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Originally Posted by sjshaw
Agree 100%. I hate the arbitrary MR/CL delineation.
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MR/CL is already just a stamped-on role in the game. You can freely move guys back and forth between CL and MR without affecting their ability to play. I'm not even 100% sure that it even has an effect on morale; I *think* that if a guy expects to be a closer and you put him in the closer role, whether you have him listed as a CL or MR doesn't matter to him.
Also, if you do other things in 12 to get the number of low-stamina MRs down, such as delete 2/3rds of them from every draft class (which is what I do), the game will freely move 6th and 7th starters into the bullpen and re-classify them as MRs. You do have to change a guy like that's role back to SP to effectively use him as a starter (the explanation has been that a relief pitcher approaches a game differently than a starter) but it can be done and is done. I personally use the roles only to clarify who is in the rotation and who isn't and who my #1 relief stopper is when I play out games.
Going back a month... guys, Markus never said that short pitchers will be created with lower ratings in all categories, just stamina. So there's no reason why a pitching Kirby Puckett couldn't be successful. He'd just have a higher chance to have a lower stamina to go with his high velocity or whatever.