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Tory Hernandez

1:14

Is anyone here?

1:16

Well, I don't see any questions yet. It looks like just three people on the chat as of now. Me, my father and Kenny. Is anyone else here? Does anyone else have a question?

1:19

Kenny, do you have any questions?

Kenny Lindberg

1:19

I am not sure of others

Tony Hernandez

1:19

I am.

RFB Twins

1:24

Chat wasn't working earlier.

Kenny Lindberg

1:24

I am good at this point

RFB Twins

1:24

Can you explain RP usage with priority, recent performance, etc.?

Tory Hernandez

1:26

That's a very broad question, Braden. It would take me about an hour to write that all up. The code has hundreds of different scenarios. What I can explain in a nutshell, is that we operate much like a MLB manager works a game. I can use a few different examples...

1:27

If it's the 7th inning and your team is up by three runs or less, and your SP is done, your team will look for a one inning performance from your number 1 listed RP. It will also make sure that said pitcher has not pitched three days in a row. If he has not pitched three days in a row and he has an appearance available, it will go to him. With one caveat...

1:28

If the pitcher doesn't have a full inning, for instance, .1, .2, 1.1, etc. it might not pull him. This is because the code has to first organize all the available pitchers to reach nine innings (eight for a visiting team who loses).

1:29

Excuse me, if it's the 7th inning it will go to your #2 listed, not your #1.

If your team is winning by four runs or more, it will look to choose relievers ranked lower and save your set up men and closers for outings when it's a close game.

1:30

Your closer will only be used when it's a save situation. However, there are scenarios where the closer has to be used in order to fulfill a nine inning game for your team.

1:32

If you are losing by more than three runs, the code will go to your lower ranked relievers. If the score is within three runs, it will try and pull your better relievers, sans your closer.

1:33

If your SP goes less than six innings (home team) or less than five innings (visiting team), it will look to find a pitcher with a multiple inning outing. All the while considering that we must fulfill a nine inning game. And, also considering the days rest and available appearances.

Is that helpful, Braden?

Kenny Lindberg

1:35

Is there going to be a point where games could be tracked somewhat similar to MLB Gameday?

Tory Hernandez

1:35

Do you mean in real-time?

Tony Hernandez

1:36

By multiple innings, do you mean more than one, such as 1.1 or 1.2, or do you mean 2+?

Tory Hernandez

1:39

Yes, generally it will look for the longest available outing from your RP (considering enough rest) that doesn't take you over nine. But, also considering that the game score could change during that relief appearance. So, a set up man or closer might have to come in. It's a difficult question to answer because there are dozens of scenarios at play. But, generally speaking, let's say your SP goes four innings and you are the home team. And, your team is losing by seven runs. The program looks for the longest available appearance and it finds a three inning outing. That gets us to seven innings. So, we still need two more. And, now the score has you down by five runs. It's going to look for your lowest ranked RP's who can combine to finish off the nine innings (assuming the game doesn't come to be within three runs). Does that make sense?

Kenny Lindberg

1:42

yes

Tony Hernandez

1:42

Yes, perfectly.

Tory Hernandez

1:45

We would definitely like to create a game day feature. Our current product build is focused on automating all of our features first. In other words, being able to view stats, set your lineups, make transactions/trades, waiver wire moves, etc. Everything is being built to go onto an online platform like I mentioned in my e-mail. It will act much like MLB.com where you can also see your scores, standings, stats, message other GM's, etc. The live game day stuff is something we hope to roll out in a 2.0 build later down the road.

RFB Twins

1:49

In a situation where a RP has 1 IP for multiple appearances, when and why would the most recent performance not be used for the same IP length?

Tory Hernandez

1:50

We haven't settled yet on the exact way we will do that. We've tinkered with different scenarios as we look to build out the best algorithms we can for bullpen usage. In that example, however, we most likely see a final product where the most recent appearance will be pulled.

RFB Twins

1:54

So there isn't a standard yet that can be relied upon? There are instances when it will pull a RP for an older date than his most recent appearance even for the same IP length.

Tory Hernandez

1:54

Yes, our standard (as of today) is that the code pulls randomly in that instance.

RFB Twins

1:56

Will a pitcher have runs added to them due to a previous pitcher in the game when there is not a shared inning and the previous pitcher has already completed his inning?

Tory Hernandez

1:58

I'm not sure I fully understand your question. Runs are tallied by the sum of all parts first. Then, assigned to all pitchers after we've established how many runs were scored for each team. It's not how you were saying it on Twitter. We don't add up runs allowed by the pitchers to determine the amount of runs allowed and then "add" runs to pitchers for no apparent reason. It's all done with the calculations and algorithms in mind of how many runs your LW's say your team should have scored.

2:00

LW's is simply a number above or below the average amount of runs scored each day. Right now, MLB teams are averaging 4.65 runs per game. So, when we calculate the LW's for pitching, hitting, defense and baserunning, the LW's tell us how much more or less above or below that average your team earned for the day. Then, based on other formulas we have for individual pitchers, they get assigned a runs allowed number that is most closely identical to their LW production.

2:02

So, when you were stating that your pitcher should only have allowed two runs because he got a 2.88, that was incorrect. We needed to assign enough runs to all of your pitchers to equal the final tally. Unfortunately for that particular pitcher, he allowed four runs, even though if you round up it would be three. But, the sum of all the parts is what we look for in determining the score.

2:03

That is correct, it may not use it as the code is set up to pull randomly. It is not because it would create a tie. It's just simply random right now.

2:06

I'll take one more question.

2:08

Okay, thank you to my Dad, Kenny and Braden for participating. I hope we can do this again with a more diverse crowd. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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RFB Twins

9:01

Today is 8/6, so you are saying for an 8/7 game where it needs 1 IP from pitcher A and pitcher A has 1 IP today that it may not use that performance if there is a banked 1 IP performance. Is that because it would create a tie in a 9 IP game if used?

RFB Twins

9:08

Will there be a standard provided on when it will look for which RP? You mentioned that it might start looking at RP2 versus the highest priority RP first. In that case, it changing the manager's input of priority 2 to priority 1.

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