Posted by strikeout26 on 2/15/2019 1:16:00 PM (view original):
He will get some of it back.

So if I have the pitching to stay in the race it might be worth it to shelve him for several starts?

Posted by jamier2003 on 2/15/2019 1:25:00 PM (view original):

Posted by strikeout26 on 2/15/2019 1:16:00 PM (view original):
He will get some of it back.

So if I have the pitching to stay in the race it might be worth it to shelve him for several starts?

I'd do it until he stops getting boosts. (When it says 'regular season' instead of 'injury recovery')

Yes, if you can live without him early in the year follow hockey's advice.

Everybody asks if it's too early to call a player up. I'm wondering about the opposite.

I'm not averse to letting a player marinate in AAA, if he's not needed at the ML level, still young enough to develop, and not critically low on patience. Often I have a young player have a poor first season at AAA and then blow up in the second.

So, I've kinda had a mental guideline that it's acceptable to have a prospect do a max of three seasons at AAA but never more. Four or more, he's going to start backsliding and I start wasting potential.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

That makes intuitive sense to me damag, but I can't confirm for sure. I do, however, have my own question that I'm hoping someone can help me with:

I am fairly certain that a lower "Call Bullpen" rating means a guy is more likely to come in (ie if Player A has a rating of 1 and Player B has a rating of 2, then Player A will get the call first), but want to confirm this as we get ready for the Regular Season in Steinbrenner.

Posted by bruinsfan911 on 2/16/2019 3:04:00 PM (view original):
That makes intuitive sense to me damag, but I can't confirm for sure. I do, however, have my own question that I'm hoping someone can help me with:

I am fairly certain that a lower "Call Bullpen" rating means a guy is more likely to come in (ie if Player A has a rating of 1 and Player B has a rating of 2, then Player A will get the call first), but want to confirm this as we get ready for the Regular Season in Steinbrenner.

No that is incorrect.

The "call bullpen" setting affects how much of a leash you're willing to give a particular pitcher.
A setting of 1 means he will seldom get pulled until he reaches his pitch count.
A setting of 5 means he will be yanked at the first sign of trouble.

What you are describing is a function of A or B distinction.
Set Up A will be used before Set Up B, assuming it is a high leverage situation.
When the game is somewhat more lopsided SetUp B may be used first, to save "A" innings for more high leverage situations.
Same with Long A and Long B, where Long A will be called in first if available.

It is somewhat fuzzier than that because the sim also factors in which inning you are in, how far you are behind or ahead, lefty/righty match ups, etc.

Yeah, and the only way to see how the sim coach divides up the As and Bs, or pitchers you've set to the same roles, is through observation. So when you set your roles and pitcher settings, think of it as the As are the pitchers you want when you need outs, and the Bs are the ones when you want to save the As for another time.

Posted by Vitamin_C on 2/16/2019 4:40:00 PM (view original):

Posted by bruinsfan911 on 2/16/2019 3:04:00 PM (view original):
That makes intuitive sense to me damag, but I can't confirm for sure. I do, however, have my own question that I'm hoping someone can help me with:

I am fairly certain that a lower "Call Bullpen" rating means a guy is more likely to come in (ie if Player A has a rating of 1 and Player B has a rating of 2, then Player A will get the call first), but want to confirm this as we get ready for the Regular Season in Steinbrenner.

No that is incorrect.

The "call bullpen" setting affects how much of a leash you're willing to give a particular pitcher.
A setting of 1 means he will seldom get pulled until he reaches his pitch count.
A setting of 5 means he will be yanked at the first sign of trouble.

What you are describing is a function of A or B distinction.
Set Up A will be used before Set Up B, assuming it is a high leverage situation.
When the game is somewhat more lopsided SetUp B may be used first, to save "A" innings for more high leverage situations.
Same with Long A and Long B, where Long A will be called in first if available.

It is somewhat fuzzier than that because the sim also factors in which inning you are in, how far you are behind or ahead, lefty/righty match ups, etc.

The above is correct. The only thing I'd add is that Setup B seems to always come in before Setup A (contingent on availability) in innings 1-4. If you have a long reliever set this probably doesn't matter much, but I often don't set a long reliever so I have to pay attention to it.

Posted by damag on 2/16/2019 4:33:00 PM (view original):
Yeah, and the only way to see how the sim coach divides up the As and Bs, or pitchers you've set to the same roles, is through observation. So when you set your roles and pitcher settings, think of it as the As are the pitchers you want when you need outs, and the Bs are the ones when you want to save the As for another time.

I knew this was fundamentally true, I just figured that Call Bullpen was an additional layer to the same puzzle...ie Set-Up A with a higher Call Bullpen would be brought in before a SU-A with a lower Call Bullpen.

Since that isn't the case, I'm assuming SIMMY's logic is fairly fuzzy when it comes to Call Bullpen? IWO, I'm assuming it does not a setting of 1 mean that they pitcher in question will be pulled after X batters and a setting of 5 would mean getting pulled after X+X+X+X+X batters (or more likely pitches instead of batters) ?

Call Bullpen, as far as I know, is game situation dependent. 5, as far as I can tell, means he gets the hook the moment he gives up multiple runs in the same inning. 1 means he's not coming out till he hits his pitch count. 2-3-4 are degrees in between, but I haven't figured out the exact thresholds of each.

If a player wants to test free agency do they ever change their mind during resign period? Has it ever happened to them? If you give them a lot of money.. Thanks.

Posted by damag on 2/16/2019 12:50:00 PM (view original):
Everybody asks if it's too early to call a player up. I'm wondering about the opposite.

I'm not averse to letting a player marinate in AAA, if he's not needed at the ML level, still young enough to develop, and not critically low on patience. Often I have a young player have a poor first season at AAA and then blow up in the second.

So, I've kinda had a mental guideline that it's acceptable to have a prospect do a max of three seasons at AAA but never more. Four or more, he's going to start backsliding and I start wasting potential.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

I'm probably the complete opposite. I generally bring up guys at age 21-22. This is the first year I'm holding a prospect until 20 games so I can get a extra year but he's only 21. I look at it if you have the guy for 10-11 years might as well get the younger prime years. Especially true on power, and defense.

But they need to play, at least a little bit.

What is the lowest number of ABs needed for a FA to get qualified as a Type-B?

Another quick managerial question: I remember reading someone making a comment about in-season adjustments to lineups/pitching staffs where they said "I evaluate each of my position players after every X plate appearances and my pitchers after every Y innings pitched to see if I need to tweak anything."
I think I remember the plate appearances being somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 and the innings pitched being somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 (or maybe it was the other way around?)

Up until now, I typically do this kind of check-in about once a real-life week, which works out to about every 20 games. That would be about every 60 PA for everyday starters, and the IP would vary a bit. So, my question is: how often do those of you reading this tweak player settings based on performance? What about Managerial Settings?

Posted by opie100 on 2/17/2019 3:04:00 PM (view original):
What is the lowest number of ABs needed for a FA to get qualified as a Type-B?

I'm reasonably sure Type A and B is based on overall ratings and nothing else.