Most "neutral" settings for pitcher stamina, injury, fatigue.

iridescence93 · 04-05-2024, 10:07 PM

I am playing a lot of leagues with players from different eras and I want the most neutral settings which reflect what these players could actually do against each other.

I had always gone with normal pitcher stamina and I actually tend to really despise very low pitcher stamina but I have been thinking maybe I should still use it because the modern players ratings are based on having those very low pitch counts.
Injuries I usually do high but is "very high" more realistic or just annoying?

Fatigue does "high" vs normal. Lead to a more realistic level of days off?

I''ll experiment but was interested in community thoughts

italyprof · 04-06-2024, 02:09 PM

Yeah, I hate SPs that go only 5 innings as a regular thing, taking starters out when they are pitching a shutout, and relievers with fewer than 40 IP a season (making millions of dollars for that taxing schedule of pitching one inning every four games !).

I see what you mean though - the players are rated for this after somewhere in the 2000s, maybe by 2010.

It is part of why I play eras previous to this one, but it is true that those players are in my random debut leagues, which I usually start in the 1940s but use 1983 for the stats context.

I would personally set pitcher fatigue in your case for contemporary pitchers at normal, but maybe test "high" to see what happens to IP over a season sim. Injuries I always set at "low" because I got frustrated playing and just spending all my time on injuries. This way, I lose 2-4 player a season to long-term injuries, which is realistic and manageable. I set position player fatigue at "high" because I like the challenge of managing a whole roster and minor league players to fill in when starters are fatigued.

I set "use closers" at rare and keep staffs to ten pitchers maximum, though if you want to play a more contemporary season you may not want to be so conservative about it.

04-05-2024, 10:07 PM	#1
iridescence93 Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2024 Posts: 19	Most "neutral" settings for pitcher stamina, injury, fatigue. I am playing a lot of leagues with players from different eras and I want the most neutral settings which reflect what these players could actually do against each other. I had always gone with normal pitcher stamina and I actually tend to really despise very low pitcher stamina but I have been thinking maybe I should still use it because the modern players ratings are based on having those very low pitch counts. Injuries I usually do high but is "very high" more realistic or just annoying? Fatigue does "high" vs normal. Lead to a more realistic level of days off? I''ll experiment but was interested in community thoughts

04-06-2024, 02:09 PM	#2
italyprof All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,024	Yeah, I hate SPs that go only 5 innings as a regular thing, taking starters out when they are pitching a shutout, and relievers with fewer than 40 IP a season (making millions of dollars for that taxing schedule of pitching one inning every four games !). I see what you mean though - the players are rated for this after somewhere in the 2000s, maybe by 2010. It is part of why I play eras previous to this one, but it is true that those players are in my random debut leagues, which I usually start in the 1940s but use 1983 for the stats context. I would personally set pitcher fatigue in your case for contemporary pitchers at normal, but maybe test "high" to see what happens to IP over a season sim. Injuries I always set at "low" because I got frustrated playing and just spending all my time on injuries. This way, I lose 2-4 player a season to long-term injuries, which is realistic and manageable. I set position player fatigue at "high" because I like the challenge of managing a whole roster and minor league players to fill in when starters are fatigued. I set "use closers" at rare and keep staffs to ten pitchers maximum, though if you want to play a more contemporary season you may not want to be so conservative about it.