<div dir="ltr"><div>I've received an additional usage appeal...SDQ did not realize that CIN Lorenzen had been removed from his roster, and has filed a late appeal.</div><div><br></div><div>Lorenzen had both a pitcher and hitter card last season, and according to our recent rule changes for Shohei Ohtani, such a two-way player needs to make usage as both a hitter and pitcher. Lorenzen made usage easily as a pitcher (121%) but came up short of the required PA as a hitter.<br></div><div><br></div><div>For the following reasons, I am going to uphold the appeal and allow SDQ to keep Lorenzen:</div><div><br></div><div>1) The Almanac, which SDQ was using to track usage, has not yet been updated to handle two-way players, and failed to track Lorenzen's hitting usage</div><div>
<div>2) It would not have been difficult to get Lorenzen usage as a hitter if the Almanac tracker was working correctly and had displayed that he was coming up short<br></div><div>3) Lorenzen made usage easily as a pitcher, at 121% usage and finishing 2nd in the IBL in appearances<br></div></div><div><div>4) Lorenzen won't have a hitter card in the 2021 card set anyway<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Rusty<br></div></div></div>