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Originally Posted by Cynical
This is something I've had a hard time getting a feel for -- how tired is "tired"? I've noticed that on a 5-man rotation, my starters are rarely fully in the white, so I'm guessing that "don't pitch anyone in the yellow" is a bad policy; what should I be aiming for, in a vacuum? Obviously high-leverage in an important game is more "all hands on deck" and low-leverage in a regular season game is more "favor rested guy, but in a close regular season game, I'm not quite sure when I should say "nope, my high-leverage dudes need a rest, one of my lesser relievers will have to step in"; 50%? 70%? Higher or even lower?
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Starters are typically good to go after 4 days rest.
Usually after 3 days rest they are around 67% which is "slightly tired", which is yellow.
I play it conservative in the season. I try to avoid pitching anyone who's "slightly tired". I especially try and avoid using my more important pitchers when they are slightly tired assuming that pitching when tired increases the possibility of injury. If Joe Schmoe blows up his arm pitching tired in July, I can more easily replace them than if Chris Closer does.
I can't say with any certainty at all how much tiredness effects performance. Though it certainly does. If a player is tired to 50% are then they expected to give up twice as many runs? Twice as many runs accounting for some baseline? No idea.
Managing a bullpen isn't for the feint of heart. ESPECIALLY when using the warm up rule.
One last thing
I typically try to avoid having too many "pure relievers" (35 or lower stamina) in my bullpen.
My second best reliever is my closer
My best reliever is a stopper
I typically have a LOOGY
Maybe another pure reliever
Then the rest of the staff is made of starters and former starters.
Starters who never developed a 3rd pitch make great middle relievers.
AAAA starters - also middle relievers
Near MLB ready starting pitching prospects - spend some time in an MLB bullpen
Aside from my top starting pitching prospects, all my starters spend time starting and relieving.
Here's a typical look at my AAA staff