No no. Some of this is very wrong. The sim does not match bad pitching with
good opponents. It is randomish with adjustment for prefer-to-face and not
allowing the same SP to go more than once against the same opponent.

Moreover, matching bad pitching to good hitting would accomplish absolutely
nothing toward matching stats. This is something Jeff and Dave have explained
countless times on this list.

A pitcher who allowed double the league's batting average will allow about
double the batting average of every hitter he faces; a .200 hitter will hit .400
and a .400 hitter will hit .800. Matching him to good hitting would in no way
help achieve the targets.

I am always so curious about where these assumptions come from. Did you think
you heard someplace that pitching assignments are manipulated to aid
stat-matching, or did you make that up on your own somehow? We should try to be
careful about stating assumptions as statements. There is always a lot of
confusion around how pitching is reconciled with hitting.

--- In scoresheet-talk@yahoogroups.com, "bluechip_10" <bluechip_10@...> wrote:
>
> Couple of points...
>
> The order you list your starters determines who gets any extra starts. So #1
will get the extra start if he has extra start available. If not #2 will get and
so on.
>
> The order you list your starters has no bearing on the order they will appear
in a given week. Your #1 may get the 4th game of the week for instance.
>
> For matchups, think about it like this. You face two teams and for simplicity
sake lets say one has a huge offensive week and the other has a poor hitting
week. Don't you think the sim will try and match up your starting pitchers who
got hit harder against the lineup that hit well? and vice versa, any of your
pitchers who threw great games will get to face the opposition with the weak
hitting. The sim can't make everything work out as well as it does in general
without some kind of manipulation. It's not random.
>
>
>
> --- In scoresheet-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Carl" <togatx@> wrote:
> >
> > From Carl (origianl poster)
> > I think my original post got lost in the various translations. Derek and
otehrs have made some very astute observations though.
> >
> > What I was trying to ask, in general, does it really make any material
difference in Scoresheet game to match pitchers up or are we better off to leave
that up to the way the SIMM matches pitchers up week to week.?
> >
> > On the surface, it makes sense that it would should make a difference.
However, the BA/OBA/Slugging adjustments made when leftys face LH batters seems
much greater than when Rightys face RH batters, so I tend to look for matchups
when the other team's best hitters are leftys and don't think the adjustments
are materially enough to do RH pitcher vs RH hitters matchups unless I am
playing a powerful team (even if they are loaded with predominantly RH hitters)
whom I want someone like Lincecum to start against.
> >
> > If I'm playing a weaker team, I will typically use my 4th and 5th best
starters. That, in itself, may be why I seem to lose more games against teams
that I think my team should roll over.
> >
> > So the question is?? If you DO NOT use any pitcher ..Prefer to Face
teams..how does the SIMM determine which specific pitcher would pitch vs Team A
and which pitcher would pitch vs Team B? Does it start each week with pitcher #
1 and then to go # 2 and then # 3 and so forth? If so, would anything be
effected (either positively or negatively) by changing the order of your
pitching rotation each week, say moving your # 1 (say Lincecum as an example)
one week, to # 3 another week, and then back to # 1 another?
> >
> > Since I suppose teams can look at other team's starting rotation orders,
they can try to match up specific pitcher vs specific pitcher matchups to their
advantage by not matching their best pitcher up as # 1 (maybe using their worst)
when Lincecum starts. Maybe their best pitcher is slotted as # 2 or # 3 so they
dont have to matchup vs Lincecum and just write that one game off by using their
worst pitcher in the # 1 slot.
> >
> > But if the SIMM doesn't follow any particular order of starters when playing
out games, then that would not have any bearing. If it does, then I think it
would. Wouldn't it? Anyone have any thoughts?
> >
> > And in a typical 6 game week, if three pitchers get two starts in Real
Baseball, if you DO NOT use pitching matchup preference, how does the Scoresheet
SIMM decide which of those 3 pitchers gets that 6th game in Scoresheet game?
> >
> > Carl
>