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When, exactly, does HAL bring in the defensive replacements? In this game, I've got Ramirez, Monroe and Teagarden all checked to remove for defensive sub with lead, yet none of them were? Just curious....

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/boxscore.html?group_id=103803&g_id=382

From the 7th inning on Hal will consider using the D replacements but it is only a probability based on the closeness of the game. Your lead was 6-1 and I guess Hal figured you were in good shape.

You beat me to it.

Here is the direct quote.

[quote:40dc54859c]When you set players to be your defensive replacements, the computer manager will consider using them from the 7th inning on if you have the lead. The probability of them being used is based on how close the game is.
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In last night's 2003 games I faced 3 lefty starters. BGiles(3) starts in lf and Jordan(3 in rf, but 2 in lf) plays rf. Kearns(2) plays rf vs r, and is set as a def sub in rf (jordan is set as def sub for lf)- What usually happens is that with a lead vs a lefty starter, Hal brings in Kearns for rf to replace jordan(who goes out of the game)-and that is exactly what happened in games 1 &3. However, in game two BGiles, batting 5th, made the last out of the seventh inn; we didn't score and were BEHIND 7 to 6. Hal then removed BGiles, replacing him with Kearns playing rf with Jordan moving to lf- in effect this replaces a pair of 3's in lf & rf with 2's- But we were losing by a run. As it happened, Kearns came up in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs, runners on second and third, still down by a run- and he....walked (!) to load the bases before burks made the last out.-
BGiles was not injured and he is not set to be removed for a defensive sub-
Anyone else have Hal make a defensive move for you when you were behind?