Problem with relief pitching staff and simming games

magnummagus357 · 01-15-2013, 06:36 PM

I have my pitching staff set in a pretty standard way (with GM controlling the staff), but it seems that no matter what I do, the AI won't use one of my most skilled relievers. I tried putting him at many different places in the bullpen, but the AI will even use relievers who aren't in a slot of the staff screen without ever touching the guy. I even went into the strategy and had it force use at reliever, but he still has not pitched a single inning.

JohnHoward · 01-15-2013, 06:45 PM

Set individual strategy for pitchers you DON'T want to pitch so much: give them low pitch counts and a quick hook.

For the guy you do want to use: set his pitch count at 30 for MR or at 20 for CL, and set his slider all the way to the right to leave him in the game longer. This should do the trick.
he should appear more but he won't burn out at those counts.

magnummagus357 · 01-15-2013, 09:05 PM

Tried those settings, simulated several weeks and nothing.

JohnHoward · 01-15-2013, 11:06 PM

weird. then it sounds like one of those uncleared injury thingies. I don't know how to fix those, sorry.

The Wolf · 01-16-2013, 02:30 AM

This is a trade hint.

tomwolf2008 · 01-16-2013, 07:42 AM

Turn on the Commisioner mode, go to the player you want to use, click on edit player, scroll down to Day-to-Day injury effect (I think it might be denotated DTD in the game) and if it's anything other than 0, changed it to 0. Other than this, I have no helpful suggestion...

dawg_gone · 01-16-2013, 01:07 PM

Billy Martin is sending you a message there.

magnummagus357 · 01-16-2013, 05:52 PM

It was an uncleared day-to-day injury effect, sure enough, not Terry Collins objecting to the team I built

Of course he got shelled his first time out.

Thanks a lot!

dawg_gone · 01-17-2013, 07:35 PM

Thanks for following up on this. Helps the next guy!

01-15-2013, 06:36 PM	#1
magnummagus357 Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 3	Problem with relief pitching staff and simming games I have my pitching staff set in a pretty standard way (with GM controlling the staff), but it seems that no matter what I do, the AI won't use one of my most skilled relievers. I tried putting him at many different places in the bullpen, but the AI will even use relievers who aren't in a slot of the staff screen without ever touching the guy. I even went into the strategy and had it force use at reliever, but he still has not pitched a single inning.

01-15-2013, 06:45 PM	#2
JohnHoward All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 624	Set individual strategy for pitchers you DON'T want to pitch so much: give them low pitch counts and a quick hook. For the guy you do want to use: set his pitch count at 30 for MR or at 20 for CL, and set his slider all the way to the right to leave him in the game longer. This should do the trick. he should appear more but he won't burn out at those counts.

01-15-2013, 09:05 PM	#3
magnummagus357 Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 3	Tried those settings, simulated several weeks and nothing.

01-15-2013, 11:06 PM	#4
JohnHoward All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 624	weird. then it sounds like one of those uncleared injury thingies. I don't know how to fix those, sorry.

01-16-2013, 07:42 AM	#6
tomwolf2008 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 359	Turn on the Commisioner mode, go to the player you want to use, click on edit player, scroll down to Day-to-Day injury effect (I think it might be denotated DTD in the game) and if it's anything other than 0, changed it to 0. Other than this, I have no helpful suggestion...

01-16-2013, 01:07 PM	#7
dawg_gone Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 106	Billy Martin is sending you a message there.

01-16-2013, 05:52 PM	#8
magnummagus357 Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 3	It was an uncleared day-to-day injury effect, sure enough, not Terry Collins objecting to the team I built Of course he got shelled his first time out. Thanks a lot!

01-17-2013, 07:35 PM	#9
dawg_gone Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 106	Thanks for following up on this. Helps the next guy!