4-man or 5-man rotation for tournaments?

[RoteLaterne]

Do you go with a 4 or 5 man rotation for tournaments?

[skep]

4-man for cap, 5-man for best of 7.

[RoteLaterne]

Originally Posted by skep

4-man for cap, 5-man for best of 7.

What are you doing in a best of 5?

[X3NEIZE]

Originally Posted by skep

4-man for cap, 5-man for best of 7.

What Skep said

[Syd Thrift]

I don't do PT but this is a question that should be handle-able just knowing how regular game mechanics work. If you're in a tournament with lots of off days, you can generally reduce your rotation size by 1 and still have everyone rested for their starts. So if your league generally has 5 man rotations, use a 4 man rotation in the playoffs and you'll be fine. I think that if you use a 5-man but have "always start highest rested" turned on, you'll never see your 5th starter pitch anyway (which is a great argument for taking him out of the rotation entirely and moving him somewhere in the bullpen, even long relief).

[skep]

Originally Posted by RoteLaterne

What are you doing in a best of 5?

Also 5-man. I don't do a lot of Bo3 or DoD, but I'd imagine 4-man for those.

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

I don't do PT but this is a question that should be handle-able just knowing how regular game mechanics work. If you're in a tournament with lots of off days, you can generally reduce your rotation size by 1 and still have everyone rested for their starts. So if your league generally has 5 man rotations, use a 4 man rotation in the playoffs and you'll be fine. I think that if you use a 5-man but have "always start highest rested" turned on, you'll never see your 5th starter pitch anyway (which is a great argument for taking him out of the rotation entirely and moving him somewhere in the bullpen, even long relief).

While that's true in regular playoffs, in PT tournaments we remove the off-days, so the only days off you get are if your series ends early and another series runs later.