Highest Rested Starter - Page 2

RchW · 07-09-2013, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by PSUColonel

Anybody? It just seems more logical to use the "highest rested" setting. Does this in some way effect season stats' totals?

Do you mean league totals (stat output)? Not sure there would be any discernible effect. League output has many variables acting on it; injuries, player development both plus and minus, streaks and random luck. The various rates of occurrence are distributed amongst those who play.

Andy · 07-10-2013, 08:59 AM

Last year the Reds had 3 pitchers make 33 starts, 1 make 32 starts and 1 make 30 starts. The only time they had someone other than those 5 make a start was because of a doubleheader (I was at the 2nd game - not pretty).

SandMan · 07-10-2013, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy

Last year the Reds had 3 pitchers make 33 starts, 1 make 32 starts and 1 make 30 starts. The only time they had someone other than those 5 make a start was because of a doubleheader (I was at the 2nd game - not pretty).

That is quite unusual. Look at the two seasons before and you will see that they only had two starters with 30. Again, I took random years and they all only had 1-3 pitchers with 30 or more starts.

Andy · 07-10-2013, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SandMan

That is quite unusual. Look at the two seasons before and you will see that they only had two starters with 30. Again, I took random years and they all only had 1-3 pitchers with 30 or more starts.

Oh, I know. I just thought it was quite an accomplishment, and I'm still bitter that I was at the game where Todd Redmond started (the only other pitcher to start for them last season).

SandMan · 07-10-2013, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy

Oh, I know. I just thought it was quite an accomplishment, and I'm still bitter that I was at the game where Todd Redmond started (the only other pitcher to start for them last season).

Todd Who?????

Yeah it was quite an accomplishment to have the 5 guys over 30 starts. It is a stat that should be noted in OOTP. Something like league leaders or team leaders. I looked at my OOTP teams and I can get 4 starters over 30 but can never get a 5th. Usually I have two pitchers split that number 5 slot or get a pitcher injured for a period of time.

I would like to thank PSUColonel for startring this thread. It gave me an opportunity to look on how the game plays the 5 man rotation compared to real life.

Andy · 07-11-2013, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SandMan

Todd Who?????

Exactly

Todd Redmond Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

Mancandy · 07-11-2013, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SandMan

I just looked at the 2012 Detroit Tigers. Their pitchers has 33,32,31,26,18, and 12 starts. This is 6 pitchers with the #5 guy with 18 starts and a 6th guy with 12 starts.

Not exactly, no. That 6th guy was acquired at the trade deadline and replaced the former 5th starter in the rotation, who then went to the minors before coming back up in September to work out of the bullpen. So it's actually 33,32,31,26,30 in the five spots when you combine the last two guys, since they held the same spot in the rotation.

Teams only start a 6th pitcher when they have to, whether its due to injury, ineffectiveness, or a trade. This is true in both real life and in OOTP.

07-10-2013, 08:59 AM	#22
Andy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 2,270	Last year the Reds had 3 pitchers make 33 starts, 1 make 32 starts and 1 make 30 starts. The only time they had someone other than those 5 make a start was because of a doubleheader (I was at the 2nd game - not pretty).