Best way to use this pitcher????????? Topic

Still fairly new to this game.  What kind of role would you put a pitcher like this in?    I was thinking maybe long relief because of his low durability.

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1/25/2011 6:51 AM
You can used him in long relief, but once he gets fatigued he's going to take a little while to recover back to 100% (say, 10-12% per day).

I'd be more tempted to use him as Setup B with a pitch count of 25/30.  You'll be able to get more appearances out of him (of shorter duration), so it will take a while for him to drop below 100%.

You could also use him as Setup A (for the same reasons), but his pitches are a bit weaker than I normally would like to see for a front-line setup reliever.  He'd also get more usage and thus would run into fatigue issues more often.
1/25/2011 7:50 AM
Yeah, I'd use him as in the setup role.  I'd think you can probably bump your pitch count up around 50, but play with it to see what works.  You wouldn't want him going much below 85% after an appearance.
1/25/2011 9:07 AM
I'd trade him to deathinahole.   I hate those guys, he loves 'em.
1/25/2011 9:19 AM
hehehe!
1/25/2011 9:32 AM
Juan Delgado, while he's a better pitcher than your guy, had nearly identical DUR/ST at his peak.  He seems to have done poorly in long relief, but well both as an every 8th day SP and as a 20-pitch closer (admittedly one season).  I'd use your guy in one of those ways; either in short relief (as tec suggests) or as an intermittent SP (if your rotation is helped by using him that way).  I agree with tec that he's not quite good enough for a high-leverage role if he's in the pen.
1/25/2011 12:00 PM

Thanks guys!

1/25/2011 3:34 PM
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