Bullpen Help needed!

[ANDYCOCHRANE]

I have a bullpen of Rivera, Francisco, Cruz, Kline and Quantrill. So far we have only played 12 games but Kline and Rivera have barely appeared. Kline is set to avoid righties and Rivera set to close, avoid using before 8th. So far I have had Francisco SU for Rivera, but was thinking of changing it to Rivera both Close and Set Up. Should I do that? I am worried because he is oly a R1 C6, not an R2. Also, how do I get Kline more involved? Is he likely to see much action being a LH specialist?

P.S. Settings are Regular closer usage and Normal relief usage.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[goredsox33]

i wouldnt use rivera as both , becasue he is only an R1 he will tire......

who are your starters?????? and what are your settings on as far as bullpen use???

and what are your settings as far as on your individual starters?

[bleacher_creature]

Here is a similar question (I didn't want to start a new thread):

I have Nathan and BJ Ryan. What would happen if I had these settings?:

LH set up = RYAN
RH set up = NATHAN

closer vs LEFT = RYAN
closer vs RIGHT = NATHAN

I would set each guy as 2-3 innings max, slow hook, with the hope that HAL would look at the opposing lineup and use one to set up the other for an inning or two, with the closer coming in in the 8th or 9th. No "avoid RH or LH" for either guy.

[geekor]

if they are a R1/C6 you cna use them as setup too. I do this all the time with Wagner (the only R1 I really use) and he still has great stats.

Besides, you really want your best RP as setup, so they will get more innings.

Bleacher, f I had Ryan/Nathan, I would set Nathan to avoid before 8th, slow hook, then have him as setup vs righties and closer vs both. I would put Ryan as setup vs lefties, avoid before 6th. I may put him as closer vs lefties if I was facing a team with a lot of lefties (not S) hitters.

Shankly, I really don't prefer Kline, as a lefty that only gets lefties out your are paying way too much. If that's all you wanted why not get fuentes or fultz? You have to use him vs both for that much $$, so uncheck the avoid righties on him. Remember if you have Rivera set as closer only, he wont come in except in closing situations, i.e. 9th inning, with the lead, and less than 3 runs up. Pretty tight specifications. I would personally would put him as setup for both, slow hook, avoid before 8th. Then make sure you have a cheap pitcher (baez?) set as avoid before 9th, so if Rivera does tire there is a guy to back him up. Make sure the close rspots are blank, and let HAL handle it. Or, jst leave him as closer vs both and still avoid before 8th. Though he will only probably see 50-60 innings that way.

[ANDYCOCHRANE]

Can I really put Rivera as SU and Close though? He is only a R1/C6. I know what you mean about Kline. I should bounce him really and use the extra cash to buy someone else. At the moment ,y closer settingare on Regular so Rivera should get used a bit more but he isn't so I may put him closer, just hope he doesn't get tired.

[JdEarly]

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2005/team/team_other.html?user_id=15803

There, Shankly. I'm in the league you're talking about, so you can't listen to me or not, but this link will show you a season of Billy Wagner set to both close AND set up, against both righties and lefties. He only pitched like 15 innings in the first 40 or so games, because I only had him closing, but then I switched him and he was basically lights out the rest of the way. Hope that helps.

[ANDYCOCHRANE]

See what you mean JD. I think I have now got the idea. I have used Rivera before but just didn't think about putting him in as SU and Close. Probably because he doesn't in real life, but then this is not real life!