Need some advise on fictional league bullpen usage

[smythejd]

Hey community, I hope you can solve this issue I am having in my league.

It is a fictional league, set with 1974 era. Lots of complete games, some saves. The season is 120 games long.

My pen has 5 pitchers (one closer, one set up, two middle and one long).

Here is the issue: I get good distribution of innings for all pitchers with the exception of my set up guy (who is always my second best reliever).

I believe the reason for this is that there really was not a set up guy in 1974. So, how do I set up my league to not have a set up position?

[BBGiovanni]

Originally Posted by smythejd

Hey community, I hope you can solve this issue I am having in my league.

It is a fictional league, set with 1974 era. Lots of complete games, some saves. The season is 120 games long.

My pen has 5 pitchers (one closer, one set up, two middle and one long).

Here is the issue: I get good distribution of innings for all pitchers with the exception of my set up guy (who is always my second best reliever).

I believe the reason for this is that there really was not a set up guy in 1974. So, how do I set up my league to not have a set up position?

I use 70s settings a lot, but I manage games, so I'm not sure. Is this affected by the "stopper" setting? Try setting the main guy as "stopper" and the other as "middle reliever", if what you really want is to even out the workload. I think there's even a "use more often" setting you can set, and you can set the other middle relievers to "use less often". And/or set the secondary role for the setup guy as "stopper". Maybe that will nudge things the way you want them.

[Leo_The_Lip]

How many innings are your starters averaging? I have found this to be a key factor in 'setup man' use in the historical leagues I use. If starters average 7+ innings per start, then that squeezes out opportunities for the setup man to come in. The game goes straight to the closer or stopper, bypassing the setup man.

That's what happens to me using 1984 settings.

[smythejd]

Originally Posted by BBGiovanni

I use 70s settings a lot, but I manage games, so I'm not sure. Is this affected by the "stopper" setting? Try setting the main guy as "stopper" and the other as "middle reliever", if what you really want is to even out the workload. I think there's even a "use more often" setting you can set, and you can set the other middle relievers to "use less often". And/or set the secondary role for the setup guy as "stopper". Maybe that will nudge things the way you want them.

Thanks for the suggestions. I was able to adjust the settings but as I advanced one day, my manager put the adjustments back to the way he wanted them. So in effect no change. I wonder if there is a setting on the league level????

[smythejd]

Originally Posted by Leo_The_Lip

How many innings are your starters averaging? I have found this to be a key factor in 'setup man' use in the historical leagues I use. If starters average 7+ innings per start, then that squeezes out opportunities for the setup man to come in. The game goes straight to the closer or stopper, bypassing the setup man.

Plus 7 innings is what is happening. The same is my second best reliever gets almost no innings. Last year in 120 games he pitched 7.1 innings.

[ALB123]

Originally Posted by smythejd

Thanks for the suggestions. I was able to adjust the settings but as I advanced one day, my manager put the adjustments back to the way he wanted them. So in effect no change. I wonder if there is a setting on the league level????

What mode are you playing? Manager Only? GM Only? Or Manager/GM?

I'm pretty sure it's not Manager Only, but correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, go into Game > Settings > Global Settings. On the left side of the screen, all the down near the bottom is "Coaching Staff Settings". If there is not a check in the very last box, put one in there, so GM-only players will have full control over your day to day lineups (and pitching rotation & reliever assignments). That should fix it.

It's been so long since I set up my universe. I started as GM only, switched to GM & Manager (won 2 manager of the year awards ) and I'm back to GM Only mode. You might have to enable Commissioner Mode. You'll find that option in Manager's Office > Manager Options on the right side of the page near the top is the checkbox for enabling/disabling Commissioner Mode. If you enable that you'll have 100% complete control of every facet of your universe. You could change lineups for other teams, for instance. But don't do that. Commissioner Mode can be the path to The Dark Side of The Force. So, go easy... Wait a minute, was it the dark side of the force or was it the dark side of the moon from Pink Floyd? Eh, you'll figure it out.