Using what appears to be a great 18-game starter.  Have him slated as my 5th starter, but at this rate, I think he'll be burned by June.  I want to pitch him ONLY as a starter.  My questions:                                                                                                                                                                          1) Will the Sim penalizing me for starting him on 10 days rest?                                                                                                                                            2) Can I still get max efficiency from the 18 starts and still use him as an occasional long man?  In 10 games, he has only started twice, zero appearances coming outta the pen.

Thanks, guys. 

need more info .....how many real life IP does he have? How many IP/G? What ball park did he pitch in in RL and what park are you planning on putting him in? What's teh salary cap of your league?

1) No
2) Don't reference the number of starts, but the total innings pitched and innings per game.   Short answer is - yes, assuming you manage his pitch counts correctly, you can shuffle him between the bullpen and the starting rotation when needed.

thanks for the replies.  In RL, he made 17 starts, 134 innings.  7.8 inn/9.  Gave up 5 HRs (HR/9 of .34).  He pitched @ Jarry Park and I have him pitching exclusively in Chavez Ravine for me.  Histroically in the sim he averages 36 GAMES, 21 STARTS & 141 innings.  His best season, he pitched 20 games and 18 starts.  That's kinda what I am shooting for. 

Oops, sorry - his inn/9 in his best season was 6.1.

134 innings?

Just eyeballing it, he cam make about 30 starts with a MAX PC of 75.

If you only want 18 starts out of him, you can do it with a MAX PC of  115, IF his RL ip/g was greater than 7.  If it is 6.1 I would drop the MAX PC to 100 and try to get him 24ish starts.

darkballer: Recommend you start your own thread