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Mikemetal
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Question regarding mop-up guys. I have seen it mentioned in a post. How do you do the settings for a mop-up guy to eat some innings in blowouts? Thanks.
6/11/2020 6:15 PM
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6/11/2020 7:07 PM
Mikemetal
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Thank you! Just one question, will the sim take him out if let’s say he gives up 10 runs and all of a sudden it’s a save situation?
6/11/2020 7:51 PM
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Posted by ozomatli on 6/11/2020 7:07:00 PM (view original):
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I just figured that out this morning. 25 runs later, everyone else's fatigue bounced back a point or two . . .
6/11/2020 8:14 PM
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Posted by Mikemetal on 6/11/2020 7:51:00 PM (view original):
Thank you! Just one question, will the sim take him out if let’s say he gives up 10 runs and all of a sudden it’s a save situation?
depends on your call bullpen setting. if you're planning to use him when leading then set call bullpen at 3 and you'll avoid that. a common mistake is putting call bullpen on 1 and then watching the guy be left in to blow a 10 run lead.


6/11/2020 9:08 PM
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I never throw a mop up in games I’m winning. I’ve seen too many examples of blowing a 8-10 run lead that way
6/11/2020 10:28 PM
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Posted by 06gsp on 6/11/2020 9:09:00 PM (view original):
Posted by Mikemetal on 6/11/2020 7:51:00 PM (view original):
Thank you! Just one question, will the sim take him out if let’s say he gives up 10 runs and all of a sudden it’s a save situation?
depends on your call bullpen setting. if you're planning to use him when leading then set call bullpen at 3 and you'll avoid that. a common mistake is putting call bullpen on 1 and then watching the guy be left in to blow a 10 run lead.


This is a non-issue if you check the Manager Settings box to only have mop-ups come in when you're losing (which I would recommend if you're using truly terrible quality pitchers for your mop up).
6/11/2020 11:22 PM
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I put my mop-ups in when we’re winning. Just put them at a 3-4 setting and hopefully they’ll get you a couple outs. They hardly finish games for me, but a guy coming in for 1 out after my mop-up goes 1.2 IP and 5 ER helps with the fatigue
6/11/2020 11:37 PM
Mikemetal
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Thank everyone for the advice.
6/12/2020 2:23 AM
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If you use him from the middle innings you could eat up his stamina real fast. Might make sense late in the season but I don't do it early.
6/14/2020 2:42 AM
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