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Originally Posted by Rex Dart
In a few experiments, I've seen a pretty severe hit to the reliever I was trying to convert. One guy who was at 4/4 stars as a CL went to something like 0.5/3.5 as soon as I flipped the switch to "SP". So I'm thinking in practice, yeah, you need to give the guys time to get used to the change.
I'm also noticing more method to the madness of how my scouting director evaluates draft picks. I kept wondering why he was favoring these one-star or lower guys over SPs with 2-3 stars. On further investigation, the SPs he was passing on were almost all "borderline starters" or "emergency starters," usually with only two decent pitches.
Do pitchers ever add new pitches to their repertoire?
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As soon as you change a starter to a reliever, or reliever to starter, his stuff will get a slight change.
From the manual:
Stuff
Stuff is a measure of the quality of a pitcher's pitch repertoire. Think of it as essentially how a pitcher "puts it all together." Stuff directly affects the number of strikeouts a pitcher throws. Stuff is calculated based on a combination of his individual pitch ratings and the velocity with which he throws.
Relief pitchers receive a small bonus to stuff, to reflect the fact that batters get fewer looks at their pitches and have less of a chance to adjust to them. OOTP displays that bonus in the form of increased Stuff ratings. This bonus is heavily tied into the strength of a reliever's top two pitches, since relievers have much less incentive to mix in their weaker offerings. This means that a pitcher with a strong fastball, a strong slider, and a weak changeup might make for an average starting pitcher but a great reliever. You get to decide how he provides the most useful fit for your team.
You can see the change in a pitcher's Stuff rating if you change the player's position from SP to MR and back.