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No DH league - How important is a bullpen?
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Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:10 pmby Eddie E
I played in a DH league and my bullpen was really needed since I had some decent S7, S8 and S9 starting Pitchers. I wonder what HAL will do to my bullpen when the pitcher comes up to hit in the sixth or seventh inning of a close game. Any experience out there?
Posted:
Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:37 pmby Rob55
he will pinch hit....almost every time .. you can control it slightly sometimes.... but if its a non dh league you need more bullpen
Posted:
Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:26 amby bleacher_creature
In a no DH - I have a bullpen of (1st 69 for me):
Rooker (spot starter, but got him to be "the man" in the pen)
Lyle
Lindblad
Abernathy
Osinski
Geishert
I'm hoping HAL will give a lot of innings to Rooker and Abernathy, some to Lyle, and the others only in specialty situations.
I also want 3 of my starters (Koosman, Seaver, Odom) to go very deep (past the 7th). [b:49c3b2c1cd]If I have even a small lead, will HAL leave someone in who is pitching well?[/b:49c3b2c1cd]
I don't see a problem if HAL pinch hits when you are down by a run, even in the 7th.
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:23 pmby Assmeriten
HAL tends to pinch hit for your pitchers no matter what. Which is a pain when you have a great hitting pitcher (like Odom) due up and HAL yanks him for some hitter who is actually worse, if TSN is indeed using all 8 pitcher hitting cards. Only way to stop HAL from doing that is to join a DH league.