[Pelican]

Am I wrong in using basic OOTP pitch ratings to staff a bullpen? I like a mixture of guys, some with with great stuff, great movement, or great control, even if they are lacking in one or two of the other attributes. My closer is typically the guy with the best of all [or at least all three] worlds. Setup guys need to have good control. OOTP uses “stopper”, which I like, and that dude is typically very high stuff, perhaps a risk on control. I then like “specialists” who are high movement guys. I’ve learned that they can be good antidotes to sluggers and home runs by the opposition. [Since I don’t and won’t use the three-batter minimum, I can bring these guys in to face one hitter.] And of course I need a long guy slash emergency SP, and a middle relief guy who can give me some innings, typically in a losing cause.

My ask is, am I misguided in basing this largely on pitch ratings, thus confidence in my scouting (high accuracy), as well as most recent year stats? [In evaluating stats, I will be guided by this thread into far more detail and secondary metrics, which is fine.]

The other thing I look for is RP who have a high hold number. I have found that this directly correlates to an ability to pick off the occasional runner, or at least prevent that extra base on a hit. Nothing better than the RP who comes on into a jam, and promptly picks off a runner. [I wish the game produced more pickoffs at 2B and 3B. For a RHP, those are more natural throws over, and, in particular situations, or counts, those pickoffs do occasionally happen IRL - and they can be devastating. I wonder if, in the new world of artificially-enlarged bases and pitch counts and limits on moves to the bases by the pitcher, runners will be more daring, and more susceptible to pickoffs?]