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Originally Posted by Qeltar
All good stuff, thanks.
I think I'm doing the right things, I just have to be more patient.
BirdWatcher, I have definitely taken gambles like that before. I also have my "pet projects" most of which don't work out. Like a power reliever with enough stamina I converted to a starter. His potentials are 80/50/40. I honestly have no idea if this will even work, but I'm giving him a season in AA to figure it out.
Conversely, I've had to give up a couple of my starters with high stuff and below-average movement and control. Just tired of "walk, home run" over and over. One guy gave up 6 home runs in his first 4 starts (and that's only around 22 innings). So I yanked him. As an RP his stuff went up to 75 and so far he's been reasonably effective. He's not happy, but too bad.
This was all newbie stuff on my part. I thought stuff was the most important and am rapidly learning that this is not the case.
I am now tinkering with a somewhat novel pitching staff that is designed intentionally around starters that go only to the middle innings and are backed up by a posse of hard-throwing, high-stamina RPs. Largely out of necessity, partially out of curiosity.
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My grandmother used to like to say to me (something like), "patience is a virtue, cultivate it if you can, seldom found in woman, never found in man."
As for pet projects and becoming attached to your players (sometimes to the point of making unwise decisions), I'm all for that! My sense is that many OOTP gamers (or certainly the ones who post here) are highly analytical, extremely rational types. Which makes sense for this hobby. And I'm sure that the people who have the greatest success in the game are those who can remain dispassionate and play the percentages. I'm not that kind of person. Professionally a social worker and with tastes/interests/personality type that leans heavily towards the Arts/Humanities side of life, I have more fun with the game when I don't take a purely analytical/strategic view. I try to make mostly rational decisions about my team, but with a healthy dose of heart and intuition thrown in as well. And that's what works for me.
Regarding your pitching plan: it sounds very similar to something I recall the Rockies employing several years ago (mostly out of necessity.) I don't think it worked out very well for them, but that doesn't mean your results won't be better. The biggest thing is, it sounds like a fun experiment to play with the game. And that's the sort of thing I wholeheartedly endorse.
