Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:20 am
I get tired thinking about fatigue.
Actually what you mentioned is the prevailing strategy because of what Matt said.
For SPs, if you look at the gradual degradation down to F0, it makes sense to set better pitchers down pretty low for a do not remove before...and what that value is is best determined by tracking the outcomes and how it meets your expectations. Some do F5, some will go down F3....all to taste.
It is a black box, but at mid to lower caps many will get everything they can out of starters and go with cheap BP. Gradually as fatigue builds, results will get flipped from the pitcher card to the hitter card more frequently.
For this reason, the fatigue issue on relievers can be a little more tricky, especially with a cheaper BP. It could leave you with R1s who end up having splits with 2x as many hitter card lookups. So most limit RP exposure.
Of course, on the flip side, if you have a decent bullpen then you have paid ahead for those reliever innings. So it would be counter-productive to your investment to limit relief usage if you have a decent bullpen.
This is why at mid to low caps you typically either see people go with solid, high endurance starters and a weak bullpen...or mid-endurance starters of varying quality and a decent bullpen. No matter what you pitch the same total innings--it is just about how you split who throws most of them--ideally it is where you have your $ invested.
As always, it depends. So a guy like IDK...Johan Santana...only an S7 but in an 80M league he can be set to very low fatigue until his arm falls off because (1) his card is solid at 80M and a big investment, and (2) the hitter card flips are not likely to be as devastating as it would be at higher caps.