ROOKIE blues

[jaybuc47]

Hello all,
I have never played statomatic before,but atleast I'm still hanging in there at (14-16) right now.
Was wodering if some of you vets could possibly help me w/ a few questions?
I'm a liitle confused on a few topics such as:
:?: I understand your catcher has to come out every 5 games,so does that mean I have to bench him every other 3 game series(which takes place every night)?
Also with pitchers,I don't understand the mop up option. Any help would be appriciated.
Thanks'

Southern Train

[dinsdale]

I've never heard about the catcher thing............ As for "mop up" you will enjoy the antics of HAL, who will manage to thwart your best intentions with strange pitching substitutions!

[cplake]

Play your catcher as often as you like. There are no usage restrictions for any player in TSN/SOM on-line Strat.

Pitching substitutions are a mystery. I think "mop up" gives HAL the discretion to substitute that pitcher designated "mop up" into the game at any time he/she pleases. Much like all the other pitcher settings. :shock:

[tbeaman]

play your catcher as much as possible. NOW for HAL. bullpen is a mystery HAL comes up with some winners. Play around with it and get something that works and stick with it. It usually takes you ablout $100.00 to figure it out(4 seasons). :)

PS. if you have a N* and want to use hime as a closer on a regular basis make sure all your relief pitchers are a N* otherwise that gets real interesting as well.

ex. Herendez is a N*(one of the best relief seasons ever) and if you have a reliever without a N* HAL will sometimes choose him over Herendez.

If I am not real clear on this some of the pros on this site maybe able to explain it better. Tim

[jaybuc47]

Thanks, theaman, on the relief pitching info! I was checking out some of my relief player cards, even the Hernandez one you had cited, and I do see the /N but the /N is followed with an @ sign on all cards, not a * sign. Little confused on that.

So.....I'm guessing, as long as ALL my RPs have the /N, I would then be safe to assume (uh-oh) that the RP I choose as a closer on a regular basis would in most cases be chosen by IBM, I mean HAL. Thanks!

JV :roll:

[DONALDYORK]

Ok here goes nothing, I'll do my best here....

If your reliever has a number followed by @ the number indicated is the number of outs that pitcher is rated for in a save situation. For example, Worrell is rated 6@, this means that he could come in and not get fatigued(indicated by the @ sign on the cards). However if he comes in earlier than the eigth after he gets the sixth out, he would be in danger of becoming tired. This happens, I believe, if he gives up one or two hits after that final out he is rated for....So in theory if you had a staff of all N @, the closer you select should get a majority of the save opportunities....

I hope that is easy to understand, if not let me know! Hang in there, thats all I have been doing! There are a lot of great guys on here to help.