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Playing a game against the AI run Reds, Drew Stubbs is injured in the top of the 6th inning, and I notice that Eric Chavez is put in as his replacement in CF. Of course, the red light goes off, and I have a closer look and see that both Eric Patterson and Juan Rivera remain on the bench (see below). After completing the game I check the Reds lineup/depth chart v. RHP and see that there is no back up listed for Stubbs at all. Neither Patterson or Rivera is rated at CF, so the AI simply fails to list a backup, and when the need arises, doesn't make the logical choice either. The AI needs to either A) insert the most logical sub for the starter in the Lineup/Depth screen, even if the player isn't rated for that position, or B) have the in-game AI tweaked so that it makes a logical choice for an injury substitution regardless of the Lineup/Depth chart. One or the the other.

Eric Chavez in CF when you've got Patterson and Rivera sitting on the bench is inexcusable. I'd have to call this a bug, and it looks really bad for the game as well.