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Originally Posted by jksander
I'd go with a three man rotation, and move your #2 guy up to be your ace, but playoff series are a crapshoot much of the time ... their ace looks absolutely ridiculous, but then again so does your stopper (243.1 innings and only four saves? How many wins did HE get?)
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That's a good point about the 3-man. I should consider it. If I went with that there'd be 3 days between each start. I usually like to see 4 or 5 days between starts.
I'll give it a few days to think about it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by jksander
I'd go with a three man rotation, and move your #2 guy up to be your ace, but playoff series are a crapshoot much of the time ... their ace looks absolutely ridiculous, but then again so does your stopper (243.1 innings and only four saves? How many wins did HE get?)
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He's not really our stopper, he's usually a SP (the AI setup the bullpen and since I manage my bullpen in game it doesn't really matter who is listed in what role). He was a trade deadline acquisition who, considering his ratings, has disappointed me. He got most of those IP with his previous team and while he's pitched decently for us, I don't think he's as good as the other 4.
I think it's probably a bit difficult to judge our rotation from the stats. Kageyama, who's probably our #1, was out much of the year and just got back. Suzuki is our most consistent and often goes deep into games, but I swear he has the worst luck. ****oshi Ogawa was a FA depth acquisition, but he was out with a long-term injury at the time and has only come back recently. He's by far the oldest at 39 and his ratings aren't great, but he's pitched great for us. The aforementioned Hideyoshi Ogawa was a draft pick last year and has put up great #s, but he is again very volatile. Then we have 2 LHPs, but Oshima is out for the year, and Ilda, who is a bit like Hideyoshi in that he's young and volatile, is cold so I've put him in the bullpen. Even Naito, who was another FA, can start, but he's also disappointed me as a SP so he's a last resort.
If there's one thing this team really needs, it's a shutdown ace like Setagaya has in Onuma. I like our depth a lot as it doesn't matter which SP we may lose to injury we'll probably get through it, but it's still so important in the playoffs to have that guy who can win you a game pretty much on his own.