Seeking advice on managing pitching staff Topic

I have 3 true SP, 5 LR type guys and 3 closer type guys.  Any suggestions?

Starters
Glenn Tomko
Charlie Gulan
Paul Song

Long Relief
Bono Robbins
Chico Ordaz
Ralph Kipnis
Steve Landrum
Torey Gandarillas

Closers
Kris Hogan
Vernon Johnson
Bobby White

Thanks
1/29/2011 1:34 PM
I am unclear why you wouldn't consider your LRs as starters...?  For the most part, they are pretty awesome.
1/29/2011 2:11 PM
Quite frankly, some of you lesser stamina guys are flat out better.

Take your best 4-5 guys among who you have listed as SPs and LRs and put them in your rotation.

Set your "closers" to only come in for the late innings (7/8/9, or whatever), and set the rest as LRs with "Available Inning" as "Any" to bridge the gap as necessary.
1/29/2011 2:14 PM
By "best" I mean the ones with the best track records in previous seasons....
1/29/2011 2:16 PM

Wow-- what a fun staff to inherit if you're a veteran player.  Except for Song, they're all pretty darn good... Here are your problems:
1)  This staff doesn't have enough innings on it at 100%, so you're going to pitch worse than the ratings would indicate.
2)  Song isn't all that good.
3)  Tomko can't pitch in a four-man, and will need a fairly low pitch count to pitch in a 5.
4)  Hogan and Johnson both need short pitch counts.

First of all, put Robbins in the rotation.  28/65 DUR/ST is fine for 80-85 pitches.  Now you need a 5th starter quickly; you can either (a) sign a durable guy who's a bit better than Song-- there should be one or more out there, still-- or (b) see if someone will take 2 of your bullpen guys (one of whom would have to be Hogan or Johnson) for a durable, solid mid-rotation guy.  You'd be offering a better-than-average closer and a top-flight long reliever for an SP3; it's not unreasonable. 

Assuming the trade, this leaves you with the following set-up:
Rotation:  Gulan, Tomko, Robbins, (new guy), Song.  Tomko probably has to be set at 85 pitches.
Closer: whichever of Hogan or Johnson you don't trade.  Pitch count 10/10 for either of them.
SuAs:  the three of Ordaz, Kipnis, Landrum, and Gandarillas you don't trade.  Set them all at pitch count 35/45, and you'll have a LOT of games where Tomko and Robbins go 5-6 innings and one of two of your SuAs close out successfully.
SuB:  White.

Finish the staff by promoting Al McFeely from AAA to be the mopup.

Someone with experience in tandems could probably tell you how to make them work here, as well. 
 

1/29/2011 2:22 PM
This has tandums written all over it!
1/30/2011 12:01 PM
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