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Is there a number of innings pitched in a season where the effectiveness of a relief pitchers begins to lessen? I have Lidge and I want to make sure that I don't overuse him.

Thanks.

Effectiveness will be affected when Lidge throws three games in a row, goes beyond 4 innings in one game, or becomes "ineffective"---we don't the exact rules which defines ineffectiveness in TSN-Strat, but you can count blowing a save or giving two or three hits in a second inning of work as driving almost certainly an "underperformance" state.

TSN-Strat has guaranteed that seasonal play as such does not affect performance on the long run.