by geekor » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:20 pm
with regards to RP usage, that is the SOM game, love or not, that is it.
SOM rules, RP can only pitch 2 games in a row. so if they pitched 2/3 games and R2 could essentially pitch 216 innings unfatigued.
How exactly would you change that, because it would have to be a change to the basics of the SOM engine.... It's not overuse in SOM, only compared to real life. In real life though, show me one team who went with only 4 RP's, or hell only 8 RP's all season. Injuried, call ups, sept more call ups, SOM isn't the same as real life. Either you can deal with that, or you can't.
I guess the only real way would be to designate spots for RP for each inning, and take away the other settings. If you had these settings LH specialist, RH specialist, setup, closer, long reliever, mid reliever(s) (the guy(s) who bridges the gap from starter to setup guy). But of course, that would mean forcing to carry even more pitchers, something I'm sure the vast majority of guys would be against