Converting MR to SP

hudderschris · 05-05-2009, 07:38 PM

Can this be done and what are the best steps to do this?

Also will they have the same ratings as SP (i.e. movement etc)

Cheers

hihot · 05-05-2009, 08:16 PM

Yes just go to profile and click change position but only do it if his endurance rating is pretty high

hudderschris · 05-05-2009, 08:44 PM

thanks but if they only had a low endurance could you build this up by playing them as a starter?

Afino · 05-05-2009, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hudderschris

thanks but if they only had a low endurance could you build this up by playing them as a starter?

Endurance CAN change, but only in minor amounts (at least from my experience). It's not like you're going to build a 2/10 Endurance guy to a 6/10 Endurance or anything. He may move to a 3, but I believe the "building up" is a myth in OOTP.

SandMan · 05-06-2009, 11:22 AM

I would recommend trying to start the pitcher. If he is only going 3 innings then you know he may never be a starter, but if you can get 5-6 this can be a sign that he can be built up to a 6 inning pitcher in time.

CecilCooper · 05-06-2009, 12:13 PM

I use a 2-8 scale and I have had some 3's that can throw 80-100 pitches. I have had some 3s that no matter what can only throw 50. The best active pitcher in my solo fictional league right now is someone he never started a game until they got to the Majors. He now has a 5, pretty sure he was a 4 when he first started.

Afino · 05-06-2009, 06:33 PM

By the way, the AI will start a 3 or 4/10 Endurance guy on "high" or above if they have good ratings. Usually get 80-90 pitches out of them.

thamolas · 05-17-2009, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Afino

Endurance CAN change, but only in minor amounts (at least from my experience). It's not like you're going to build a 2/10 Endurance guy to a 6/10 Endurance or anything. He may move to a 3, but I believe the "building up" is a myth in OOTP.

I don't know if I'd consider it "building up", but I have had pitchers with a 1 or 2 endurance (out of 10) jump up to a 4-6 over the course of a single season of being thrown in as a starter. Once, it happened without changing his position from MR. I didn't have enough healthy SPs, one too many MRs and didn't want to juggle people around, so I threw him into the rotation with the intention of keeping him there temporarily. He wound up being my regular number five guy that season and I changed his position after that, but he suffered a career-ending injury the following season

It doesn't happen much, but I have seen it.

05-05-2009, 07:38 PM	#1
hudderschris Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 11	Converting MR to SP Can this be done and what are the best steps to do this? Also will they have the same ratings as SP (i.e. movement etc) Cheers

05-06-2009, 06:33 PM	#7
Afino Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 3,828	By the way, the AI will start a 3 or 4/10 Endurance guy on "high" or above if they have good ratings. Usually get 80-90 pitches out of them. __________________ GUBA: Moscow Enforcers

05-05-2009, 08:16 PM	#2
hihot Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 126	Yes just go to profile and click change position but only do it if his endurance rating is pretty high

05-05-2009, 08:44 PM	#3
hudderschris Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 11	thanks but if they only had a low endurance could you build this up by playing them as a starter?

05-06-2009, 11:22 AM	#5
SandMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,946	I would recommend trying to start the pitcher. If he is only going 3 innings then you know he may never be a starter, but if you can get 5-6 this can be a sign that he can be built up to a 6 inning pitcher in time.

05-06-2009, 12:13 PM	#6
CecilCooper Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 444	I use a 2-8 scale and I have had some 3's that can throw 80-100 pitches. I have had some 3s that no matter what can only throw 50. The best active pitcher in my solo fictional league right now is someone he never started a game until they got to the Majors. He now has a 5, pretty sure he was a 4 when he first started.