Starting pitchers stamina not full for start.

[pfunk880]

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I think the guy that said something about having to pitch in pressure situations having something to do with stamina might be on to something. Then again, there could be a whole room full of developers laughing their tails off over our guesses.

Haha, true.

I'm sure if there was some training method or magic elixir that made pitchers fully fresh for every one of their starts throughout the season, GMs and managers would be very interested in them. A million dollar idea!

[ImTellinTim]

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I think this is right. I was playing a game this morning with Jonathan Sanchez and it was the 7th inning and him throwing about 70 pitches. Checked his stamina bar and it was at about 50%. At that time, he had given up no runs, about 3 hits, no walks, and about 4 strikeouts. During the 7th, the other team started to cream me and he gave up something like 4 hits and 2 runs. By the next inning, I checked his stamina again and he was at about 15-20%.

I've noticed this as well. I also use Sportscast Manager for 1-2 games a series (which, btw, needs to be scrapped and totally rebuilt) and you can really see the effects that different types of at bats have on pitcher stamina. Start walking guys or giving up strings of hits (especially in deep counts) and it drops like the mercury on a clear Minnesota night in February. But if you put together a string of outs, it does not drop nearly as fast. It even seems like getting a 5 pitch strikout as opposed to a putout on a 3-1 count results in less of a drop. Also, I've noticed that if you come off a 1-2-3 inning and get the first guy out on one or two pitches in the next inning, your energy actually goes up ever so slightly. I haven't really checked when playing a live game, but I would think that this holds true there as well.

[Ruffy]

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I can go over 100 with stamina at 2 and the players stamina lower than it started at. It's not that hard. And you can keep going in games after the bar hits 0.

Also every time I play the stamina bar is either full or close enough to it.

Metered or Classic Pitching?

[RAZRr1275]

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Metered or Classic Pitching?

classic

[livnlegn]

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I guess I am The Mad Hatter, but here I'll side with Batman.

Just ignore the energy bar and pitch. Throw 200 pitches, what does it matter? It's not like you just drafted Stephen Strasburg and your entire life depends on his arm not falling off.

Just start calling everyone in your franchise Carlos Zambrano and let them carry the load. I guarantee they won't see a similar drop-off in skills. There are no fatigue related injuries, they won't complain of shoulder soreness, nothing.

Test yourself and pitch as long as you want.

Could it be fixed? How would I know?

Should it be fixed? Yes. But I think they have bigger fish to fry. I'm not against it though.

[knick9mm]

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This has happened to me once with Ben Sheets. I had him pitch a CG with like 110+ pitches and his energy bar during the game was completely empty. Then for his next start his bar wasn't full.

But if I have my pitchers not throw too many pitches, they are good.