Broken Bat - Help: LHS

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#60889	09/18/2018 6:03:17 pm	Sep 4th, 2037
Razor McGoo Joined: 08/12/2018 Posts: 1 Inactive	My LHS pitchers seem to only face right handed hitters so should a left handed pitcher be an RHS?

#60890	09/18/2018 6:19:38 pm	Sep 4th, 2037
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	That's Broken Bat. I understand your thinking, but it's probably because pinch hitters are brought in. Your plan won't work to combat that. You can blame our large major league rosters for it.

#60894	09/18/2018 9:08:45 pm	Sep 4th, 2037
allen54chevy Joined: 11/22/2015 Posts: 475 Inactive	Like Mike said, Look at your game log if it says some thing like this "Pettersson takes the mound to pitch. Morrissey comes in to pinch hit for Mota." Then it is due to the other teams substituting a righty to bat in direct response to you sending a lefty to pitch. There is nothing that can stop that first batter from being switched to a righty (this happens in real baseball too, just not as often as in BrokenBat, due to roster sizes as Mike again referenced) If you want to minimize exposure to Righties for subsequent batters, then in Management change your LHS pitch count to either diamond (he'll only continue to pitch if lefties are scheduled to bat next) or set it to 0 (he'll only pitch to 1 total batter.) Updated Tuesday, September 18 2018 @ 9:09:17 pm PDT

#60898	09/19/2018 1:12:34 pm	Sep 4th, 2037
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I'd recommend the <> setting because then at least if the next guy is a lefty you'll get some value out of him. My LHS specialist generally faces twice as many righties as lefties. The real value of the LHS is in forcing the other team to substitute a hitter, then when you bring a righty back in afterwards they have a right handed guy in the lineup. Limited value due to the larger rosters, but still has some utility. There is some logic to carrying two LHS to help mitigate the roster size issue, but that does take up a lot of rotation spots for specialists. Updated Wednesday, September 19 2018 @ 1:13:12 pm PDT

#61109	10/05/2018 1:54:11 pm	Nov 4th, 2037
motko Joined: 09/06/2014 Posts: 358 Nauvoo The Great Horned Owl IV.6	If only we could force specialists to play against certain opponent batters. sory about poor English u get the point.

#61110	10/05/2018 3:24:02 pm	Nov 4th, 2037
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	That would be powerful, but also a lot of work. You would have to set that up for every game right?

#61114	10/06/2018 5:04:16 am	Jan 15th, 2038
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 885 Kodiak Mules III.3	The obvious solution for the LOOGY problem in BB is to avoid the PH substitution. It is not as far fetched as it seems: we're following the official MLB rule as of now, but the rule is there to because there are way more RP than PH available on a 25-man MLB roster. Because, for altogether different reasons, in BB we have expanded rosters all season long, it would stand to reason to modify this particular rule, on order to achieve the greater benefit of an actual tactical advantage. That is, to change an actual rule to actually do what baseball actually is

#61116	10/06/2018 6:51:37 am	Jan 15th, 2038
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	What rule are you talking about?

#61126	10/06/2018 9:59:44 am	Jan 15th, 2038
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 885 Kodiak Mules III.3	The MLB rule about substitutions: a pitcher must face at least one batter. That is, the PH will sub in whenever a LOOGY plays. If, in BB, we would allow the RP to sub _after_ the PH, the problem is avoided

#61142	10/06/2018 5:29:28 pm	Jan 15th, 2038
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	But then the other team just puts in another PH. Ends up draining all your relief pitchers while they play the sub game. Unless you are suggesting only one PH per at bat. Then the hitters are at the same disadvantage that the pitchers are right now.

#61144	10/06/2018 6:30:05 pm	Jan 15th, 2038
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I think what he is saying is a scenario like this-- LHS comes in to face a LH batter. A RH pinch hitter comes in. Next better is a scheduled LH batter so the LHS stays in. Another RH pinch hitter comes in...A new pitcher comes in. That's how it would go in most real world situations. Here, however, the manager can't figure out to pull the LHS against the second pitch hitter. Also... Unless you are suggesting only one PH per at bat. There's no need to suggest that. It's already a rule of baseball. When a pitching or batting change is announced, they are committed to that at bat. Updated Saturday, October 6 2018 @ 8:08:51 pm PDT

#61150	10/06/2018 9:32:57 pm	Jan 15th, 2038
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	It's already a rule of baseball. When a pitching or batting change is announced, they are committed to that at bat. I don't believe that is correct. A PH can be replaced by another PH during the same at bat.

#61160	10/07/2018 9:53:55 am	Jan 15th, 2038
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 885 Kodiak Mules III.3	Not sure why I couldn't explain myself early on... He situation now in BB, and real life is: Pitcher is on the mound Batters comes to the plate Hitting team has the option to PH That's fine in MLB , because there are only so many PH available (I would also add that in real life they care about fielding competence! A PH will not play Catcher the next inning just because ) Again, I'd like to stress that the issue in BB is the expanded bench, particularly in case of a Right handed Starting Pitcher. In this case, the LHH are in the starting lineup and on the bench there are as many as 8 RHH avalaivle to PH against LH RP. My solution is to COMMIT the HITTER first. When he is " on deck" he cannot be substituted anymore. So that a RP can be actually useful. Taking advantage of Splits is part of baseball strategy, currently we are not allowed to do it. That's a pity