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Suggestion
Improve the AI's decision-making for defensive re-configuration and/or substitution after a pinch-hitter enters the game. Make it more consistent in finding the optimal choice for configuration/substitution.
Reason
I have seen players play out of position too often following pinch hitting appearances when appropriate backups are available as defensive substitutes. Sometimes the said pinch hitters remain in the game at an appropriate defensive position and the player at that position in the game is removed, but this hasn't happened all the time, and at times the player taken out of the game is one of the team's better hitters, which makes the substitution a poor one. Ideally, the AI should be able to make a decision for what pinch-hitter to send up for a certain situation given the game circumstances, defensive position the pinch hitter plays, and available defensive backups. The choice for pinch hitter and possible subsequent substitution made would leave the hitting team with the optimal alignment in the field in the next inning, taking into consideration the quality of hitting remaining in the lineup for the appropriate game circumstances (inning, score of game) as well.
Priority
Medium
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