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I let the AI do a lot. I hire a manager and let him set lineups and Pitching staffs.....but I do tell him what to do quite a bit. Under strategy you will be able to set certain guys as starters at positions. This will help get your manager to play the team as intended, the way you built them to be played.

I often had situation where I got a guy who I wanted to be my....say 3B, and then for whatever reason, the manager wanting more defense or whatever, would platoon him with other guys in that spot. No no no, I got him because he can hit 20-30 HRs and he is only gonna do that if you play him every day, so play him everyday. That way I have a pretty firm set starters, and then let the manager figure out the rest.

And let the AI run your minor leagues. If you are new, that can really be a daunting task to run them all yourself. You have maybe 7 minor league clubs and things can really get out of hand down there if you are not paying attention, and I find, for myself, paying that close attention to all those minor league AND my major league club AND other teams who may be in the midst of a season meltdown and which may have players I would want to poach, the game turns into a tedious mess.