Pitching Rotations

[tomr1962]

Why are some of you using a 6 man rotation? Is there an advatage with Ootp 11? In real life it would severly hurt your team.

[Clay]

Why are some of you using a 6 man rotation? Is there an advatage with Ootp 11? In real life it would severly hurt your team.

I can only speak for myself... I prefer to keep my Starters under 200 innings and around 26 starts per season (Reg Season). Feels like it lends itself to keeping SPs healthy.
(Insert "No being the Commish keeps your players healthy" posts)

[Delandis]

Why are some of you using a 6 man rotation? Is there an advatage with Ootp 11? In real life it would severly hurt your team.

My thoughts:

I want to give my best starters the most starts possible. Most of the time, I don't run a 6-man rotation because I know that I've never really had the depth to do so in years. I may move to a six man temporarily during the last couple of weeks that we have 23-25 straight games during the summer. I have also moved to six man rotations when I had a lead in the the division and felt that I had a good enough cushion to win the Porter later in the season.

With our low injury settings, a huge key to success is building a team based on durability (see Virginia). That way, you can keep all of your best players on the field for 3 years straight with no injuries.

Seriously, I think the 6-man rotation is just placebo when people look at some of the keys to success in this game. At most, there are less than a handful of teams that can pull it off with little to no drop off in performance. I don't really think its worth it.

Take into account that I have a terrible record this year before you listen to my advice, though.

[Pat]

I've been using a six man rotation semi-regularly for 10+ seasons.

1. Decreases chance of injury. That extra day of rest is big when you play straight weeks.

2. Allows you to play pitchers based on matchups. Some pitchers fit different parks better, play the lefty vs. a lefty heavy lineup, etc.

3. Find out who your best pitchers are. Most years my #4 thru #6, or even top seven or eight, starting pitchers aren't much different. You can use the six man rotation to find out who your best options are.

[Jistic]

6 is a higher number than 5.

6 must be better.

[tomr1962]

I would always want #1 and #2 pitching every 5th start. I could see mixing in others. If #1 and #2 aren't workhorses then they should be lower in the rotation.

When I was a kid Seaver , Palmer and the boys where playing in 4 man rotations. A 5th starter was just a spot guy to maintain rest. 300 innings a yr were common, no fricking pitch counts. These guys were able to pitch 20+ yrs also. Also they walked uphill to the park barefoot in the snow.

[Carlos]

You want the real reason I use it?

Because OOTP handles pitcher fatigue in the worst way possible. It's atrocious.

Actually keep an eye on your five-man rotation and you'll start to notice that guys aren't pitching on 100% complete rest despite having four days off.

I don't believe that OOTP recognizes a starter taking an extra day. I think it recognizes a starter taking too many days off, but the effect of one day is less than having a starter throw on 90%.

That's my belief at least.


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[Clay]

I would always want #1 and #2 pitching every 5th start. I could see mixing in others. If #1 and #2 aren't workhorses then they should be lower in the rotation.

When I was a kid Seaver , Palmer and the boys where playing in 4 man rotations. A 5th starter was just a spot guy to maintain rest. 300 innings a yr were common, no fricking pitch counts. These guys were able to pitch 20+ yrs also. Also they walked uphill to the park barefoot in the snow.

That's absolutely legit in the MLB.... but this isn't the MLB.... and in the BLB......

You want the real reason I use it?

Because OOTP handles pitcher fatigue in the worst way possible. It's atrocious.

Actually keep an eye on your five-man rotation and you'll start to notice that guys aren't pitching on 100% complete rest despite having four days off.

I don't believe that OOTP recognizes a starter taking an extra day. I think it recognizes a starter taking too many days off, but the effect of one day is less than having a starter throw on 90%.

That's my belief at least.

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[tomr1962]

Do any of you set a pitch count, that should help the pitcher recover faster

[Pat]

I have a pitch count on every SP in my ORG.

[BradZ]

I have a pitch count on every SP in my ORG.

I too have a pitch count on every SP of note in my entire Org.

[Clay]

I use pitch count in the minors... then once they're ready for the dance.... all shackles are off.

[Ryan]

I use a pitch count on guys in the minors I consider to be prospects, and some guys continue to have them their first year or so in the BLB. I usually increase the pitch count at they move through the minors as well. I'd like to think it helps, but who knows?