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My understanding of assigning specialists were to assign a pitcher to that role and let the computer assign the quick hook and avoid L or R batters. I have used this method on my first 27 teams and as soon as I assign a pitcher the computor would check the boxes and place a yellow square around the avoid batter box. This method for some reason has not worked on my last three teams, now when I assign a player the computer does not assign a thing.

Has something changed, or is there another method that works? Sure would like to use specialists again.

Something changed.

Would you care to share what that change was?

Huh. If this is the case for everybody, then something [i:d9e6e3655f]broke[/i:d9e6e3655f].

Is it?

I did ask the guys in one league if they were having problems with this and did receive one response from Dugger and he said he wasen't.

It is broke. I just tried assigning LH specialist to Arroyo on a team that waivers today. After assignment and save none of the boxes were checked for him as they have been in the past.

It's been this way for at least a couple of months.

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I first noticed this about three months ago. So is the specialist feature working if the computer does not fill in the blocks and highlight the remove against box?

I noticed that also. The checkmarks used to go automatically into quick hook and avoid rightys when you insert a lefty specialist along with your other settings (middle man, setup, tied late, etc.)

Not sure but my hunch is the result is a slower hook version of lefty specialist if you don't also check the boxes above saying quick hook and avoid.

This happened, I think, around the time new cards were added.