Lineup vs. Depth chart - Position

pizzaddict · 07-06-2008, 10:18 PM

It seems I can set the position of a player in either the lineup or on the depth chart. Does one override the other? OOTP seems to let me setup a player as 1B on my lineup and DH on my depth chart.

endgame · 07-06-2008, 10:52 PM

Off the top of my head, I'd have to say depth charts offer you the flexibility to have a player back up nearly any position. The lineup sets his position in the field. If you look at the depth charts' starter column, I don't think you can find one different than the one in the lineup. Does that make sense? The starter column, for me, took awhile to get used to reading as it doesn't line up with the lineup.

1998 Yankees · 07-07-2008, 10:34 AM

I believe the lineup overrules depth chart, so if you have somebody starting at one position and backing up another, he will be unavailable for the latter.

pizzaddict · 07-07-2008, 10:59 AM

So, if lineup overrides depth chart then why even have a starter section in the depth chart? It seems like the starter section of the depth chart affects nothing in the game.

tysok · 07-07-2008, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by pizzaddict

So, if lineup overrides depth chart then why even have a starter section in the depth chart? It seems like the starter section of the depth chart affects nothing in the game.

If you go through and set up who the starter is in the depth chart, then ask the AI for the lineup he'll use the guys you've put in the depth chart "starter" section. That's really the only thing I think.

What I usually do is ask the AI to set up the the lineup and depth chart. Then make switches to the "starter" section of the depth chart (and whatever changes needed in the depth chart)... then ask the AI to set the lineup, then tweak the lineup as necessary.

07-06-2008, 10:18 PM	#1
pizzaddict Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 136	Lineup vs. Depth chart - Position It seems I can set the position of a player in either the lineup or on the depth chart. Does one override the other? OOTP seems to let me setup a player as 1B on my lineup and DH on my depth chart.

07-06-2008, 10:52 PM	#2
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	Off the top of my head, I'd have to say depth charts offer you the flexibility to have a player back up nearly any position. The lineup sets his position in the field. If you look at the depth charts' starter column, I don't think you can find one different than the one in the lineup. Does that make sense? The starter column, for me, took awhile to get used to reading as it doesn't line up with the lineup. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

07-07-2008, 10:34 AM	#3
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	I believe the lineup overrules depth chart, so if you have somebody starting at one position and backing up another, he will be unavailable for the latter.

07-07-2008, 10:59 AM	#4
pizzaddict Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 136	So, if lineup overrides depth chart then why even have a starter section in the depth chart? It seems like the starter section of the depth chart affects nothing in the game.