Pitchers starting on short rest

ootlootbox · 02-21-2019, 11:23 AM

For whatever reason, my team keeps starting a) first James Paxton and now b) Patrick Corbin on short rest. Usually a day or two after a full start.

One way I have been working around it is to manually set to bench for 4 days after they've appeared. However, unless I'm actively watching, I'll get one of these short rest/bullpen days every week. Most of the time resulting in a loss. Often resulting in the short rested starter getting shelled for a couple runs over a couple innings. And then it messes up the rest of the rotation, while straining the bull pen.

I noticed it all started after I had experimented with a very short pitch count of 70 pitches and an expanded bullpen (one extra converted starter into a long man/emergency SP).

This 70 pitch setup didn't last long, before I continued experimenting, before settling on 90 pitches. However, I still get this short rested appearance every few turns.

Any ideas of things I can trouble shoot? Has anyone else experienced this?

EDIT: BTW, it switched to Corbin after I reordered some stuff into the 7-day rosters tab. At that time I had noticed Paxton was penciled into the 7-day lineups. two days after his actual start. Maybe the issue is somewhere in the 7-day?

Alex Murray · 02-21-2019, 04:10 PM

Yes if you are using the 7-day lineup that does overrule your pitching rotation and depth chart settings...so you will want to monitor your 7-day lineup if you plan to use it.

ootlootbox · 02-21-2019, 05:58 PM

What I'm trying to say is the 7-day lineups are automatically inserting one of the two pitchers in question into the run. And it's doing so in the day or two following a full, regularly scheduled, start.

I'm report back after a couple turns in the order since clearing and turning off the 7 day line ups.

Alex Murray · 02-22-2019, 01:43 PM

Perfect let me know if that helps alleviate the problems. It is known to the devs that the AI's use of bullpens and depth charts is a little wonky. So they are attempting to do fixes while also prepare for OOTP 20's release.

Alex

ootlootbox · 02-22-2019, 09:56 PM

Okay, seems to be rolling fine here with the 7-day cleared and turned off. It's unfortunate as I was trying to use the 7-day to ensure I get my starting line-up into the game more regularly. It seems the AI starts the bench more often than the instructions in the depth chart.

But on the pitching rotation issue, I believe that's solved.

atabakin · 02-22-2019, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ootlootbox

Okay, seems to be rolling fine here with the 7-day cleared and turned off. It's unfortunate as I was trying to use the 7-day to ensure I get my starting line-up into the game more regularly. It seems the AI starts the bench more often than the instructions in the depth chart.

But on the pitching rotation issue, I believe that's solved.

Fatigue is cranked up in PT, so players will tire quicker than in the core OOTP game. Because of this, your every X game instructions may get overridden to rest your tiring starters.

ootlootbox · 02-25-2019, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by atabakin

Fatigue is cranked up ...

I guess I better start saving for a better bench!

02-21-2019, 11:23 AM	#1
ootlootbox Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Earth Posts: 11	Pitchers starting on short rest For whatever reason, my team keeps starting a) first James Paxton and now b) Patrick Corbin on short rest. Usually a day or two after a full start. One way I have been working around it is to manually set to bench for 4 days after they've appeared. However, unless I'm actively watching, I'll get one of these short rest/bullpen days every week. Most of the time resulting in a loss. Often resulting in the short rested starter getting shelled for a couple runs over a couple innings. And then it messes up the rest of the rotation, while straining the bull pen. I noticed it all started after I had experimented with a very short pitch count of 70 pitches and an expanded bullpen (one extra converted starter into a long man/emergency SP). This 70 pitch setup didn't last long, before I continued experimenting, before settling on 90 pitches. However, I still get this short rested appearance every few turns. Any ideas of things I can trouble shoot? Has anyone else experienced this? EDIT: BTW, it switched to Corbin after I reordered some stuff into the 7-day rosters tab. At that time I had noticed Paxton was penciled into the 7-day lineups. two days after his actual start. Maybe the issue is somewhere in the 7-day? Last edited by ootlootbox; 02-21-2019 at 11:25 AM.

02-21-2019, 04:10 PM	#2
Alex Murray All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 500	Yes if you are using the 7-day lineup that does overrule your pitching rotation and depth chart settings...so you will want to monitor your 7-day lineup if you plan to use it. __________________

02-22-2019, 01:43 PM	#4
Alex Murray All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 500	Perfect let me know if that helps alleviate the problems. It is known to the devs that the AI's use of bullpens and depth charts is a little wonky. So they are attempting to do fixes while also prepare for OOTP 20's release. Alex __________________

02-22-2019, 09:56 PM	#5
ootlootbox Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Earth Posts: 11	Okay, seems to be rolling fine here with the 7-day cleared and turned off. It's unfortunate as I was trying to use the 7-day to ensure I get my starting line-up into the game more regularly. It seems the AI starts the bench more often than the instructions in the depth chart. But on the pitching rotation issue, I believe that's solved. Last edited by ootlootbox; 02-22-2019 at 09:58 PM. Reason: added sentence

02-21-2019, 05:58 PM	#3
ootlootbox Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Earth Posts: 11	What I'm trying to say is the 7-day lineups are automatically inserting one of the two pitchers in question into the run. And it's doing so in the day or two following a full, regularly scheduled, start. I'm report back after a couple turns in the order since clearing and turning off the 7 day line ups.