Better effectiveness or meaning for mound visits

[Dochoa831]

I'm not sure if mound visits affect a struggling pitcher or not, but it seems that mound visits are mainly use to buy time for his relief pitcher. I feel that this option is under used a bit cause (In real life) mound visits can help or break a pitcher in a critical in-game situation.

Suggestion for OOTP players with game option of player/manager personalities: give OOTP players an option for a "motivational talk" or "pitching strategy/plan" to help get out of a situation. In which, the effectiveness or results from the mound visit can be affect by three factors:

- Manager's player profile (strategic/personal/tactian/quick hook/etc.)
- Player's personality (Leader/Unmotivated/Selfish/etc.)
- Pitcher's talent/fatigue/perfomance

The mound visit results will be a mix of player's personality, manger personality, and/or pitcher's fatigue/performance/skill that can help increase the effectiveness (or not) of mound visits.


Suggestions for OOTP players without the game option of player/manager personalities: give OOTP players the same option, but the personalities will have no affect on the results; it would be measured on randomization from the game situation and pitcher's performance/talent than personality.

I feel that this would provide a different element to a game and make it more of a reality with mound visits. As not all pitchers are successful after mound visits, but some can get that encouragement from a visit from a coach.