Whoopycat wrote:bkeat23 wrote:I agree.
The roles that have to be left unfilled leave HAL to his BP debauchery.
With a Pen of Arroyo, Quiz and Motte, with 2 specialists, there's still too much room for HAL initiatives, even leaving Middle and Setup open.
I don't understand. You've got your specialists defined plus 3 good relievers and you can't get HAL to use the 3 guys properly unless they can be assigned 3 roles each?
I guess we manage differently because Middle and Setup are the ones I always set. That usually gets you through the 8th inning (ahead or behind) and from there my attitude is once the 9th inning hits it's all hands on deck. Usually my setup guy is still going strong and can at least start the 9th, if not finish it. If there's a guy I don't want pitching in a close game that's what mopup is for.
I don't want to be forced to have a bullpen consisting of three good relievers plus specialists. This is ATG, not the horrific game MLB became with 6 and 7 man bullpens and 3 and a half hour games. I'd like to have the option of using a bullpen with two good arms, a mediocre middle man and a mop up man. With the new settings, these four all pitch equally in any given situation.
Also, the new limitations coupled with HAL's black and white fatigue rules lead to a lot of situations where all pitchers are fatigued, so you have a $4-5M reliever coming in as F0 and giving up 10 earned runs. Again, I shouldn't be forced to have a six man bullpen to fix this - fine for the 2019 game, but not in ATG.