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Pelican · 08-26-2023, 11:15 AM

TBH I had a bad feeling about using Klippstein in relief and then starting him the next day. The issue isn’t that he barely broke a sweat. It’s all about the ramping up (probably 25-30 warm-up pitches, between the bullpen and the mound) and then recovery time. Consecutive days is a lot to ask. When teams in the Fifties did this, the relief appearance tended to coincide with the day the SP would normally be throwing on the side between starts. So, not the day after pitching, and certainly not the day before a start. SP are all about routines, and disrupting the routine carries risk. As you found out. Tough to say, but here the game mirrors IRL quite well. So much for that Cy Young award.

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Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,841 Blog Entries: 1	TBH I had a bad feeling about using Klippstein in relief and then starting him the next day. The issue isn’t that he barely broke a sweat. It’s all about the ramping up (probably 25-30 warm-up pitches, between the bullpen and the mound) and then recovery time. Consecutive days is a lot to ask. When teams in the Fifties did this, the relief appearance tended to coincide with the day the SP would normally be throwing on the side between starts. So, not the day after pitching, and certainly not the day before a start. SP are all about routines, and disrupting the routine carries risk. As you found out. Tough to say, but here the game mirrors IRL quite well. So much for that Cy Young award. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.” Last edited by Pelican; 08-26-2023 at 11:17 AM.