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Originally Posted by Mr. Marlin
That really depends on the quality of my team. If I have a poor quality team I would probably play most of the games because a human manage can compensate for a teams weaknesses with batting and pitching strategy the AI won't use.
If the team is decent what I usually do is sim until the 6th inning and take over from there is the game is close.
I once built a team that was an absolute killing machine. That team won two championships and over 200 games in two seasons. I figured out real quick to let the AI sim their games. Me managing them only hurt their chances.
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This is interesting because I do the opposite: as long as my team is in contention I play out the games, and once they become irrelevant I set the AI manager appropriately and speed things up. Once my starter's pitch count starts getting high I keep an eye on the pitcher's spot in the lineup so I don't miss a chance to PH/double switch.
Keep in mind that in an individual game you can speed things up, which took me a while to learn. I use one-pitch mode and (especially early in games) use "sim half-inning".
And as Mr. Marlin notes... sometimes they're better off without you. I worked hard on an expansion team to get them in contention up to the trade deadline, then they got swept 4 games by the division leader and were over 10 games out. I simmed out a week at a time and they were eliminated on the last day of the season!
I certainly understand why people sim whole months/years at a time, depending on a particular idea/project, but I really enjoy grinding through the season.