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Originally Posted by pstrickert
On a related note ...
IRL, managers of the home team will use their closers in the top of the 9th of a tie game. The logic is to keep the game tied and let the home team win it in the bottom of the 9th. (Besides, at this point, there can be no save situation for the home team.) By contrast, visiting managers will save their closer for save situations in the 9th or beyond.
Markus believes that it makes more sense, if you're a visiting manager, to use your closer in the bottom of the ninth of a tie game (even though it is not a save situation). The logic is that if you don't use your closer and a run scores, the game is over. If you do use your closer, he's more likely to keep the score tied and give the visiting team another at-bat in the next inning.
For this reason, you'll see the visiting manager AI in OOTP use a closer in a non-save situation such as the bottom of the 9th of a tie game. Markus thinks it makes sense, even though in real life it seldom if ever happens.
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That's exactly what I was seeing in 16 that led to a lot of decisions for closers. The rate of saves were down (not on the level of 17 pre-release beta) and the number of wins-losses were up for all closers.
I thought it was a bug because I didn't see that happening in 15. I am guessing it's still there for 17?