Tandem 5A & 5B? Topic

a_ersberg
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If a tandem "has to be the last spots in a pitching rotation", and I want four starters with a tandem 5th... shouldnt there be a 5A/5B option?  Or am I just doing something wrong?   If it's a stupid suggestion, just say stupid suggestion and move on.  Some of you can't resist being a--holes.
1/20/2012 12:38 PM
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It's a good suggestion.  I'm not sure why ADMIN seems reluctant to implement this, as it's been asked for multiple times.
1/20/2012 12:46 PM
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They don't want teams using 9-10 RP as starters.

Truthfully, they should set a limit of 6 listed starters and let us tandem them however we want.   1A/B, 2, 3A/B, 4 or 1,2,3,4,5A/B.
1/20/2012 1:14 PM
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I would agree. We should be able to tandem in whatever spot we like. Odds are anyway that if you're using a tandem that it would be for your 5th starter anyway...
1/20/2012 2:17 PM
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Not necessarily.  You may have a couple of low DUR/STA guys with dynamite stuff who can't quite cut starting on their own but form a killer tandem.  I can see a "tandem ace" on a staff.
1/20/2012 2:35 PM
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This just may be because I never really use a tandem but if I was using 2 stud pitchers to form a tandem I would feel my team has some problems. if my 2 best players each equate to half a player I think my team can use some help but that's just me. I would either find a different role for them or try and trade 1 of them.     
1/21/2012 12:51 AM
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Posted by sportsboy010 on 1/21/2012 12:51:00 AM (view original):
This just may be because I never really use a tandem but if I was using 2 stud pitchers to form a tandem I would feel my team has some problems. if my 2 best players each equate to half a player I think my team can use some help but that's just me. I would either find a different role for them or try and trade 1 of them.     
I'm thinking guys with DUR/STA of 20/50 with killer stuff, something like that.  Not going to give you many IPs as a starter, could be under-utilized in the bullpen.  But two of these together in a tandem could be sweet.  Especially if they were lefty/righty.
1/21/2012 8:18 AM
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This only matters the first day of the season or first game of playoff series.  That's the only game you can't get those pitchers in the game and control who starts the next game.

Set someone else as Starter 1.  Set your tandem as 2A/2B.  Rest the rest of your SPs. 

As soon as game 1 one is done, Tandem 2A will be locked as starter of the next game. You can them move the tandem to 4A/4B and set whoever you want to start the next games as Starter 1, Starter 2, Starter 3.

Would be nice if Tandems could be put anywhere, but at least there's a work around that covers every situation but one.
1/21/2012 7:52 PM
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You better not spend any time away, or those pitchers will get decimated.
1/22/2012 9:24 AM
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I've got this guy set as 4B in HiA.  Hardball Dynasty – Fantasy Baseball Sim Games - Player Profile: Matt Christensen   I rotate the other 4 so he pitches when he's 100%.   There is a work-around to almost everything but it can be a pain in the ***.
1/22/2012 12:01 PM
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I do the same with Daniel Durbin.  4B whenever he gets to 100%.
1/22/2012 1:46 PM
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a 20/50 guy can be used as LRA.  If you want to get top usage of elite long relievers, just up your pull rating and lower the pitch count on your sketchiest relievers and you will be fine. Or start them and keep them at lower PC and have good long relievers. 
1/23/2012 2:42 PM
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I have used a 4 man tandem (8 pitchers) all season and am now in the 2nd round of the playoffs.  I tried this because I only have 2 pitchers with 80+ stamina and they are not my best pitchers.  It has worked well for me.  I don't see a need for a 5 man tandem (10 pitchers) but having the option to do something like SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4A/4B, SP5A/5B would be nice.  MikeT23 suggested a limit of 6 starters used any way we want.  I think that limit should be 8.

If you are a baseball purist who wants to get back to the way the game was many years ago, then we should not be able to use tandems at all in the majors.  However, if they are to eliminate tandems, they need to increase the number of pitchers with stamina in the 70-90 range and decrease the number of pitchers with stamina in the 50-70 range. 

1/26/2012 1:55 PM (edited)
a_ersberg
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I had never used the tandem until this season, I had three guys ;

Hardball Dynasty – Fantasy Baseball Sim Games - Player Profile: Daniel Poppell
Hardball Dynasty – Fantasy Baseball Sim Games - Player Profile: David Clark
Hardball Dynasty – Fantasy Baseball Sim Games - Player Profile: Jolbert Cordero

And I figured I should try it out.  I hate using a SP with a stamina of less than 65.  But yeah I think Mike's idea was the best.  It only takes a four seconds per day but I have to keep benching a pitcher to put in tandems at 4a/4b.  A little tweak would be helpful.
1/26/2012 2:11 PM
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I asked about this years ago and was told it was on the list. Then when I checked up on it I was told by WIS that it would require a major rewrite and wasn't going to happen. This was back in the days when they seemingly cared about HBD too.
2/9/2012 11:55 AM
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