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Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function

#40723	10/13/2016 8:17:54 pm
allen54chevy Joined: 11/22/2015 Posts: 475 Inactive	I am a bit confused. I have good outfield depth with depending on my lineup a speed guy and a hitting/power guy on my bench. In variably, is seems the computer/manager will have the speed guy pinch HIT in a late game situation. He is rarely used for pinch Running, which is why I have him on my team(he has 19 speed and steals 50% of the time he gets on base.) His SI is 100 and he frequently PH for a 106 with better offense. I would have little problem if the other 100 SI guy or the 99SI with 19 power hitter pinch hit. Is there a way to tell the computer to only use him as a PR or defensive sub??

#40725	10/13/2016 8:52:41 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5201 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Ageda and Harvey? Speed seems to be a huge factor. 8th inning plus, pinch hitting for my 2B I've seen my manager struggle with: 15-7-13-7-16 (Baez) 20-9-15-17-6 (Enriquez) Both can play 2b. Manager always chooses Baez.

#40726	10/13/2016 9:36:10 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Pinch hitting is a lot more common than pinch running. How often do you see pinch running in real baseball? But pinch hitting happens multiple times each game (especially if it's a close game). Steve

#40734	10/14/2016 3:58:27 am
dmcc1 Joined: 02/02/2015 Posts: 79 Inactive	So why doesn't the AI pick the better hitter?

#40743	10/14/2016 6:00:43 am
allen54chevy Joined: 11/22/2015 Posts: 475 Inactive	@Steve A little tongue-in cheek, but not really: I live in KC, pinch running is how the bench players get to play... Either directly (Dyson / Gore) or by replacing those two after they've entered the game and done their job on the base path. I guess I would expect Hit and Power to be more important than total SI or speed to decide who gets to pinch hit.

#40745	10/14/2016 6:12:54 am
allen54chevy Joined: 11/22/2015 Posts: 475 Inactive	@seca I see a trend: Baez SI>Enriquez SI Yes Ageda is my speed guy. I usually have available on my bench Ageda - speed and fielding Harvey - ok hitting, good fielder Carr -hit power I'll start carr if other guys are slumping or in small stadiums. He is more of a C build, but that's how I got him. I wish boyd played better in the outfield, but his numbers defensively are not pretty. Otherwise I'd put boyd in RF, drop Bentley and put carr at C. Opening a roster spot and save $1.3m Updated Friday, October 14 2016 @ 6:20:35 am PDT

#40757	10/14/2016 7:25:06 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9601 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I do think it would be nice if we could have a few spots to list our preferred PHs versus lefties and righties. Just right at the bottom of the lineups.