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Old 04-15-2015, 02:06 PM   #73
Dyzalot
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Originally Posted by Dr.K View Post
Now this is interesting, can't say this is what the "book" would say, and at first glance, it does seem off kilter to have the pitcher bat in the previous inning and then not pitch the next. You say the AI "should" have. "should have" according to the so called "Book".

As we know not every manager follows the "book" however on this example you have provided, I may have opted to pinch hit for Carrasco in the 8th....if I had a pinch hitter available whose match up was favourable.

On this occasion what is the context? Did the opponent have a pinch hitter ,and the AI decided to bring in a reliever (Marshall) for a better matchup? I'm not sure.

Did the AI leave the pitcher in at bat (Carrasco) because he had no more options left on the bench? Was the pitcher (Carrasco) injured and not able to pitch the 9th?

Marshall could have come in to pitch the 9th to close the game which it looks like he has, Carrasco may have been left in to bat previous inning as a there were no more pinch hitting options....as you say this has happened occasionally.

Who knows?

I keep enjoying the product, sticking with Bill James below as my guide to the baseball gods, manager moves and the OOTP AI so that I don't get hung up on things


Bill James once wrote "the % calculations which drive strategic decisions in baseball are normally so close and complicated that it is categorically impossible to state with any assurance what the correct course of action would be"
That was the starting pitcher so the bench was full. And as for the "book" I doubt it even addresses something like this since it is so far outside the realm of good managing. To me this looks like the AI making the decision not to pinch hit because it plans on letting the starter pitch the ninth but then changes its mind once it gets to the bottom of the ninth. This should never happen except in a case of an injury to the pitcher.
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