Back to back starts for Kershaw.

Kershaw went un-drafted in my newest league (Actually Sebastian's League), I haven't seen that lately.

I hope they get all these bugs fixed. In the meantime why don't they throw all of us a free credit for our troubles?

Another case of a pitcher (Kershaw this time) who pitched 10+ in consecutive games and started after 4 days rest with F9 both times.

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/pl ... 014/426253

I noticed though that both accounts (Kershaw and Keuchel pitching 10+ innings) happened earlier than Hendricks.

So, in order to take into account Kershaw and Keuchel performance, along with Hendricks' forced rest, I have two working hypothesis:

Hyp. #1 Sometimes recently, SOM modified the online game engine to take into account the Super-Advanced Resting Chart (or a modified version of it adapted for the "pitch count" system.

(This hypothesis would be falsified with new instances of Kershaw and Keuchel pitching 10+ innings and NOT followed by a forced rest).

Hyp #2: SOM does not apply the same rule for S6 (Hendricks) and for S7 (Keuchel) or S8 (Kershaw)
(This hypothesis would be falsified with a new instance of Hendricks pitching 10+ innings and NOT followed by a forced rest).

I have a test subject in S6 Tom Koehler for tonight. His last outing he pitched 10 innings.

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/game/426930/75

This is a different team and he follows Keuchel in the rotation.

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/1402708

Koehler is scheduled to start game 3.

When I wrote my hypothesis above, I iforgot to consider that the super advanced game rest chart is expressed in terms of innings and is intended for the board game, but SOM has been very clear that the fatigued system for the online and CD game is framed in pitch numbers. In this case Koehler threw only 121 pitches. Hendricks had pitched 139 when his start was skipped. But let's wait and see!!