Smoking out bad relief pitcher cards

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shif6

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Smoking out bad relief pitcher cards

PostThu Jun 11, 2020 6:48 pm

I have 3 relief pitchers off to bad starts and a 4th who clearly should be the mopup. My closer is pitching well. I have thought of listing him as setup and as closer leaving the other roles undefined. Will HAL help me sort this out?
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Re: Smoking out bad relief pitcher cards

PostSat Jun 13, 2020 11:25 am

My closer Hough was not available in a game yesterday. Moffitt (an r3) pitched 4 innings and got a save despite fatigue. Meanwhile a more expensive pitcher, Littell, was available and sat on the bench. I had picked him up recently and in his only outing he gave up six earned runs in two innings. Does this give me information about Littell?
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Re: Smoking out bad relief pitcher cards

PostSat Jun 13, 2020 11:25 am

My closer Hough was not available in a game yesterday. Moffitt (an r3) pitched 4 innings and got a save despite fatigue. Meanwhile a more expensive pitcher, Littell, was available and sat on the bench. I had picked him up recently and in his only outing he gave up six earned runs in two innings. Does this give me information about Littell?
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Re: Smoking out bad relief pitcher cards

PostSun Jun 14, 2020 7:18 pm

Relief pitching is the hardest thing to figure out in mystery leagues...and probably the most unfair position. It's nearly impossible to replicate a good relief pitcher's best seasons. I will often leave all my pitcher's settings blank for the first couple weeks of a season. If the game engine is consistently choosing a $1 M reliever over a $4-5 M reliever in high leverage situations you probably have a bad card for the expensive guy and a good card for the cheap one. Best way to figure out a reliever is to look at the L/R splits...also if the rolls are equal or in favor of the pitcher check the BB/K to try and get a feel for the season.

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