Why no love for Brian Wilson?

[Jake Squid]

I'm becoming more and more convinced that Brian Wilson is the best value in the 2008 set. I've used him twice and it's allowed me to put $$$ to good use elsewhere.

1st line is from Chase, 2nd is from Progressive.

W-L S B IP H R ER BB K HR ERA WHIP
Wilson, Brian 5- 7 32 6 55.1 49 19 16 24 50 4 2.60 1.32
Wilson, Brian 3-5 17 7 53.2 61 23 20 21 59 5 3.35 1.53

The chase version, which I'm happier with, is thanks to the extra control that bullpen v2 gives. Have your results been different?

[drew6013]

Those are some good results. What settings are you using? Closer vs Lefties? Are you checking off the avoid righties? 55 innings out of a 9L is at the very least interesting.

[Jake Squid]

The settings I've been using are:

IBB less
don't use before inning 7
Closer as 1st role in list
Tied & 9th plus as last role in list

Combining that with defining roles (in order, in between) for other RP as:
setup
setup
tied&late
tied&late
behind&late
RH spec.
LH spec.
RH spec
middle
mopup
mopup
closer
middle

This got me use almost exclusively in the 9th in HAL save situations. I got 211 innings out of my super middle/setup guy & as close as I expect to get for my LH & RH specialists.

[The Jerk Store]

I have a few leagues where I have a super reliever (like Kuo) and then 3 -4 cheaper guys that can be effective closers vs R or L (like Wilson, Lindstrom, Rodney, Sherrill). I've noticed more than a few games where 2-3 of my 'closers' would pitch the 9th if there was a mixture of lefty and righty batters. It's worked pretty well for me so far, and I've only done this when I have a starting staff of *'s so I can get a 5th starter with a longer reliever rating to help out the pen and also carry an 11th pitcher.