The APBA Company quietly rolled out the Starting Pitching Fatigue Chart with the new season. Those of you who received new cards may have noticed a new rating with the pitchers’ grade. The fatigue rating appears as a number right after the strikeout and control ratings on the same line as the pitcher’s grade.
See the highlighted fatigue rating on Jake Odorizzi’s APBA card.
This fatigue rating is to be used with APBA Starting Pitching Fatigue Chart which is found on APBA’s web site here. As far as I can tell, this fatigue rating chart is meant to be used as an advanced feature for the Basic Game. Though it could be used with the Master Game, that game has its own fatigue system with the Q rating.
How does it work? To put it VERY simply, two dice are rolled and added before the game. You then refer to the chart. That gives you an idea how many batters the pitcher can face before his grade is affected. There are additional rules regarding whether or not he retires the following batters which may quicken his demise.
As a point of information (because I was confused by this), the numbers in the parenthesis are to be subtracted from the BF Rating.
Note that if your pitcher hasn’t given up an earned run, he is still subject to the grade advancements as per usual APBA rules, UNTIL he gives up a run.
In concept, I like the idea of a pitchers’ fatigue system especially for replays. I haven’t had a chance to test this one out yet though. Has anyone test driven this Starting Pitching Fatigue System out? I’m curious how it’s worked for you. If so, post your results.