Starting pitchers as relievers in playoffs?

Cheesehead1964 · 05-05-2019, 10:04 AM

I have a wildcard game coming up so I set starting pitchers to be available as relievers. One game elimination. All hands on deck. A few have better ERA than who I have in my bullpen.

I have them set as middle relievers. But should I set them to specialists?

And what about a 5 or 7 game series? Seems like a dangerous strategy as you might tire your starters out...

Cheesehead1964 · 05-05-2019, 11:14 AM

Won my wildcard and it didn't dip into my starters. For the divisional series, I reset so starters are not available in relief.

05-05-2019, 10:04 AM	#1
Cheesehead1964 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 429	Starting pitchers as relievers in playoffs? I have a wildcard game coming up so I set starting pitchers to be available as relievers. One game elimination. All hands on deck. A few have better ERA than who I have in my bullpen. I have them set as middle relievers. But should I set them to specialists? And what about a 5 or 7 game series? Seems like a dangerous strategy as you might tire your starters out...

05-05-2019, 11:14 AM	#2
Cheesehead1964 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 429	Won my wildcard and it didn't dip into my starters. For the divisional series, I reset so starters are not available in relief.