Manager creating unwanted lineups

jmuelly · 05-03-2016, 04:10 PM

Is there any way around this? I’m GM and I’m letting my manager set lineupsand rotations. He is continually playingOF Ramon Flores at 1b rather than 1b Chris Carter. I know I can manually do rosters but what ifI want the manager to make that call and I disagree.

Kronos · 05-03-2016, 04:18 PM

Fire him.

NoOne · 05-03-2016, 04:26 PM

if you don't want to set them yourself, then you have to live with it.

alternative methods:
you could edit one of the players so that it's not a viable option to play him at the unwanted position.

Whoofe · 05-03-2016, 04:31 PM

in player strategy settings, you can force start a player at a position

Phantom9in · 05-03-2016, 04:32 PM

Strategy settings and use "FORCE START" for the position you want players to play.

SirMichaelJordan · 05-03-2016, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kronos

Fire him.

Pretty much, although I personally feel that manager preferences have too much emphasis to where I've seen them bench an all star for a scrub just because the Allstar didn't fit the manager's profile.

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RchW · 05-03-2016, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SirMichaelJordan

Pretty much, although I personally feel that manager preferences have too much emphasis to where I've seen them bench an all star for a scrub just because the Allstar didn't fit the manager's profile.

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I've consistently argued against the manager profile being too rigid. It just doesn't make sense logically or in a business sense. No real life manager candidate is going to go into a job interview and tell a GM, "get rid of all your power hitters and get me slash and dash hitters, or I'm not your guy". Good luck ever getting a job. Also consider that Baseball is turning into a cooperative management situation where veteran managers are buying into an organizational philosophy and are acting more like mentors while baseball operations feeds players to them. Obviously senior managers have a voice in player acquisition but their role is to take the players given to them and to adapt their personal tendencies to the roster they've been given.

That's why we see the issue above. It's being driven from the wrong direction.

Doc_Brown · 05-03-2016, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jmuelly

Is there any way around this? I’m GM and I’m letting my manager set lineupsand rotations. He is continually playingOF Ramon Flores at 1b rather than 1b Chris Carter. I know I can manually do rosters but what ifI want the manager to make that call and I disagree.

Time to channel your inner Billy Beane. You can't start Flores at first........

bwburke94 · 05-04-2016, 04:09 AM

To be more serious on this, there's an option in the game settings (NOT LEAGUE SETUP!) for GMs to control managers' lineups.

PSUColonel · 05-04-2016, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Whoofe

in player strategy settings, you can force start a player at a position

See this is what I don't understand. What's the difference between force start and setting the lineups yourself? If your manager doesn't allow you to set lineups, can you still just force start a player anyway? If so, then what exactly is the point of allowing managers restrictions on what you can do as a GM?

05-03-2016, 04:10 PM	#1
jmuelly Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 154	Manager creating unwanted lineups Is there any way around this? I’m GM and I’m letting my manager set lineupsand rotations. He is continually playingOF Ramon Flores at 1b rather than 1b Chris Carter. I know I can manually do rosters but what ifI want the manager to make that call and I disagree.

05-03-2016, 04:32 PM	#5
Phantom9in Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Newnan, GA Posts: 194	Strategy settings and use "FORCE START" for the position you want players to play. __________________ Keith keithphilipp@gmail.com

05-03-2016, 04:18 PM	#2
Kronos Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Northern Ky. Posts: 318	Fire him.

05-03-2016, 04:26 PM	#3
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,246	if you don't want to set them yourself, then you have to live with it. alternative methods: you could edit one of the players so that it's not a viable option to play him at the unwanted position.

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Whoofe All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 590	in player strategy settings, you can force start a player at a position

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bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,497	To be more serious on this, there's an option in the game settings (NOT LEAGUE SETUP!) for GMs to control managers' lineups.