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Trav876 · 03-22-2022, 11:06 AM

Has anybody noticed- and is there a way to fix this- that the AI makes some really dumb lineups quite often.

For example, guys hitting in the cleanup hole with 0 homeruns ... or poor stats, while the "best" hitter for example might be hitting 6th or 7th.

I know it can be different (and even realistic) to have this happen early on in the season, maybe based on past performance, etc. But I'm noticing it well into my seasons. And when I let my manager choose the lineups, he does the same thing quite often.

My #'s are set pretty normally (player AI evaluation settings)- in fact, I even have tried skewing them more toward "current season" at 25/47/18/10

47% current season, 25%, ratings, previous year at 18%, 2 years ago at 10%

And it really shouldn't matter whether I have lineups set for "traditional" versus "sabermetric" should it? When terrible hitters are in the 3 or 4 hole late into the season...traditional or sabermetric shouldn't be making that choice.

It just seems pretty unrealistic, even if a manager say, favors certain players, etc.

Eric Young (speedy, contact guy, with no power) wouldn't be hitting clean up in real life, ever...I don't care who the manager is, or what era baseball is being played. Yet I've seen that exact example, and many similar ones, throughout my play of OOTP 22.

Am I missing something? Is anyone else noticing this? And what have you done about it?

03-22-2022, 11:06 AM	#1
Trav876 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 293	AI Lineup Issues Has anybody noticed- and is there a way to fix this- that the AI makes some really dumb lineups quite often. For example, guys hitting in the cleanup hole with 0 homeruns ... or poor stats, while the "best" hitter for example might be hitting 6th or 7th. I know it can be different (and even realistic) to have this happen early on in the season, maybe based on past performance, etc. But I'm noticing it well into my seasons. And when I let my manager choose the lineups, he does the same thing quite often. My #'s are set pretty normally (player AI evaluation settings)- in fact, I even have tried skewing them more toward "current season" at 25/47/18/10 47% current season, 25%, ratings, previous year at 18%, 2 years ago at 10% And it really shouldn't matter whether I have lineups set for "traditional" versus "sabermetric" should it? When terrible hitters are in the 3 or 4 hole late into the season...traditional or sabermetric shouldn't be making that choice. It just seems pretty unrealistic, even if a manager say, favors certain players, etc. Eric Young (speedy, contact guy, with no power) wouldn't be hitting clean up in real life, ever...I don't care who the manager is, or what era baseball is being played. Yet I've seen that exact example, and many similar ones, throughout my play of OOTP 22. Am I missing something? Is anyone else noticing this? And what have you done about it?