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Originally Posted by OutS|der
The AI has never been able to use a two way player. Set them as a pitcher and they aren't even an option in the lineup, Set them as a hitter and the AI will never use them as a Pitcher no matter how good they are.
You have to control the lineups yourself for it to work, even with a "perfect" player the AI has never been able to use them more then one way.
If possible make lineups see everyone as players and not pitcher/batter. AI take into account fielding/hitting for offence and look at pitcher ratings to set the rotation. Or make it so Pitchers are an option on offense, and Batters are considered by the AI to pitch
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The trouble with making that the AI player usage is that no real-world MLB manager has ever used it. Neither the Red Sox nor the Yankees had Babe Ruth both pitch and play in the outfield. The Dodgers occasionally had Don Newcombe pinch hit, but he was otherwise solely a pitcher. Martin Dihigo played both ways but unhappily was never able to enter the Majors. Perhaps Otani will lead to a change in perceptions, but for the moment he is a unicorn, and IMHO the AI ought to treat him (and other players with similar all-arounder possibilities) in accordance with some special algorithm that applies to no one else.
My own prediction is that Otani will wind up as more like Newcombe than Dihigo, i. e., a pitcher who can also hit decently. He ought to have signed with an NL club. (No, no, as a Chicagoan I'm not the tiniest bit bitter.)