Broken Bat - Suggestions: Pinch Hitting

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#93817	03/14/2024 6:41:33 pm	Sep 12th, 2063
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	As a pinch hitter SS/2B Rudy Gomez has appeared in 5 games at 1B (Skill .6), and sports an .875 FP there since there are going to be games which remain tied after an appearance in the 7+ inning. He has also been put into the OF twice (Skill 0). So what I am asking for is minimum positional skill of 1 to be brought in as a PH

#93822	03/15/2024 2:57:01 pm	Sep 13th, 2063
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9617 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Well a real pinch hitter doesn't usually stay in the game. In those cases position doesn't matter. I think its more of an issue with the AI making a substitution for a fielder (while at bat). But then there still needs to be a better player available on the bench. The last thing I would want is to have an absolute powerhouse righty sitting on my bench, and the AI doesn't pinch hit him for a weak hitting lefty in the 8th inning because he can't play the position. Pinch hitting shouldn't really be position driven. But field replacements; yes. Also, I think we give a lot more consideration to position experience than the AI does in general. I'm not sure the AI (any maybe Steve by extension) thinks that 1B position experience even matters. As opposed to a skill position like SS. Updated Friday, March 15 2024 @ 2:59:25 pm PDT

#93823	03/16/2024 2:49:40 am	Sep 16th, 2063
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Note: i always check the box "7" if its checked at all. "Pinch Hitter: Check bench players; evaluating offensive value only..." So literally any bat thats better than current bat could go in. I see nothing to indicate that that player then gets subbed out for defense afterwards. There is no subsection explaining how replace for defense works. "Late in Game" I assume means 7th but it doesnt specify. The inference being that if so and so is in the game when your defense takes the field in whatever inning it is, they get replaced. Assuming, again, that the player has to have better defensive value. But seems there are a lot of grey areas Updated Saturday, March 16 2024 @ 3:02:20 am PDT

#93826	03/16/2024 8:58:48 pm	Sep 20th, 2063
Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 331 Tyler Goldendoodles IV.3	http://brokenbat.org/game/5184767 This game happened tonight for Tyler. A DH pinch hit for the 2B in the 8th inning but stayed in the game to play 2B in the top of the ninth. His error blew the save and game for my shut down closer. I had a 2B on the bench who could have played the field in the 9th and we probably would have won the game. I love this game for the control it gives us but if DH’s stay in after batting and play defense I only have one choice and that is to turn off all pinch hitting. This hurts my heart.

#93827	03/16/2024 9:05:47 pm	Sep 20th, 2063
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9617 Haverhill Halflings III.1	That is what I way trying to say. Nothing wrong with the DH coming in to pinch hit. But a different player should have gone into the field.

#93828	03/16/2024 9:10:16 pm	Sep 20th, 2063
Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 331 Tyler Goldendoodles IV.3	It had never occurred to me to check “Replace for defense” on my DH’s because I didn’t envision them playing the field by me. So I might need to chalk this defeat up to my fault. I now have replace for defense checked on both DH’s. Lesson learned and I’ll monitor games in the future to see if this prevents this scenario from happening again. So for now I can keep pinch hitting.

#93834	03/17/2024 2:30:59 pm	Sep 20th, 2063
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9617 Haverhill Halflings III.1	It more that I think the AI doesn't really try to fix a defensive mismatch. As a point of reference, I use pinch hitting a LOT. 90% of the time it work perfectly 100% of the time. Here is a typical Haverhill game. 5 pinch hitters. 4 of them in the correct spot. Only my SS playing in LF is out of position, but I think the AI doesn't even really consider position experience for LF, RF, 1B - given defense isn't so important in those roles. And my SS is plenty skilled to handle RF.