Post by Rangers GM (Stephen) on Mar 15, 2024 6:34:26 GMT -5
Preamble:
mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/post/53576/thread
Possible area for improvement:
Rebalance active pitcher slots to better represent the player pool.
Why this could be considered an area for improvement:
Having 3 SP-only spots in a 30 team league implies a possible number of starting pitchers per day (90) which is unsupported in reality.
Possible solution:
Changing at least one SP slot to P.
Pros of solution:
- Would make rosters look more like real-life where each team starts one pitcher and generally has at least 7 other pitchers available in relief on any given day.
- Converting from SP to P retains flexibility to accommodate when a team in this league has multiple SP in real-life pitching.
- Reduces advantage to randomness of primary RP who qualify at SP since a more representative amount of RP will be played each day. Currently there can be a 9 to 6 discrepancy in how many primary RP can be played on any given day, and this proposal would potentially reduce that imbalance from 9 to 7 and see a declining return on investment from these anomalies.
- Marginally increases the value of RP, currently our least-valued player demographic.
- Reduces inflated value of SP-eligible RP.
Cons of solution:
- A team with more than 2 real life SP starting in a day will need to use a P slot to gain those stats. Minimal impact.
- Break from traditional active roster allocation (and historical records).#
Notice period for adoption if solution voted in:
Medium (1 years)
mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/post/53576/thread
Possible area for improvement:
Rebalance active pitcher slots to better represent the player pool.
Why this could be considered an area for improvement:
Having 3 SP-only spots in a 30 team league implies a possible number of starting pitchers per day (90) which is unsupported in reality.
Possible solution:
Changing at least one SP slot to P.
Pros of solution:
- Would make rosters look more like real-life where each team starts one pitcher and generally has at least 7 other pitchers available in relief on any given day.
- Converting from SP to P retains flexibility to accommodate when a team in this league has multiple SP in real-life pitching.
- Reduces advantage to randomness of primary RP who qualify at SP since a more representative amount of RP will be played each day. Currently there can be a 9 to 6 discrepancy in how many primary RP can be played on any given day, and this proposal would potentially reduce that imbalance from 9 to 7 and see a declining return on investment from these anomalies.
- Marginally increases the value of RP, currently our least-valued player demographic.
- Reduces inflated value of SP-eligible RP.
Cons of solution:
- A team with more than 2 real life SP starting in a day will need to use a P slot to gain those stats. Minimal impact.
- Break from traditional active roster allocation (and historical records).#
Notice period for adoption if solution voted in:
Medium (1 years)