Short reliever vs long reliever
Waveburner
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This may be a stupid question, but do people bother distinguishing between SR or LR when deciding who to put in the long relief spot? My best long reliever is still only 4.5 star, but i have around 7 5 star short relievers in my inactives. Is there any difference between the 2 player types? Do long relievers have longer stamina and don't get tired after only 1 inning? Just wondering if matters or if I should just plug in a 5 star for the upgrade. As always thanks for your help, this forum really is a great community and source of information.
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Yeah, the difference is stamina. If memory serves me right, short relievers pitch 1 inning at full strength and then go straight to “fading” (which drops their ratings pretty fast) in inning #2, whereas long relievers pitch 2 innings at full strength, then get “tired” in inning #3 (slight drop in ratings) before going to “fading” in inning #4.
I guess it depends on the discrepancy between your LR and your SRs, but unless your LR really sucks, I’d recommend keeping him there. Your LR typically goes in the game when your starter gets rocked out of the gate. So putting a SR in there doesn’t make much sense to me, even if he is really good. If your starter gets pulled in inning 3, you need a guy that can get you to the 6th inning, where the rest of your bullpen can take over. Having a SR pitch 1 inning in the 3rd or 4th doesn’t do much for you. The benefits of having a really good SR in the LR spot will be wasted because the rest of your bullpen will have to pitch beyond 1 inning, and thus will be “fading”.