RP not Advancing
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All-
I am in a league where RP’s advance in grade to the first batter they face. Through the seasons I’ve noticed if a RP comes in during the inning, say two runners on, none out…they don’t advance. My thought was, OK, the RP didn’t advance because there weren’t any outs. But, that theory has been proven untrue in some other recent games. Can anyone explain this one to me?
Thanks
Mark -
So I just set up a game and experimented with this a bit.
As has always been the case, the reliever appears to need two things to get the first-batter upgrade:- He must have a reliever * asterisk on his pitching grade (pitchers rated as starters-only don’t get upgraded).
- He must face a batter hitting from the same side (ie. lefty-on-lefty or righty-on-righty).
But you probably already knew that.
Also… the upgrade does NOT appear to happen if the half-inning hasn’t begun yet. I tried making a change between innings. All the criteria was there, but the reliever did not get an upgrade for the first batter of the inning.
But as long as the half-inning has started (ie. a batter has reached base or made an out), the upgrade now appears to work EVEN IF there are none out. I believe that may be different from in the past. The GO Support people may have recently tweaked the game engine on that.