Week 1: 3/20/24-3/31/24 Simulation Results

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I liked how I had the backup catcher set to play 30 percent of the time vs lefties to spell the starter and he started game 1

That's because the settings you're using is telling the computer that your backup catcher has a 30% of starting each game against lefties. Here is what is in the Help Topics (opening the program and going to Help > Help Topics) about usage modes...

"Usage modes

The offensive portion of your manager profile is assigned one of two usage modes. These modes apply only when the computer manager is handling this team.

Choose Track starts if you wish to simulate an entire season and you want your players to match the playing time indicated in the depth chart. With this setting, the computer manager keeps track of how often each player starts at each position versus left-and right-handed pitching in your DMB games. During the season, it uses this information to adjust the starting lineups to keep everyone on a pace to accumulate the amount of playing time indicated in your depth charts.

NOTE: If your goal is to match real-life playing time as closely as possible, we recommend that you choose None for your league injury rule and Yes for the Limit Bench Playing Time option. See Leagues: Rules and Options for more details on these settings.

Choose Game by game if you want to change the roles of your players during a season. With this setting, the computer manager takes each game at a time and randomly chooses spot starters using the spot start percentages in your depth chart.

Example. Suppose a player is listed in a utility role in a depth chart and has been assigned a spot start percentage of 30. And suppose you have played the first half of the season and are ready to begin the second half. Using the Track starts option, the computer manager would immediately start this player several games in a row because he is far behind the pace necessary to reach the target of 30% starts. Using the Game by game option, the computer manager would give this player a 30% chance to start each subsequent game."