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rink23 · 05-01-2018, 06:12 AM

I am playing as the 2018 Cardinals, just approaching the All-Star break with a record of 54-38, 4.5 games behind the Cubs but a 1.5 games up in the wild card.
Issue I am looking at is Luke Weaver's workload. He's 9-2 with an 3.11 ERA and 121.2 innings pitched.
A year ago, he pitched a career high 138 innings -- so he's coming up on that fast.
Do innings pitched matter in OOTP?
Should I shut him down for a while and put a Flaherty or Reyes in the rotation.
And how do I shut him down?
From what I have heard, you cannot create phantom injuries and put him on the DL like real teams did last season with the 10-game DL.
Or should I not worry about it as the the game does not take massive jumps in workload into consideration.

05-01-2018, 06:12 AM	#1
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 21,677	Question about workload for young pitcher I am playing as the 2018 Cardinals, just approaching the All-Star break with a record of 54-38, 4.5 games behind the Cubs but a 1.5 games up in the wild card. Issue I am looking at is Luke Weaver's workload. He's 9-2 with an 3.11 ERA and 121.2 innings pitched. A year ago, he pitched a career high 138 innings -- so he's coming up on that fast. Do innings pitched matter in OOTP? Should I shut him down for a while and put a Flaherty or Reyes in the rotation. And how do I shut him down? From what I have heard, you cannot create phantom injuries and put him on the DL like real teams did last season with the 10-game DL. Or should I not worry about it as the the game does not take massive jumps in workload into consideration.