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Old 06-07-2014, 09:56 AM   #97
ricealum
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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Originally Posted by conncarroll View Post
"Also tired of seeing real life starters become nothing more than middle relievers. I've even tried converting them to starters, to no avail."
I've never seen a pitcher rated MR develop into a starter. Doyle Alexander, Bob Knepper, Joaquin Anduar, are just some of the pitchers who should develop into good-to-great SPs that forever get stuck at MR.
Maybe this is a difference with historical and fictional leagues. I play fictional and have found some good starters in other teams' bullpens.I just had a guy go 21-3 as a #4 starter and his expectation was "bullpen assignment."

My gripe with pitchers is that the stamina rating never seems to change. I had a MR develop an adequate third pitch and I used him as an emergency starter after a season ending injury. He did OK, even winning a world series game, but his stamina stayed at 7.
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