Skip spring training Sign and play?

Strovel · 07-07-2015, 10:10 PM

Just had Yovani Gallardo sign a free agent contract with a team a week into the 2016 season and pitch eight innings of one-run ball against my club the next day. Perhaps there should be a minimum of time under contact after a free agent signing to get realistically ready to play.

The Game · 07-07-2015, 11:39 PM

Rust works for both AI & your team from my experience. Sometimes they seem more ready if it is after OD.I signed Shoeless Joe Jackson 2 weeks or so after OD and he went 1-4, 3-4, 4-6, 1-4, 2-4, 2-6 until he went 0-5. Different for a SP sure, but i have seen the AI bring someone in and get shelled vs my team after skipping ST.

Strovel · 07-09-2015, 04:50 PM

Whether it's beneficial to or detracts from performance, I think the issue is: it just wouldn't happen in real life....

RchW · 07-09-2015, 04:56 PM

Didn't Roger Clemons skip ST a couple of times through his latter years.

Strovel · 07-10-2015, 03:22 PM

In Clemens' last two years, he skipped the first two months of each season. First for the Astros, then for the Yanks. In each occasion, he had three minor-league tune-up starts before making MLB appearances. I would think, no matter what kind of throwing program a free agent has, it would *never* happen that he would sign and then pitch the next day. Not a biggie, but it was odd.

RchW · 07-10-2015, 04:24 PM

Thanks for checking. I stand corrected.

It may be worthwhile to ask for a feature that requires rehab type minor league starts based on the current "rust" state. I'll add it to a list I have.

07-07-2015, 10:10 PM	#1
Strovel Bat Boy Join Date: May 2015 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 9	Skip spring training Sign and play? Just had Yovani Gallardo sign a free agent contract with a team a week into the 2016 season and pitch eight innings of one-run ball against my club the next day. Perhaps there should be a minimum of time under contact after a free agent signing to get realistically ready to play.

07-07-2015, 11:39 PM	#2
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	Rust works for both AI & your team from my experience. Sometimes they seem more ready if it is after OD.I signed Shoeless Joe Jackson 2 weeks or so after OD and he went 1-4, 3-4, 4-6, 1-4, 2-4, 2-6 until he went 0-5. Different for a SP sure, but i have seen the AI bring someone in and get shelled vs my team after skipping ST. __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

07-09-2015, 04:56 PM	#4
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Didn't Roger Clemons skip ST a couple of times through his latter years. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

07-10-2015, 04:24 PM	#6
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Thanks for checking. I stand corrected. It may be worthwhile to ask for a feature that requires rehab type minor league starts based on the current "rust" state. I'll add it to a list I have. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

07-09-2015, 04:50 PM	#3
Strovel Bat Boy Join Date: May 2015 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 9	Whether it's beneficial to or detracts from performance, I think the issue is: it just wouldn't happen in real life....

07-10-2015, 03:22 PM	#5
Strovel Bat Boy Join Date: May 2015 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 9	In Clemens' last two years, he skipped the first two months of each season. First for the Astros, then for the Yanks. In each occasion, he had three minor-league tune-up starts before making MLB appearances. I would think, no matter what kind of throwing program a free agent has, it would never happen that he would sign and then pitch the next day. Not a biggie, but it was odd.