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Originally Posted by jabrown6940
Any consideration for a players expected role? If a player expects to be the leadoff hitter and you have him bat fifth what effect does that have?
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They get angry and hard to negotiate extensions with, at the minimum. That's why I don't necessarily use the completely optimal batting order in game - many of the ones that aren't quite perfect only cost you a fraction of a run over a whole season, which isn't really significant. I'd rather have a happy player than one mad at me, it's better for the long-term health of the team.
That said, like most things in OOTP you can game it if you want to. If you have a guy who wants a non-optimal spot that you want to extend, put him in that non-optimal spot until he's really happy and will sign an extension and then switch to the optimal order.