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Originally Posted by Number4
Is it AI only or both for the player and the AI?
I'd insert yesterday's starter to "hold the fort", not intending him to pitch or bat in any case, but if he gets credited for a pitch that might disturb his rest day...
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It's been established (or at least stated in earlier posts by people who appear to know) that a
player can't pinch hit for a pitcher who hasn't met the conditions of Rule 3.05. It isn't clear to me what "legality" necessitates crediting a single phantom pitch (which isn't enough in itself to satisfy Rule 3.05) to a replacement pitcher who never throws a real one. In any event, if the reliever does really pitch, the program knows enough to remove the phantom pitch from his pitch count. Is there a reason why it couldn't similarly remove a win or loss that derived from the phantom?