Giving players rest days?

[Jay Cee]

Just curious at what point do you give a guy a rest day? Do you wait u too their energy meter is all the way down to 25% or do you do it sooner?

[LowerWolf]

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Just curious at what point do you give a guy a rest day? Do you wait u too their energy meter is all the way down to 25% or do you do it sooner?

For me, it varies. I'll rest guys a lot of times when it's recommended. My star players, I'll typically let go a little longer.

I always start a different catcher for a day game after a night game, regardless of energy.

I tend to go with backups more on Sundays or days before an off day, to give my regulars two days off.

If say I'm facing a lefty on a Saturday, I may rest a left-handed hitter on Saturday instead of Sunday to get an extra right-handed bat in the lineup.

[Gagnon39]

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I try to plan it out as best I can do all my star players don’t need a rest on the same day. If it’s a lefty and Schwarber is even close to needing a rest, I rest him, etc.


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[onegroove7]

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Getting ahead of the situation is key. I like to have a great defensive center fielder that plays 4 out 5 games even if I have 3 good offensive outfielders. Those 3 players can rotate in/out of left/right field to keep them rested and playing at their best. When your best strikeout pitcher is on the mound, you can rest the defensive center fielder and use all 3 offensive guys because defense won't be as important if the ball is in put in play less.

Using the DH is important as well. If you have a star 3rd basemen that you want to play as often as possible, you want to DH him once each series even if he's a good fielder. Having depth is what allows you to do this. Having a couple decent infielders (usually one left-handed bat and one right-handed) means there's always someone you can sub in to keep your infield well rested.

I play manager mode and my lineup is rarely the same two days in a row.

[bacon96]

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It's entirely dependent on what my bench options are but I try to rest my catchers often and pay a lot of attention to platooning.

[Arod2k9]

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What I do is give back up SS, 3B, 2B, CF a start for Wednesday/Sunday day games. That gives starters break during the season.


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[Arod2k9]

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What I do is give back up SS, 3B, 2B, C a start for Wednesday/Sunday day games. That gives starters break during the season.


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[mrsaito]

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In general I think the fatigue engine for this game is good.

My question: Does anybody know if playing a partial game rest results in a energy bump? For example if I'm winning an early blowout and rest a player after 3 innings will it recharge their energy at all or does the fact that they play in the game mean that they tire just as much regardless of the number of innings played?

[toodles2you90]

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In general I think the fatigue engine for this game is good.

My question: Does anybody know if playing a partial game rest results in a energy bump? For example if I'm winning an early blowout and rest a player after 3 innings will it recharge their energy at all or does the fact that they play in the game mean that they tire just as much regardless of the number of innings played?

I know in previous versions they gain energy back. I haven't really looked at it this year but I'm guessing it is the same. Playing with the Cardinals, I do a lot of late inning subs for defensive purposes so I really don't notice it because my players are all typically rested.

[Caulfield]

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For me, it varies. I'll rest guys a lot of times when it's recommended.

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otherwise I'd bend 'em till they break. I want them to all be Cal Ripken Jr. but in reality you have to treat them like they're Eric Davis. this is just for non-pitchers & non-catchers. my bullpen mgmt. is quite complicated and how I play my catchers is completely depending on who my two catchers are. the combinations you get at catcher are like snowflakes, no combination of 2 catchers per team are exactly alike.

[knich]

Re: Giving players rest days?

In general I think the fatigue engine for this game is good.

My question: Does anybody know if playing a partial game rest results in a energy bump? For example if I'm winning an early blowout and rest a player after 3 innings will it recharge their energy at all or does the fact that they play in the game mean that they tire just as much regardless of the number of innings played?

I know in previous versions they gain energy back. I haven't really looked at it this year but I'm guessing it is the same. Playing with the Cardinals, I do a lot of late inning subs for defensive purposes so I really don't notice it because my players are all typically rested.

Yeah it worked that way in past years. But I am not shore if it is working for DH. Sanchez was really low on energy so I had him play DH. That usually gives him a little bump. I did not see a bump this time. But I haven't played enough games yet to really pay attention to it.

[My993C2]

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Prior to the start of a game I take note of which players are the most fatigued and then during the game if it makes sense I make sure to sub them out of the game with someone coming in from the bench so as to not drain their energy levels down to very low levels. But I also play attention to who has gone cold regardless of whether or not they are fatigued. When someone goes cold, I bench them usually for two games and more often than not this will help them get off of their respective cold streaks sooner than had I do nothing. Of course it doesn't always work. Finally thanks to the MLB season starting sooner on the calendar than it historically has these last few years, there are more day offs in a given week than there was historically. Historically I would say your team only had one off day every three weeks, but these days you get at least two sometimes three off days in a three week period. So sitting players due to fatigue is less of an issue. But I do need to watch my bullpen and try and get my starters to last a minimum of five or more innings as the relief pitchers tend to get more fatigued than the positional players and my slider setting for relief pitcher fatigue is set to the default 5 value for both human and CPU controlled teams.

[JAYtheVET]

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In general I think the fatigue engine for this game is good.

My question: Does anybody know if playing a partial game rest results in a energy bump? For example if I'm winning an early blowout and rest a player after 3 innings will it recharge their energy at all or does the fact that they play in the game mean that they tire just as much regardless of the number of innings played?

Players regain energy if you take them out of the game. Depends on the inning. If I'm winning by more than 5 I'll usually take guys out that need the break. Saves me from giving them full games off. Especially for star players.

Don't know the exact numbers but if I had to guess I'd say roughly 7-8 points (on a 1-100 scale) added per inning rested.

[ninertravel]

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Early on in the season I mix it up that’s his they like to do it in the real world so people get at bats the catchers you find in real life play a lot of early. Games

[Formula1Racing]

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Very interesting topic and an excellent question OP. I love these types of post. I can gain valuable info and tips for my MLBTS Franchise.

Thanks all!