Four to Six Man Rotations

[ninertravel]

Re: Four to Six Man Rotations

Speaking of postseason situations....

Why can't we get a starter up in the bullpen to warm up and put them in the game? Bumgarner in game 7 a few years ago and Verlander, Kershaw, etc last year prove this is a common occurrence we should be able to implement as well.

You can do this.

[coach422001]

Re: Four to Six Man Rotations

You can roll with 4 without any problem. But it would be nice to have the option for 6.

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OK but the OP asked about 4 man rotations and I was just saying it can be done.

[ninertravel]

Re: Four to Six Man Rotations

Yeah the 4 man rotation is easy, you just leave the 5th spot empty and it will automatically treat it like a 4 man rotation.

You used to be able to manually do a 6 man rotation, but now with morale being a thing it's a lot harder.

Morale doesn't really matter if you manually do this. just simply keep swamping your 6th and 5th starter out of the 5th slot, if they are both listed as a starter it should not effect it to much sure it might drop but will go back up if you keep swapping them around, Morale wont effect a 5th starter to much its' not like you are moving a Ace to the BP

[jyod21]

Re: Four to Six Man Rotations

Morale doesn't really matter if you manually do this. just simply keep swamping your 6th and 5th starter out of the 5th slot, if they are both listed as a starter it should not effect it to much sure it might drop but will go back up if you keep swapping them around, Morale wont effect a 5th starter to much its' not like you are moving a Ace to the BP

That wouldn't be a 6 man rotation. That would just be swapping who is pitching every 5th game between two guys. Your 1-4 starters would still have the same workload. To do a 6 man rotation, you currently have to move your ace around.

[ninertravel]

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That wouldn't be a 6 man rotation. That would just be swapping who is pitching every 5th game between two guys. Your 1-4 starters would still have the same workload. To do a 6 man rotation, you currently have to move your ace around.

No you don’t, just pick manually before the game starts the 5th slot guy which you swapped with the bp guy before the game,

The game does not force you to use the number 1 slot guy. Hell even on opening day you could pick
Your closer to start a game.

The only downfall
Is it screws the schedule up slightly so it will say you are gonna to face the Ace tomorrow but you really are not.

You just have to manually do this when the 6th day comes around manually. It’s the only way.

You could in theory go through the entire season not even starting your ACE in the 1 spot

[wellred]

Re: Four to Six Man Rotations

I really hope they have addressed the CPU putting short relievers in the starting rotation due to injuries while having a spot starter sitting in the minors.

That's the worst thing ever in this game, and it seems to happen to at least 1 or 2 teams every year in franchise. One thing you can do though is go in and manually edit that guys stamina to 70+ so he's at least reasonably effective as a starter. Make a note of it somewhere, and when he moves back to the BP you change it back. It's not a perfect solution but without having 30 team control it's all you got.

[TheWarmWind]

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Morale doesn't really matter if you manually do this. just simply keep swamping your 6th and 5th starter out of the 5th slot, if they are both listed as a starter it should not effect it to much sure it might drop but will go back up if you keep swapping them around, Morale wont effect a 5th starter to much its' not like you are moving a Ace to the BP

will the schedule automatically adjust? I'm the type of person who would put in the wrong starter just because it had defaulted to that person.

[ninertravel]

Re: Four to Six Man Rotations

will the schedule automatically adjust? I'm the type of person who would put in the wrong starter just because it had defaulted to that person.

No it won't you have to do it manually, it's the only way.

[gamer052001]

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Rays just announced they will start the season with a 4 man rotation, and Angels continue to confirm they will be using a 6 man rotation. I know there are marginally viable work arounds, but switching to 4 and 6 would be nice to have available.

[RyanLeaf16]

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Rays just announced they will start the season with a 4 man rotation, and Angels continue to confirm they will be using a 6 man rotation. I know there are marginally viable work arounds, but switching to 4 and 6 would be nice to have available.

They announced that awhile back. What they confirmed today is that there are going to use a 4-man rotation for the 2018 season with the 5th day being a bullpen day to take up the innings. Rotation will be Archer, Eovaldi, Faria and Snell. Appears Andriese will be part of that bullpen day

[Cycloniac]

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That's the worst thing ever in this game, and it seems to happen to at least 1 or 2 teams every year in franchise. One thing you can do though is go in and manually edit that guys stamina to 70+ so he's at least reasonably effective as a starter. Make a note of it somewhere, and when he moves back to the BP you change it back. It's not a perfect solution but without having 30 team control it's all you got.

This is really a roster rating issue also. There could be instances in which it isn't clear to the AI who can spot start; stamina ratings could be too high for the middle/short reliever who ends up in the rotation.

The AI also may realize there is someone who can start in its minor league system, but decides he's not MLB ready.

The way the AI makes these decisions used to bother me a lot, but then I considered the issue is really that SCEA uses stamina to decide who starts; in the MLB, it's more based on a picher's role, and in-game, there isn't the realistic changing of roles (SP-RP or vice versa) that happens in real life.

The only solution I've found is making the difference between a short reliever/middle reliver and a long reliver/spot starter more clear by adjusting stamina ratings.

[The Kid 24]

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So how are you guys handling the Rays rotation...

This is how they've started the year...

Archer
Snell
Bullpen (Kittredge)
Faria

Archer
Snell
Bullpen (Chirinos)
Faria

Maybe just rotation the guys making starts on the bullpen days? I believe they said Chirinos, Kittredge, Yarbrough, Andriese and Pruitt would all be making starts.

[Cycloniac]

Re: Four to Six Man Rotations

So how are you guys handling the Rays rotation...

This is how they've started the year...

Archer
Snell
Bullpen (Kittredge)
Faria

Archer
Snell
Bullpen (Chirinos)
Faria

Maybe just rotation the guys making starts on the bullpen days? I believe they said Chirinos, Kittredge, Yarbrough, Andriese and Pruitt would all be making starts.

There's no easy answer, but Chirinos is projected to make regular starts (whereas Kittredge is not), so I have him in the rotation with Archer, Faria, Snell and Andriese

I expect the Rays to go back to a more normal rotation when Eovaldi returns from the DL, especially if the spot starters struggle.

[trackstar121388]

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I know there's a workaround for both and I've used both of them but it'd be a nice addition to franchise and playoff RTTS situations that didn't need to be manually done.