[Bottom Of The Sixth]

When starting out a new season of PT, I am curious as to how long you guys allow a position player to struggle before you bench him for another player?


I use to have very little patience for a struggling player and I would give him 5 games to do something before benching him.


I have however, seen players start out really, really slow and then catch fire.


These days 99% of the time I am allowing 10 games for a player to show his stuff offensively, before benching him.


I start out using my best guys however, every once in a while I'll have a top rated player who never seams to get going, season after season.


About the only position I have the most patience for is my catcher position as my #1 guy has a catcher ability rating of 6 (on a 1-5 scale). If he does show up after a while, I'll bench him too!


How do you guys manage your team(s) with benching players who "don't show up"?




Pitchers can be very "tricky" as it can take several games for pitcher to get 5 games under his belt however, 99% of the time I go by his FIT rating. If after 5 games the pitcher is sporting a rating higher than 5, I'll bench him.


BTW, has anyone ever noticed that in some seasons there are several of your top players all going "south" at the same time!!??


When that happens, you might as well put your team on autopilot as no matter who you bring in to that position, everyone's substitution player is lousy, too!