

03-07-2003, 07:51 PM	#3
J P Falcon Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 406	A very good point....there was at least 1 SD starter available...I recently had Hernandez go down for the Giants in the first inning, and I brought in a rested Moss, rather than run through my bullpen....