Pitching Woes

[BRIANCHIVIS]

Take a look at this mess.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/80s/team/team_other.html?user_id=54359

I am wondering about Perez specifically. He has lots of AB vs. LH. Like three times as many as RH. All the other pitchers seem to have a good ratio. Any clues? This makes it difficult to evaluate his performance.

Thanks

Chief

[Panzer ace]

You have to expect Perez to give up lots of HRs to LH in your park. You may not have a bad card. He may just not be someone who will excell in your park.

[Outta Leftfield]

It looks like you've already made some changes. Perez is gone and Gullickson, Denny and Saberhagen are new. Good luck with the new starters.

My other suggestion would be that, while you're starters have sucked, it looks like you've got a pretty good bullpen. I'd suggest that you try to maximize their innings. Under manager strategy, set "bullpen usage" on aggressive. Set most of your starters on "quick hook." Then decide who you want to funnel innings to--maybe Bedrosian, Stanley and possibly Eichhorn. Eichhorn has some outstanding years on his card and I'd want to find out if he was in one of them. It's too early to tell with just 3 IP.

I'd be tempted to give Stanley the setup role against righties and Eichhorn the closer role until he wins or loses the job. Consider spotting Thurmond in as a starter (if he's better than one of your new guys). Until then give him the lefty setup role. If Davis isn't getting it done, consider cashing him in for somebody else. In general, I'd test and push the bullpen, and see if they can pitch about 40% of your innings and generally help you out.

Overall, when my starters are good and my bullpen isn't, I set the SP's on slow hook and "bullpen usage" on regular. I've several times led the league in complete games with this approach. On the other hand, when the starters aren't so hot and the bullpen is better, I try to get as many innings to the RP's as possible.

[BRIANCHIVIS]

Thank you.

I was as patient as I could be with the starters. Generally Perez is good for me. Candelaria is also a decent value. I generally don't like to spend a lot of money on pitching in the draft. I try to get the value guys who may not lead the league, but are servicable. It diddnt seem to work out too well this time. I just don't like to spend 7M for one guy.

This year was awful. It seemed like all the pitchers were having bad years. I can get anybody to do what they were doing.