Pregame suggestion to bench your catcher for calling a bad game?

[decga]

Quote: Originally Posted by Braves Fan

TEAM ERA - 4.36 Daniel Hudson - 8-3, 3.46 ERA, 1.36 WHIP Jake Arrieta - 3-4, 3.87 ERA, 1.41 WHIP Brian Matusz - 5-4, 5.05 ERA, 1.57 WHIP Win Yen Chen - 8-3, 3.47 ERA, 1.27 WHIP Bobby Bundy - 0-1, 6.75 ERA, 2.18 WHIP (only 3 starts, Britton and Tillman have been used here as well and both had an era over 6) Tsuyoshi Wada - 2.87 ERA, 1.53 WHIP Darren O'Day - 2.37 ERA, 1.32 WHIP Jim Johnson - 3.07 ERA, 1.26 WHIP Sergio Romo - 5.71 ERA, 1.73 WHIP Matt Lindstrom - 2.76 ERA, 1.23 WHIP Joba Chamberlain - 3.52 ERA, 1.14 WHIP Jonathan Broxton - 5.09 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, 16 for 20 in Saves Had Patton before I called O'Day up and he had an ERA over 7. So my pitching hasn't been great as you can see, I'm trying to remain patient and not trade the farm to improve it. I have Bauer in AAA I'm considering calling up but Bundy was good his last time out and he was dominating in AAA.

I never seen that note before the lineup. I am not sure "what is causing all of this". I play as the Braves my Team ERA is 3.36, but I dont have any or many WP or PB by McCann. But interesting enough. I will keep my eye for that one.

[tytyboogie]

Ive been waiting for this for every yrs release....its such a big part of games...some catchers just cant plain handle a staff and call a game. so u see pitchers more and more with personal catchers..think bout how a bad catcher can bring down pitcher confidence atnd morale..this can be implemented too.i would love to at least have catchers have a attribute

[IK720]

Quote: Originally Posted by tytyboogie

Ive been waiting for this for every yrs release....its such a big part of games...some catchers just cant plain handle a staff and call a game. so u see pitchers more and more with personal catchers..think bout how a bad catcher can bring down pitcher confidence atnd morale..this can be implemented too.i would love to at least have catchers have a attribute

Very true. For example Chris Stewart always catches CC for the yankees. If there wasn't a good reason for this do you honestly think the yanks would give up that Martin's bat in the lineup? Obviously there is something behind it.. and catcher's should most definitely have a rating.

[HechticSooner]

Quote: Originally Posted by IK720

Very true. For example Chris Stewart always catches CC for the yankees. If there wasn't a good reason for this do you honestly think the yanks would give up that Martin's bat in the lineup? Obviously there is something behind it.. and catcher's should most definitely have a rating.

Actually I would argue this as statistically it has been proven that catchers have zero effect on pitchers eras or w-l records or even k numbers. Those few pitchers that have demanded individual catchers usually are allowed to do such because they are studs and no one wants to step on the devas toes.

[Heroesandvillains]

Quote: Originally Posted by HechticSooner

Actually I would argue this as statistically it has been proven that catchers have zero effect on pitchers eras or w-l records or even k numbers. Those few pitchers that have demanded individual catchers usually are allowed to do such because they are studs and no one wants to step on the devas toes.

AJ Burnett demanding Francisco Cervelli?

Burnett was no stud. LOL!

[Heroesandvillains]

Ok, I got this notification for Russell Martin AGAIN last night. And every game lately I've been getting pounded.

I'm not saying there's a correlation, but I am saying Jesus Flores will be catching CC tonight.

Anybody care to join me in trying to figure out the cause for this notification?

[AC]

Quote: Originally Posted by Heroesandvillains

Ok, I got this notification for Russell Martin AGAIN last night. And every game lately I've been getting pounded. I'm not saying there's a correlation, but I am saying Jesus Flores will be catching CC tonight. Anybody care to join me in trying to figure out the cause for this notification?

How many past balls have you been getting?

Does anyone really care where I sent this from?

[nomo17k]

Where is the energy level at for the catcher when you receive this message? I know there are some messages that you get when a player is performing poorly or having a very uneven split, etc., but I've never received this notice about calling a game myself. I thought that sort of message is just to give a variation in how you should give him a rest (based on his energy level), but it's interesting if the game actually takes this into account.

Too bad I often pitch too well for the game to think I pitch poorly. :P