Closer usage/innings

Murcer · 06-03-2013, 07:43 PM

I'm trying to emulate baseball from the mid/late 1970's when closers routinely threw a lot of innings and almost always led the bullpen in innings pitched. However, I can't seem to get the settings correct to make that happen in my OOTP league; it seems like there's a setup guy on every team that registers many more innings than the closers (even if he stinks) on the computer-run teams.

Has anyone been able to replicate 1970's bullpen usage? Thanks!

David Watts · 06-03-2013, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Murcer

I'm trying to emulate baseball from the mid/late 1970's when closers routinely threw a lot of innings and almost always led the bullpen in innings pitched. However, I can't seem to get the settings correct to make that happen in my OOTP league; it seems like there's a setup guy on every team that registers many more innings than the closers (even if he stinks) on the computer-run teams.

Has anyone been able to replicate 1970's bullpen usage? Thanks!

Try a five man bullpen with stamina set to normal, use of relievers set to normal and use of closers set to rarely.

01010010 · 06-04-2013, 02:16 AM

In league setup/strategy, set use of relievers to "rarely" or "very rarely" and use of closers to "often" or "very often". You want to cut the AI's use of middle/long relievers and increase usage of the closer and setup/closer. by doing the above with 1970s settings, typically most relief innings will go to the to the guys the AI slots in as (a) closer, (b) setup/closer, and (c) middle reliever/use more often.

Also, note that the AI bullpen usage changes late in the decade. Prior to 1977 iirc, the AI will give the closer a secondary role of middle reliever, which will get him into more games. After 1977 the AI limits the closer's role to closer/8th+.

Murcer · 06-04-2013, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by David Watts

Try a five man bullpen with stamina set to normal, use of relievers set to normal and use of closers set to rarely.

Thanks for the feedback! I tried both methods and this one worked best for my current setup. Apparently OOTP has a very strict definition for "closer" and when you set use closers to "rarely", it makes your best RP a "stopper" which gets him into many more games!

Anyway, thanks so much for the help.

06-03-2013, 07:43 PM	#1
Murcer Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 268	Closer usage/innings I'm trying to emulate baseball from the mid/late 1970's when closers routinely threw a lot of innings and almost always led the bullpen in innings pitched. However, I can't seem to get the settings correct to make that happen in my OOTP league; it seems like there's a setup guy on every team that registers many more innings than the closers (even if he stinks) on the computer-run teams. Has anyone been able to replicate 1970's bullpen usage? Thanks!

06-04-2013, 02:16 AM	#3
01010010 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: N/A Posts: 102	In league setup/strategy, set use of relievers to "rarely" or "very rarely" and use of closers to "often" or "very often". You want to cut the AI's use of middle/long relievers and increase usage of the closer and setup/closer. by doing the above with 1970s settings, typically most relief innings will go to the to the guys the AI slots in as (a) closer, (b) setup/closer, and (c) middle reliever/use more often. Also, note that the AI bullpen usage changes late in the decade. Prior to 1977 iirc, the AI will give the closer a secondary role of middle reliever, which will get him into more games. After 1977 the AI limits the closer's role to closer/8th+. Last edited by 01010010; 06-04-2013 at 02:24 AM.