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Originally Posted by David Watts

Starting to think there really isn't a solution for pitching during the deadball period. If you go with just a 5 man rotation and no bullpen, it probably works the closest to real life, but then as the fan, one must be willing to watch the starter stay in the game even when one knows he should be pulled. I just started 1915 last night. Default settings have it set to 4 starters, 3 relief pitchers. Well right away I see this will drive me nuts. There's going to be guys making 40 or more relief appearances easily. So, I changed it to 5 starters, 1 relief pitcher. Still think the one relief pitcher will get more appearances than desired, but not as bad as the default way. Thing is, the top 2 starters overall will end up getting less starts, so it will be interesting to see how that works out. I would really like to see how the game would play with 6 man rotation(rotation just because that's what the game calls it) and no bullpen. But, always start the highest rested needs to prioritize the the top 2 starters big time and then on a lesser basis prioritize the 3rd and 4th starters and only use 5 and 6 on a spot start basis. Right now if you set it to 6 man rotation, you are for the most part rolling with a 5 man rotation starts wise.

Have you seen JoefromChicago's work on this DW? Worth looking at for insights on this very subject.

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