Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

[DarkFudge]

Just wondering if there is an option to turn OFF requiring pitchers to warm up before bringing them in?

[masterkembo]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

I've never seen an option. Is there an option for it in real life??

You don't have to warm up your pitchers, they just won't be nearly as effective...which makes sense to me.

[bsb13]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

I've never seen an option. Is there an option for it in real life??

Just because it isn't an option in real life doesn't necessarily mean it shouldn't be an option in the game. I mean do you have the option to turn on/off strike zones, throw meters, fielding aids, pitching meters, and so on in real life?

I kinda like warming up my pitchers now, but back in the day I didn't like having to do it.

[Knight165]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

I understand how some might want to have an option to have any pitcher fully ready at any time, but I like the fact that in certain instances, my RP will not be fully warmed up and I'm forced to bring him in anyway. I don't mean that I forgot to warm him..but on occasion, three batters isn't enough to get him a full bar. I guess in some ways this really happens, so it's nice to see it in there and with an option to turn off the warm up...it wouldn't be. I'm always a little more apprehensive on that first batter when I know he's not fully ready.
As a matter of fact....I hope that SCEA incorporates the warm up to the CPU.
Two reasons.
One...as stated above....so they wouldn't have everyone ready at all times.
Two....it is one of the reasons you don't get to see the CPU pitchers warming up in the bullpens like you do your pitchers....they are never in the bullpen!!!
I hope to see in the future...a cut scene to the opposing pen and some mention of who the CPU is warming up.

M.K.
Knight165

[Cubfan]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

Knight did SCEA give you a reason as to why the CPU doesn't have to warm its pitchers up before bring them in?

[nemesis04]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

Knight did SCEA give you a reason as to why the CPU doesn't have to warm its pitchers up before bring them in?

It had to do with the way the AI was programmed. They made it sound like it was not an easy change. Hopefully it can be changed in the future.

[Cubfan]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

It had to do with the way the AI was programmed. They made it sound like it was not an easy change. Hopefully it can be changed in the future.

Thanks for the info Nem.

[DarkFudge]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

Guys, Im as sim purist as they come but for me in any baseball game, one of the first options I always look to toggle is the Pitchers always Warm (or whatever the feature may be called)

The simple reason for me is, there just isnt enough of a strategic risk/reward in this area to make it worth the extra micromanaging and juggling throughout a game. I dont want to have to take 2 hours just to play a single game and I just dont have the patience to keep toggling in and out of bullpen and lineup windows to keep rotating pitchers into the bullpen (and out before they wear out) for an entire game. And its not like Im missing out on a key strategic element of the sport...I mean, how often does a manager make the mistake of not warming up their pitchers before bringing them into pitch in real life?

I like to have ALWAYS WARM option on and just consider the bullpen juggling being handled by my pitching coach.

I really dont mind sacrificing that small bit of authenticity for the sake of saving the unnecessary micromanagement.

[Polo Bandit]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

I was for sure there is an option to turn it off. I'm not near the game right now to check, but maybe there's a slider concerning how long it takes pitchers to warm up?

[baseball66]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

i'm all for an option to not have to warm up your relief pitchers before bringing them in cause i quite often forget to do it.

[eyeamg0dly]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

yeah but it does happens sometimes irl. early in the game when the starter gets rocked and cant get out of the inning. nobody can see those coming and have a chance to have a reliever fully warm.

what i do is in the bottom of the 5th or top of the 6th, depending if im home or away, when im at bat, i start warming up my relievers, usually a lefty and a righty. when i get back on defense they are already warm and i sit them down. i repeat every inning till the end of the game. this way my relievers are always warm. it doesnt take long to do this and to me it adds strategy to the game.

[twiztiddarkangelman]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

yeah but it does happens sometimes irl. early in the game when the starter gets rocked and cant get out of the inning. nobody can see those coming and have a chance to have a reliever fully warm.

what i do is in the bottom of the 5th or top of the 6th, depending if im home or away, when im at bat, i start warming up my relievers, usually a lefty and a righty. when i get back on defense they are already warm and i sit them down. i repeat every inning till the end of the game. this way my relievers are always warm. it doesnt take long to do this and to me it adds strategy to the game.

Do they lose some of they're effectiveness getting them up and down like that?

[Jwilkers]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

yeah but it does happens sometimes irl. early in the game when the starter gets rocked and cant get out of the inning. nobody can see those coming and have a chance to have a reliever fully warm.

what i do is in the bottom of the 5th or top of the 6th, depending if im home or away, when im at bat, i start warming up my relievers, usually a lefty and a righty. when i get back on defense they are already warm and i sit them down. i repeat every inning till the end of the game. this way my relievers are always warm. it doesnt take long to do this and to me it adds strategy to the game.

You don't have to manuallly do this If you leave a pitcher in the bullpen he will pitch ( AI wise ) until he warms up. As long as you don't sit him down he will stay warm and not cool off. If you sit him he will start cooling down. We just don't show him standing with his arms crossed as in real life.

[eyeamg0dly]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

You don't have to manuallly do this If you leave a pitcher in the bullpen he will pitch ( AI wise ) until he warms up. As long as you don't sit him down he will stay warm and not cool off. If you sit him he will start cooling down. We just don't show him standing with his arms crossed as in real life.

if you leave your relievers in the bullpen for too long he will cool off as well. there have been times where i forget to sit them down, and then i need them in the next inning and they are cold.

with the way i do it, i put them right back in the bullpen when im at bat in the next half inning, and they warm back up again. i like it because i can keep more then 2 pitchers warm this way.

[DarkFudge]

Re: Is there a NO WARMUP option for Relief Pitchers?

Guys, while I understand its a necessity to have this in any baseball game because its a realistic aspect of the game, There should be the OPTION to Auto Warm because its just too much micromanaging for such little strategic risk/reward in the game.

Alot of us dont want to deal with this insignifigant aspect of the game and would be willing to make a small sacrifice in authenticity to keep the game moving along.

Just give us the OPTION so everyone is happy