# Gsellman - RP Eligibility?
**URL:** https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653
**Category:** Ottoneu Basics
**Created:** [April 10, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653 "2018-04-10T01:06:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@darryl14](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/darryl14)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/1 "2018-04-10T01:06:26Z")
New to the game this year, but wondering if I’m missing something on Gsellman having RP eligibility after his 5th appearance last night.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/nivshah)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/2 "2018-04-10T01:50:41Z")
5 starts, 10 appearances. And SP/RP eligibility doesn’t really matter, per this thread:
> [@Pitchers and SP/RP eligibility](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/pitchers-and-sp-rp-eligibility/1685):
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> The example to start the season is Lance Lynn. An owner in my league is wondering if he/she simply has to forego 5 starts worth of Lynn points because Lynn is currently only RP eligible, and thus cannot accrue points if he starts games. I sympathize with him on this complaint. What’s the verdict? Lynn likely isn’t the only example.
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### Author:  [@rustydude](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/rustydude)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/3 "2018-04-14T14:24:26Z")
The rule states: Players will be given RP eligibility if they pitch in relief in 5 regular season games in the current or preceding year.
Shouldn’t both Gsellman and Amir Garrett have RP eligibility now after 7 and 5 relief appearances this year, respectively?
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### Author:  [@nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/nivshah)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/4 "2018-04-14T14:38:21Z")
Maybe, but the underlying point that it doesn’t really matter in terms of setting a lineup stands.
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### Author:  [@nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/nivshah)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/5 "2018-04-14T15:04:31Z")
Yep, Gsellman and Garrett and a few others should have RP eligibility, and will get it before tomorrow’s games.
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### Author:  [@GermUrn](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/GermUrn)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/6 "2018-04-14T20:45:26Z")
Isn’t this a non-issue? It’s addressed on the lineup page, “To get credit for a pitcher’s performance, you must play him in the same role as his major league team uses him. Pitchers who start in real life must be put into SP roles, and pitchers who come out of the pen must be put into RP roles, regardless of eligibility.”
I have McHugh, who is technically only SP eligible, in an RP slot.
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### Author:  [@darryl14](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/darryl14)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/7 "2018-04-16T17:29:09Z")
The issue was that Gsellman only had SP eligibility. So I wasn’t even able to use him in my lineup even though he had made 5 RP appearances this year.
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### Author:  [@vibbot](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/vibbot)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/8 "2018-04-16T17:59:17Z")
Yes you were, any pitcher can be placed at SP or RP in your lineup.
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### Author:  [@darryl14](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/darryl14)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/9 "2018-04-16T18:15:51Z")
I agree that I can definitely do that now with any pitcher, but when I originally picked up Gsellman I tried to put him in the RP slot and I’m 93% sure it was grayed out. Obviously can’t recreate that now.
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### Author:  [@nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/nivshah)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/gsellman-rp-eligibility/3653/10 "2018-04-16T18:27:10Z")
I respectfully disagree with your memory on this. Nothing has changed about where you can put pitchers, and @vibbot and @GermUrn both confirmed they can put any pitcher in either SP or RP slots. Unless you have Shohei Ohtani, and he was in the RP slot that you wanted to put Gsellman in, and this happened last week, there is no chance the RP slot was grayed out.