Does anyone know the criteria Sparky uses on when to bring in a mop up?
I rarely use the mop up, but in one theme with a lower budget, I decided to use a 200K guy to eat up some garbage innings, and I made sure the "use mop up only when losing" box. So, I found it strange to notice that in 9 appearances, he is 0-3. How can he get a loss if he only comes in when losing?
Turns out two of the games were extra-inning games and presumably the other pitchers were all used or tired by that point. In the third game, I was behind by 3 runs in the 7th when moppy came in. I proceeded to take the lead in the 8th, then moppy blew the lead in the 9th. Why a closer or setup didn't come in at that point, I'm not sure, and 3 runs behind in the 7th doesn't really feel like a mopup situation to me in the first place.
However it turns out, more than a third of his innings have come in situations that are not "eating up garbage innings" as I had hoped. Maybe I just needed to be reminded of why I never use the mopup. What are your experiences of how he is used?