Relief Pitcher Roles

[BleacherCreature]

If you guys have to put a non-closer into a closer role due to injury will they not be as effective as they are as say middle relief or setup? I have Chapman injured for 1-2 months and moved Kahnle into the closer role. He’s been lights out all season until he became my closer. My question is, would it make a difference if I changed Kahnle’s primary position to closer or does that not even matter?


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[Rmiok222]

Re: Relief Pitcher Roles

If you guys have to put a non-closer into a closer role due to injury will they not be as effective as they are as say middle relief or setup? I have Chapman injured for 1-2 months and moved Kahnle into the closer role. He’s been lights out all season until he became my closer. My question is, would it make a difference if I changed Kahnle’s primary position to closer or does that not even matter?


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Good question. I’d be surprised if he did worse though because usually when you move a regular bullpen guy to closer his morale goes up. Then again, I’d be surprised if morale has any use at all in this game when it comes to player performance.


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[Caulfield]

Re: Relief Pitcher Roles

I doubt it matters*. If you let the cpu set your lineup, rotation & bullpen, it will put the reliever with the highest overall at closer even if he is just a regular reliever, unless his stamina is so high he's better fit in long relief. what might keep a regular reliever from performing as well as most closers would be a relatively lower clutch rating

*as far as I know

[BleacherCreature]

Re: Relief Pitcher Roles

I doubt it matters*. If you let the cpu set your lineup, rotation & bullpen, it will put the reliever with the highest overall at closer even if he is just a regular reliever, unless his stamina is so high he's better fit in long relief. what might keep a regular reliever from performing as well as most closers would be a relatively lower clutch rating

*as far as I know

I’ve actually since replaced Kahnle with Britton since I pretty much gassed Kahnle in his last game, had him throw 30 + pitches. Britton is 2 for 2 in save opportunities in the last 2 games. One was a 13th inning 8-6 win (Kahnle blew a 6-3 lead in the 9th giving up a 3 run homer to Trout) the next I was down 6-3 in the 9th and rallied for 6 runs against the Angels and won 9-6. I did change Britton’s primary position to closer before the second game and he dominated. 2 K’s and a weak popout while throwing only 9 pitches.


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