14.B. Pitchers
1. To be eligible to start a Post season Game, a starting pitcher must meet the following requirements. Subtract games eligible to start by 1 for any best-of-five series. This means you must have at least 20GS in order to start a BO5 series game. a) 10 - 19 M.L. games started: 1 Post Season Start b) 20 - 29 M.L. games started: 2 Post Season Starts c) 30 or more M.L. games started: 3 Post Season Starts 2. To be eligible to relieve a Post season Game, a starting pitcher must meet the following requirements. Rules for relievers apply for all levels of post season play. a) 60 or more M.L. games relieved: 6 W.S. games b) 50-59 M.L. games relieved: 5 W.S. games c) 40-49 M.L. games relieved: 4 W.S. games d) 30-39 M.L. games relieved: 3 W.S. games e) 10-29 M.L games relieved: 2 W.S. games f) 9 M.L. games relieved or fewer: may not be used in post-season. 3. Rules 14 B.1 and 14 B.2 are calculated separately from each other. 4. Starters who do not start may be used in relief. Convert a starter’s total M.L. appearances into the above formula for post-season appearances allowed. 5. Any starting pitcher needs at least two (2) games/days rest between starts. However, if that pitcher is still rated as TIRED, he must pitch at that rating.