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willsauve
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How to utilize this bullpen best?

Name (throws) Role % DU HE ST CT LH RH VE GB P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 $
Dom Reid (R) 100 21 73 83 42 54 70 89 77 86 75 63 44 0 $327K
Mickey Karsay (R) 100 19 50 57 83 78 76 61 92 74 59 49 68 38 $5.8M
Greg Knepper (R) 100 86 86 25 91 82 84 37 63 97 80 0 0 0 $360K
Alving Pimentel (R) 54 (89) 36 89 26 80 94 88 65 83 91 71 60 49 0 $1.2M
Matthew Sewell (R) 100 75 76 40 92 70 71 32 94 91 81 0 0 0 $7.8M
Rabbit Stohr (L) 100 80 86 42 77 78 78 83 83 80 67 0 0 0 $5.6M
Pete Hyzdu (L) 100 58 42 33 92 80 70 23 83 88 74 0 0 0 $360K
2/27/2014 2:59 PM
tecwrg
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Reid - Mopup.  You don't want that low control in anything other than a mop-up inning-eating scenario.  You can also make him a Long B.

Karsay - Long A

Pimentel - Closer.  Normally, I avoid the closer role, but his low durability and stamina makes him the exception.

The other four could be Setup A, though I think you could cut one out of the picture for an additional position player. 


2/27/2014 3:21 PM
willsauve
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Karsay and Sewell are probably gone next season.. 

I have a couple sketchy SP's so I tend to get a lot of IP out of relief.. 
Name (throws) Role % DU HE ST CT LH RH VE GB P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 $
Davy Field (R) 59 (80) 22 65 72 76 83 84 92 91 90 69 62 52 31 $5.2M
Hanley Dykhoff (R) 50 (77) 30 79 68 66 70 74 84 74 73 69 57 0 0 $4.3M
 Edgardo Ontiveros (R) 100 27 92 80 58 75 76 92 56 79 70 64 38 0 $5.8M
Richie Milner (L) 100 35 68 77 83 78 71 93 63 81 65 60 38 0 $8.3M
Achilles Benton (R) 65 (82) 16 61 71 78 87 93 82 41 78 78 49 49 0 $6.3M
2/27/2014 4:22 PM
willsauve
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My Lineup is pretty much set... Not much I could get via trade to improve at this point (we're 20 games into season)..
Name (bats) Pos Ord % DU HE CN PW LH RH BE BR SP RA GL AS AA PC $
Reese Patrick (L)
100 83 93 64 23 50 77 74 63 86 86 94 60 59 14 $1.5M
Maicer Urbina (R)
100 77 90 83 90 76 68 49 64 63 80 82 79 78 5 $7.5M
Ubaldo Diaz (R)
100 77 99 58 99 94 95 76 83 76 68 45 70 63 18 $360K
Vin Henriquez (S)
100 67 86 65 89 86 69 85 58 72 64 51 50 50 0 $327K
Mack Payton (L)
100 72 99 84 98 58 73 62 36 30 10 21 62 61 49 $5.0M
Jose Rosario (R)
100 96 95 60 41 93 76 67 66 41 10 23 72 65 97 $6.1M
Roger Everett (S)
100 91 74 62 97 43 46 80 18 31 29 35 38 30 14 $735K
Norberto Barrios (S)
100 73 57 52 86 26 27 23 45 97 89 81 87 92 15 $327K
Bruce Lidge (R)
100 75 78 55 39 45 83 25 72 94 91 92 57 59 0 $1.0M
 
 
ML Bench, Vs. Left-handed Pitcher, with DH , Current Ratings
Name (bats) Pos Ord % DU HE CN PW LH RH BE BR SP RA GL AS AA PC $
Matt Pall (R)
100 88 72 72 36 71 57 48 50 68 68 59 54 57 9 $360K
J.R. Hernandez (R)
100 88 65 57 56 66 60 47 68 67 70 77 70 77 18 $400K
Will Donatello (R)
100 70 49 70 31 72 40 49 28 49 11 28 70 69 74 $327K
P.T. Machado (R)
100 79 72 73 0 41 44 74 86 23 89 89 95 91 11 $360K
2/27/2014 4:23 PM
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If you're carrying a mop-up pitcher, you're wasting a roster spot IMO.  
2/27/2014 4:29 PM
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I agree mop up is a waste. Dom Reed was called up to eat garbage innings and start some games once in awhile. 
2/27/2014 5:20 PM
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Agree with tec, except I might also make Karsay Setup A.  It's a terrific bullpen. 

I disagree that mopup is a waste-- for some teams, their primary 10 or 11 pitchers can't quite handle the full complement of innings in a season, and having someone to pitch 50-70 really low leverage innings can help the other guys avoid fatigue.  I wouldn't call up a crappy AAA guy like Reid to do it, though; I prefer to use a guy who is better than that, more AAAA, in case you ever make one of those games close.  Hersh Heredia is a good example, might be even a little better than my usual mopup man (hell, he made the All-Star team this season).
2/27/2014 7:18 PM
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The key phrase, as dedelman so nicely put it, is "low leverage innings".

Ideally, the guy at the end of my pitching staff will be high quality enough where I would feel comfortable pitching in most normal situations.  But that's not always the case due to available talent and budget constraints.  So that last guy on the staff is often going to be a lower end guy who I'm going to sacrifice to pitch those low leverage innings and thus save my better quality guys for the higher leverage innings.  That's what the mopup guy is for.

If by chance my last guy is decent, then rather than waste him in the mopup role, he'll get bumped up to a Long B or a Long A.

2/27/2014 8:25 PM
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Dom should be okay against the weaker teams if/when I need a spot starter. His above average vsR and pretty good GB, VEL,1P, 2P should help offset his bad control..
2/27/2014 9:06 PM
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I think well above average splits are the best remedy to mediocre (or slightly less than mediocre) control.  And I'd argue that a vsR split of 70 is not "above average".  At least, not by much.

I'd be leery about 42 control paired with 54/70 splits, no matter what the VEL/GB/P1/P2 ratings were.  If I had a pitcher with control in the low 40's, I'd want splits in the mid 80's or higher.

2/27/2014 10:22 PM
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I'm getting ready to play the team with the best OPS.. I think I'll toss him in for a start.. Whats your predictions?


2/27/2014 10:56 PM
willsauve
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It will be Dom Reid vs this guy
2/27/2014 11:00 PM
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The Strange from Lagrange goes 5 and a 1/3. gives up 3 in the first inning. and another one after he is pulled.
2/27/2014 11:10 PM
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VR of 70 is pretty much the bottom end of splits for a BL pitcher.    Reid looks like a guy I'd put at LRB and let him eat a few innings from that spot.   My best examples are Hardball Dynasty – Fantasy Baseball Sim Games - Player Profile: Al Wagner and Hardball Dynasty – Fantasy Baseball Sim Games - Player Profile: George Cannon on my Coop team.    I don't expect league average numbers from them but they can eat innings on the cheap.    But the only reason either of them is getting a shot, other than being cheap labor in long relief roles, is because Hardball Dynasty – Fantasy Baseball Sim Games - Player Profile: Mark Camp was so unexpectedly good for my MG team.

All that said, I'm not calling up anyone to "mop-up".    If I had to do that, I'd just working on building a better staff.

2/28/2014 8:40 AM
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Posted by willsauve on 2/27/2014 11:00:00 PM (view original):
It will be Dom Reid vs this guy
Well he didnt cost me the game....... Boxscore
2/28/2014 12:21 PM
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