Garcia's Blog 6/16/16- Do Not Relieve Before

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Garcia's Blog 6/16/16- Do Not Relieve Before

PostThu Jun 16, 2016 4:10 pm

Hey guys,

For Baseball Daily playoff teams, we had a problem that caused some games to not play on the proper date. This was a strange problem related to the new playoff schedule that did not come up during testing. We have fixed this for any leagues still in the playoffs and any league going forward.

In addition, some users wrote in about their manager rating not updating properly. If you believe your manager rating should be different than what is currently displayed, let us know and we'll take a look and update it for you. Most users were updating correctly but a few have not been.

While it's always been a top question for us, the past two weeks specifically we've gotten alot of questions that have to do with the 'Do Not Relieve Before' setting. For those of you who do not know what this is; this setting will enable you to indicate that you do not want the computer manager to remove your pitcher until they have at least reached the specified fatigue rating and can be found under "Pitcher Preferences" page.

Fatigue ratings can certainly be confusing. A pitchers fatigue rating can go from F9 to F0 where F9 is rested and F0 means he has nothing left. Normally pitchers start their appearance as F9 and maintain that level until they approach or exceed their expected pitch count. It is possible that a pitcher may start to fatigue well before or well after the suggested number of pitches for him. For instance, if he is getting hit extremely hard early, he may fatigue earlier than expected. Conversely, if he is pitching a gem he might be able to go many more pitches before he starts to fatigue. As a pitcher fatigues the worse he starts to pitch as more and more readings can turn into singles and extra base hits. You can view the pitcher's fatigue at the end of every at-bat by looking at the last column on the play-by-play.

Now the "Do Not Relieve Before" setting means the computer manager will try to keep the pitcher in the game regardless of how he performs until he reaches the designated rating. The main problem we see when people talk about bullpen usage is that this setting is used on too many pitchers and prevents other relievers or the closer from getting into the game. The pitchers that have this setting are being forced to stay in the game longer than users would ordinarily like. Unless you have a pitcher that you feel would still be better than your bullpen when pitching tired I would recommend not using this setting. That means this should really only be used for the elite pitchers as they are most likely the only pitchers better than the others on your roster.

Note that there are ways that he may still leave the game before his designated fatigue level, including if he's set to Avoid Lefties or Avoid Righties, if the situation calls for another pitcher you've assigned to a matching Super Hal Bullpen Role, or if the computer manager decides to pinch-hit for him.

This is definitely the biggest problem I see when we get questions about bullpen usage. The "Do Not Relieve Before" setting is the strongest bullpen setting so make sure to use it when you want that pitcher staying in as long as possible!

That's all I have for this week. As always, please e-mail us with any questions to 365support@strat-o-matic.com. Talk to everyone next week!

-John

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