Game Clearly Hates Me

[kcroyalty29]

After my injury nightmares from 2024-2026 (which nobody agreed with me on), I'm wondering your thoughts on this scenario.

2026 World Series, Royals and Braves. I see they have four right handed starters in their rotation. Until game one starts.

That's when 32 year old Josh Hader - who has NEVER started a game in his MLB career - toes the slab. I think, "Hell yeah. He's a 2 inning opener and I get him out of the way."

Nope. He goes on to throw 96 pitches and 7 innings. After never starting a game in his entire career.

That's it though, right? He's burned for the series?

Nope. Game 5, comes back and throws 6.1 on 88 pitches.

Are you freaking kidding me?

For the 2026 season, Hader pitched 70.1 innings across 73 appearences. Yet somehow throws 13.1 in two STARTS?

What. And I can't emphasize this enough. In the actual f&&&.

PS I lost World Series 4-1.

[ohiodevil]

He was a starter until 2017, then the Brewers moved him to the pen. And in both scenarios he only threw 13 pitches an inning in both those games, so it's not impossible that a reliever could last that long....realistically would that happen, probably not, but OOTP doesn't make you stretch guys out like they would in real life. I would me more mad that my team was so impatient that he was able to go that long. I bet if you had shelled him in both games, you would not have posted anything.

[jimmysthebestcop]

Originally Posted by ohiodevil

He was a starter until 2017, then the Brewers moved him to the pen. And in both scenarios he only threw 13 pitches an inning in both those games, so it's not impossible that a reliever could last that long....realistically would that happen, probably not, but OOTP doesn't make you stretch guys out like they would in real life. I would me more mad that my team was so impatient that he was able to go that long. I bet if you had shelled him in both games, you would not have posted anything.

Not as bad as my one Universe I think it was in OOTP 19 where the Dodgers made Jensen a starter. And he was 6 innings lights out basically every start the entire season.

I forget what number he put up but they were insane. Dude could not be hit regularly. It was like he was "closing" for 6 innings.

He had awful stamina too no idea how the AI Dodgers made him a starter but I think he lasted like 4 or 5 years or something crazy.

It was absurd. I hated playing the Dodgers they had super starter Jensen and 80+ HR Cody.

[Fronzizzle]

Well that sucks. In real life, there is just no way that would happen. I could see if they had an injury, forced a reliever to start and then rode him for 4, maybe 5 low-pitch innings but (1) it certainly wouldn't happen in Game 1 and (2) At most, I could see a reliever going 50, 60 pitches in an outing - never 90+.

[rjl518]

The game doesn't hate you more that it hates me!

[Harry Hibbs]

Sorry KC, that's tough. This can be the problem playing with 'real' players. Pros and cons: you have more of a head start in terms of 'knowing' the players around your universe. However, when something like this happens it all feels wrong. If the same thing had occurred in a fictional league, however, you might have noticed and thought it was pretty interesting.

[slugga27]

Originally Posted by Harry Hibbs

Sorry KC, that's tough. This can be the problem playing with 'real' players. Pros and cons: you have more of a head start in terms of 'knowing' the players around your universe. However, when something like this happens it all feels wrong. If the same thing had occurred in a fictional league, however, you might have noticed and thought it was pretty interesting.

I don’t play fictional, if only because I never seem to be able to get stats right, but I wholeheartedly agree with this.


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