WEIRD SEASON !!!

Something I've never experienced before is happening to me with my event 2 Barnstormer's Tour Team...

I'm standing last in the East division 19 games out of 1st place with a 58-74 record... 16 games below .500... but yet I stand at only -11 in the +/-...

But what's doubly weird and frustrating is that the team that leads the East and the league for that matter at 77-55 is at -14 in the +/-...

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/league/454712

GO FIGURE !!!

You are 5 runs behind in the run differential and 20 games behind in the standings

It will probably even out by the time you've played 500 games or so.

You are 5 runs behind in the run differential and 20 games behind in the standings

It will probably even out by the time you've played 500 games or so.

Sounds like a long season...

very frustrating to say the least !!!

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/league/454871

Best run differential, 8 teams better than mine, unfortunately it happens!

Your team is 14-31 in 1-run games. His is 21-12.

Your staff has blown 21 saves. His -- 5.

When you try to figure out what went wrong, there's a place to start.

Oh, I know, my pen has been a joke all season! Most of the fault resides in the bullpen logic. It is a total clusterf#@k; such small pens, 2 roles per reliever, black box controlling how many pitches they can throw before needing 1 or 2 days rest, lefty guys being forced to face too many righthanded bats and vice versa, the list goes on and on! Should've chosen better starters with less $$ spent in the bullpen.

Sorry, mykeedee. I wasn't clear. Yes, your pen needs help. But it is the STORM Patrol 2 at the top of this topic that has suffered so much in 1-run games.

Oh, I know, my pen has been a joke all season! Most of the fault resides in the bullpen logic. It is a total clusterf#@k; such small pens, 2 roles per reliever, black box controlling how many pitches they can throw before needing 1 or 2 days rest, lefty guys being forced to face too many righthanded bats and vice versa, the list goes on and on! Should've chosen better starters with less $$ spent in the bullpen.

On the 2 roles limit, I have been much happier with my bullpens since not over-specifiying the relief logic. There were threads on this and why it makes sense, with real data to back it up, but in a nutshell:

Don't waste roles with LH specialist/RH specialist. That's just a dummy rule. Do it yourself: flip each specialist to avoid the weak side, and set on quick hook. Done--same thing as specialist. All the specialist thing does is do those menu selections for you.

Mop up is a good one to specify.

Do not use before x inning is also helpful to ensure your better reliever is not wasted except for high leverage situations

Other than that, by specifying all the niche role definitions of closer, setup etc, it is more likely that your relivers get used in situations that are either lower leverage or they get over-used.

Bottom line, try to gradually rely less on HAL's definitions and you may be surprised at the less stupid results you get. It has resulted in less heartburn for me that's for sure. Very rarely have issues--and all I specify is:
mopup
avoids
Do not use before...
Qk or Slow hook if applicable

Sometimes depends on opponent. For instance if I am facing a righty team, i will set my hard RH / reverse LH relievers to slow hook and my hard LH relievers to quick hook. You get the picture.

Thanks FrankieT, I had eliminated roles and almost never use specialist unless it's a opposite side (Belisle in this case, Shawkey, Scott etc.). I think I will finish out this season as you suggest and maybe use mopup and possibly do not use b4.