Pitcher Fatigue

[dmastinsc]

I've realized that managing every game leads my team to more success...but the biggest thing I've noticed is pitcher fatigue seeming a little excessive.

My closer is one example. With a stamina rating of 21 (1-100) throws on back-to-bak days, 17 pitches the first day and 14 pitches the next day, takes 3 full days to return to 100%. On the third day he is back to 86%, but if I use him then he falls all the way back to 46%. This means I can never really use him on consecutive days unless he has 4 days to recover.

In reality relievers are used 2 and 3 days in a row quite frequently but all my relievers ALWAYS need 2 whole days off if they're ever used on consecutive days.

The only setting I can find for fatigue is for positional players. Is there no way to adjust this for pitchers?

[Dr. dru]

You can raise his stamina. That should help with fatigue. But also, keep in mind that every major league is probably tired every day.

[dmastinsc]

Originally Posted by Dr. dru

You can raise his stamina. That should help with fatigue. But also, keep in mind that every major league is probably tired every day.

How do you raise a player's stamina?

[RchW]

Originally Posted by dmastinsc

I've realized that managing every game leads my team to more success...but the biggest thing I've noticed is pitcher fatigue seeming a little excessive.

My closer is one example. With a stamina rating of 21 (1-100) throws on back-to-bak days, 17 pitches the first day and 14 pitches the next day, takes 3 full days to return to 100%. On the third day he is back to 86%, but if I use him then he falls all the way back to 46%. This means I can never really use him on consecutive days unless he has 4 days to recover.

In reality relievers are used 2 and 3 days in a row quite frequently but all my relievers ALWAYS need 2 whole days off if they're ever used on consecutive days.

The only setting I can find for fatigue is for positional players. Is there no way to adjust this for pitchers?

That's a low stamina, especially for a closer. Most of my relief pitchers are 5-7 on a 10 point scale. If he is a genuine rock solid closer you may want to develop or acquire an alternate closer/set up man to spell him. If he's not the bees knees then make him a setup man (less stamina required) and find a closer with 5 (50) plus stamina.

[Qwerty75]

Originally Posted by RchW

That's a low stamina, especially for a closer. Most of my relief pitchers are 5-7 on a 10 point scale. If he is a genuine rock solid closer you may want to develop or acquire an alternate closer/set up man to spell him. If he's not the bees knees then make him a setup man (less stamina required) and find a closer with 5 (50) plus stamina.

I regularly use a secondary closer to use on days when the primary closer isn't avaiable. Good relievers are relatively easy to develop in the game, so stacking your bullpen is a good practice.