IF you don't does it hurt your other pitchers if they are used in a runaway game? thanks

no requirement to do so. It's not a bad idea though.. save valuable RP innings when a game is out of hand. I always check the "mop up only when losing" box. I've seen mop ups enter a game when their team is ahead only to have the whole thing go sideways.

If a real pitcher throws in a blowout he accumulates fatigue. That's the only reason for having a mopup standing by.
Sometimes I draft 2 mopup guys, one who can spot start in case I underestimated how many innings I needed. This allows me to cut it close when drafting innings without wasting much money on a pitcher I might not need..

Posted by redwingscup on 6/1/2018 10:36:00 AM (view original):
no requirement to do so. It's not a bad idea though.. save valuable RP innings when a game is out of hand. I always check the "mop up only when losing" box. I've seen mop ups enter a game when their team is ahead only to have the whole thing go sideways.

Thank you for posting this. I was thinking I should be using this setting, and reading someone else using it for the same reason I was thinking about it validates my thoughts. I would hate to read a box score where I had an 8-2 lead and then lost it in the middle to late innings because the mop up guy came in and coughed up some runs.

Posted by rbow923 on 6/3/2018 12:19:00 AM (view original):
If a real pitcher throws in a blowout he accumulates fatigue. That's the only reason for having a mopup standing by.
Sometimes I draft 2 mopup guys, one who can spot start in case I underestimated how many innings I needed. This allows me to cut it close when drafting innings without wasting much money on a pitcher I might not need..

I hadn't thought about the spot start prospect with a mop up guy just in case innings were scarce.

Now I'm thinking, if you're playing a struggling team, you could use that game to rest a bunch of position players AND spot start a mop up guy and help fatigue during the season. Thank you for making me think of this.