[Syd Thrift]

I believe that one of the things that differentiates lineups composed with the "use sabermetrics" vs "traditional" option is that the game will often put fast players who don't necessarily get on base a lot with "traditional" (and then do the other "traditional lineup" things - good bat control 2nd, your best overall hitter 3rd, your best power hitter 4th, and so on) whereas I'm pretty sure the sabermetric version will just slot your 3 best hitters 1, 2, and 4 depending on how their are with OBP and speed.

I'm more in favor of the AI constructing lineups and making transactions that are appropriate for the era you're playing in than doing the best things have to offer. The decision that jumps out at me is the Yankees hitting Frankie Crosetti leadoff for all of 1939 and most of 1940 in spite of the fact that, you know, he couldn't hit (not sure why I remember this - think I might have taken a deep dive on Scooter Rizzuto's career at one point). Will players have undue advantage with this? Sure, a little bit. Lineup construction is less of an issue than who goes into the lineup every day, but it's a factor I guess. Between an AI that uses traditional lineup selections and occasionally bats iffy guys 1st or 2nd and an AI that bats Eddie Mathews or Hank Aaron leadoff for the 50s Braves, I'll go with the fomer, thanks.