I've long complained about the OOTP AI using guys out of position when there were 'better' alternatives staring it right in the algorithm. However, Buck Showalter's actual, real life choice of starting Steve Pearce at second base and Jimmy Paredes, a card-carrying utility infielder, at DH boggled my noggin:
Steve Pearce Is Playing Second Base | FanGraphs Baseball
So is Showalter the template for the OOTP AI, or does he now have an implant chip in his brain, coded my Markus? Either way, it seems The Singularity is upon us.