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vindicator4
Joined: 04/29/2016
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So I just had 3 games in a row where the AI left my pitchers on the mound far too long.

http://brokenbat.org/game/2082146

This game it left my long reliever in for over 100 pitches, even after giving up 11 runs.

http://brokenbat.org/game/2082158

Here my starter was left in the whole game. 153 pitches and 10 ER. Pitch count for this guy is set a 100.

http://brokenbat.org/game/2082170

And here the starter was finally pulled after 100+ pitches, 6 ER and 14 hits.

Am i just not understanding the fatigue limits? Does having it set to "-" mean that the AI will never use a reliever in back-to-back games?
newtman
Joined: 11/02/2013
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There has to be someone who isn't fatigued or injured to come in. Also, it won't bring in the closer or usually even the setup men if you are being blown out or are blowing out the other team.

99.9% of the time when the situations you describe happen it is some combination of the situation I described. Ultimately in those situations the last available guy with the ball becomes the sacrificial lamb who throws until he loses or wins the game.

This happens to virtually every team at least once a season, but more often to teams with bad pitching.

Edit: Clicked on the links to the games you posted, and all the available pitchers were Moderate or Heavy fatigue (i.e. my guess was correct). Keep in mind the match engine will NEVER bring in a pitcher before his selected first possible inning.

Also, I clicked on your pitchers, and to put it bluntly, they suck. Better pitchers exist right now on the free agent market. You have lots of 10 and 11 potential pitchers who got stunted by being brought up too early, and are actually the equivalent of 7 and 8 potential pitchers, that's just terrible, I'm sorry, there's no way to mince that.

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admin
Joined: 01/27/2010
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Look at the rest of your bullpen, they're spent. You had no choice:

Lake Havasu: Buckley-Moderate, Tucker-Moderate, Graves-Moderate, Banks-Light, Takahashi-Moderate, Bruno-Moderate, Hwang-Light


Steve


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