Is a pitcher with C(0) on his card usable as a closer??

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Shouse for instance. Can you put him in after the 8th inning to get an out or 2?

Thanks.

[Mean Dean]

You can, but if it's a closer situation and he gives up a baserunner at any point (which in Shouse's case, given his non-dominating performance vs. righties, is pretty likely), he will become tired. Once he becomes tired, the computer manager will probably remove him; if he is left in, he will not be nearly as effective a pitcher. So I wouldn't recommend it, unless the guy is a totally devastating pitcher unlikely to give up any baserunners, which is not the case with Shouse.

(BTW, in SOM terms, a "closer situation" cannot be earlier than the 9th inning. Definition [url=http://www.rsbl.org/somrules.htm]here[/url], Rule 28.)

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Thanks Dean.

Now last year Shouse and Beimel were C(1), so they could be brought in to get one or 2 LHBs out in the ninth.

This year, they are both C(0) so do they still have value holding them until the 8th or 9th?

[Mean Dean]

Nah, you should get a "real" closer with a higher C rating.