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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
Personally I don't pay super duper hard attention to ST except that I tend to use it to make a final determination as to who gets a job - it's preferable to me to doing a coin flip, basically (although sometimes you get a situation where one guy hits .260 and the other one hits .255 and you're right back to where you started).
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Maybe OOTP isn't like real life here, but one month is barely going to be enough sample size to conclude anything even if a guy plays every game. IRL teams make a lot of mistakes with AAAA guys that suddenly hit everything for a couple of weeks or look like they're Babe Ruth against lefties a few times. Although since you're comparing it to a coin flip I suppose I agree in the end
As a "something different" approach, I usually set my lineups with the players I want to get work, learn new positions, etc, then play out the starting pitcher's appearance. Once they've gone 4 innings or so, I make subs I want in and sim the rest, or just sim the rest and let the AI figure it out. Also, I shorten MLB ST to 4 weeks and in fictional leagues use 2-3. It seems to work fine.