- Same reason as real life. You may want to stem the tide and keep a comeback in order. Yes morale can be affected but there are many reasons not to hang a starter out too long.
- Not sure of the answer to this.
- Not so much the managing from the human player pov but the AI is problematic with promotions and demotions and you can be left with no OF or one IF or not enough SP. My opinion only but starting with a poor MLB team provides challenge and the ability to control player acquisition. YMMV.
- The appeal is your investment in an alternate reality. The beauty of fictional leagues is your control of even subtle parts of the game from finance to minor league stats and player development. For example I play a current MLB set up but with tweaked strategy and league totals to have better SP endurance, hence more complete games, and base stealing like the late 60's early 70's. My minor leagues use real life and calculated league totals to produce realistic stats for prospects. Once you've run a solo fictional league for several years, the history, records and great players become as real as RL. I could go on. ... ...
- A dynasty is your written record of a league, often based on a theme or some specific team or era. It is an opportunity to show off your writing skills and creative ability on the back story to a league you create.
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