<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I've seen a number of BFs for starters above what any starter BF ratings (34, 40+) with no mention of fatigue. The way I understand the rule, you *can* go 2 times the BF number, but all batters after BF are as a fatigued pitcher.</span></font></blockquote></blockquote><br>I should have clarified that this was in GRS reports of games. In other words, the starting pitcher faced 34 batters in one game, and in another 40+ batters, but no mention was made that said pitcher had ever fatigued. So they were past their BF SP Fatigue number, but under their 2x BF Rest number (the maximum allowed in order to only rest 3 days, albeit at a -8 BF fatigue penalty)</div><div><br></div><div>So all batters after their Starter BF fatigue rating should have been as a fatigued pitcher, correct?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Noel</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Apr 2, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Sean Sweda <<a href="mailto:sweda@ibl.org">sweda@ibl.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span>On Apr 2, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Noel Steere wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Just checking that everyone understands (or whether I misunderstand) the fatigue rules for starting pitchers: When he goes one above his Starter BF number, he's fatigued, and all penalties that apply start at that point.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>There are two sets of fatigue penalties</span><br><span>1) changes to event resolution (e.g. italicized numbers, L -> 1b lcf, etc.)</span><br><span>2) adjustments to range plays and DFs</span><br><span></span><br><span>#1 takes effect immediately, once the pitcher BF total exceeds the listed BF fatigue rating on his card</span><br><span>#2 takes effect at the beginning of each new inning *after* the pitcher fatigues, and are cumulative for every additional inning</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>(Also: If a Starter becomes fatigued at the very start of an inning, does that first inning begin the -1 range/+1 DF distance rules? </span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>the cumulative penalties don't kick in until the following inning (i.e. current inning "starts" before the pitcher faces a batter and fatigues)</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>And they *don't* apply in the inning where fatigue begins, if in the middle of the inning, correct?)</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>correct</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>I've seen a number of BFs for starters above what any starter BF ratings (34, 40+) with no mention of fatigue. The way I understand the rule, you *can* go 2 times the BF number, but all batters after BF are as a fatigued pitcher.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>I'm not sure what you're saying here, are you talking about directions you've seen in someone's MIS? Fatigue and rest have different BF cutoffs, it seems like you're referencing them both here without making a distinction (e.g. "2x BF" only has meaning for rest rating).</span><br><span></span><br><span>Sean</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>