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Originally Posted by MikeS369
I'm guessing the hitter was scripted to get a hit and it makes no difference where I place my fielders.
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This is kind of true
To the best of my knowledge, it works like this
The game uses the batter and pitcher ratings, the park factors, the defense ratings and whatever strategies are selected. It creates some probability of different outcomes (K, BB, 1b, 2b, 3b, HR, ground out, fly out, pop out, double play, triple play, error, etc...). Then it creates a random number and matches it to those outcomes.
That is the result of the play
Then, it creates an animation that matches that result.
Sometimes the animation is good, sometimes, not as good.
So, yes, it's likely* that your choosing a shifted defense changes the probability of the different outcomes.
And then the game created an animation for that outcome that didn't conform to your expectation of what the result should look like.
*likely because I've never looked into how different defenses change results.