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mlynch

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Post Season Pitching

June 20, 2012 at 07:39PM View BBCode

I think there should be a feature added for pictching your ACE on short rest in the playoffs. Usually in the current system your ACE will get two starts per series. I would love to see the ACE get a 3rd, even if it's only 3-4 innings at the start of the game, this will really make playoff games more realistic as many MLB teams do this to further themselves into the playoffs.

http://simdynasty.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Starting-Pitchers-Playoff-short-rest/83962-3581

Hamilton2

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June 21, 2012 at 02:22AM View BBCode

You can generally get him into a game 7 if you need him, just rearrange your bullpen so that he isn't listed as a SP. :)

paulcaraccio

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June 21, 2012 at 11:54AM View formatted

true. But I'd like to point out that I hope we can keep up this trend of posting an enhancement with an accompanying ideascale link to it! cuz otherwise its pointless

bostonhitz

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December 09, 2012 at 12:41AM View BBCode

I agree with something like that, and maybe have veterans get a slight bonus in the playoffs. Rarely do the young gun Josh Becketts (2003 Marlins) out-duel the veteran Roger Clemens (although he is a sell-out). A veteran pitcher usually is counted on more in the playoffs even though he may have less skills than the new young arm in the rotation.

edit: Actually the same kinda goes for hitters too...

[Edited on 12-9-2012 by bostonhitz]

jchoopz

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December 10, 2012 at 11:37PM View BBCode

I would probably support this, only because it's realistic. I actually hate how the playoffs work in real life, with all of the offdays allowing for the need of only 3 SPs and a couple bullpen guys. It's the exact opposite of all the depth you need during the regular season. But I can't complain about incorporating that into the sim even more, since it does exist in MLB.