ploughboy1526 wrote:I'd love to have some kind of usable explanation for pitcher fatigue than the equivalent of "guys get tired and shit starts to happen." One of the worst instances of being in the dark here.
And if this is the case - i.e., that dice rolls start to go to the hitters when pitchers start to fatigue - when? F3? F2? and what happens then? - how come this never seemed to come into play for super relievers? Not saying it does now by saying that, either.
Paul8210--exactly. No explanation for the hitter side except to unsatisfiably say it is in the tail of the
expected distribution.
Ploughboy, nothing secret about what I said, with one
exception. The usable explanation is you would have to read the SOMWiki on bullpen logic v2+. It is worth a read and describes it to the extent I have referenced.
Now for the
exception (and this part is important--unlike when we get much less important features like multiple lineups against pitcher balance ratings, and other dalliances):
The problem is it does not say what the function is between F9 and F0, but then again that is consistent with the PCF engagement on the card as well. For instance, as it explains in the wiki, a pitcher does not go from fully rested to fully fatigued from one pitch to the next. That is, all the pitcher cards do not instantly engage all the PCF @symbols that are there. It is gradual. In the same way, rolls can be reversed--but it is not the same as F0, it is gradual. This makes sense. What doesn't make sense is we don't know what function is applied to PCF to engage these breakdowns of pitcher card @readings and reversals?
Is it linear? Expoential?
A salient point is if you try to get 300 innings out of an R3 who pitched 120, it used to be difficult to do successfully. But it was possible to be successful.
Now, it appears, at least initially, to not be viable. Whether the economics still work remains to be seen. What I mean by that is, a fatigued Tom Gordon may still be better than some cheapie starter that folks use when loading on offense. But has the pricing made that option not viable economically? Not sure but seems so. And further--the newest BP logic may not allow you to pitch Tom Gordon after he threw 150 pitches the previous two days. That isn't a bad thing IMO.