[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Cinnamon J. Scudworth

From the manual:



My understanding is that defensive positioning with respect to runners is automatically factored into whatever algorithm determines the outcome of the at-bat. That is, the sim treats your first baseman as playing on the bag generally when you would expect him to be doing so, and behind the runner when you wouldn't (runner on second, 3-2 count with two outs, etc.). It probably treats your second baseman as playing closer to the bag with a runner on second, though I'm less sure of that.

I originally thought the question was about whether we ought to be able to see whether the AI is using something like the "hold" command that is available to the human player. But if we're talking about whether the PBP should indicate where the fielder is, sure, it could probably do that, but it's not actually modeled in as detailed a fashion as you are thinking, I believe.

Thank you for teaching me my OOTP lesson for the day. (I'm not being sarcastic in anyway) I did not know this. Shows who hasn't read the manual