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I let Hal pick my pitchers right up until near the end. He consistently used Neil Allen in relief instead (twice as much as Quis) and even after I set that Quis was my designated set up man (to try to get him more innings) the same 2:1 ratio of Allen:Quisenberry. I thought maybe Allen's mystery card would be better than Quis's BUT NO. I actually had Quis's 85 card with a real life ERA of 2.37 and Allen's card was his 88 with a real life ERA of 3.84. During the league Quis pitched only 46 innings and ended up with a 2.92 ERA and Allen pitched a whopping 107 innings and had a 4.46 ERA. Why did this happen? :?:

HAL's choice of bullpen use is questionable at best. I can't really say exactly why he did that.

All I know is that the 70s and 80s games will get a major boost once bullpen v2 is incorporated when the games move to the main site.
Then roles could be used and the bullpen will be handled a little better, but not much.

If HAL doesn't pick the best pitcher in a mystery-card game where you don't set your pitchers, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. The idea is for you to figure out which card your pitchers may have--not let HAL clue you in.

However, in games without Bullpen V2, I will agree relief pitching is frustrating even when you do set your pitchers.

Why some managers think HAL is smarter than they are is beyond me. :lol: Never let HAL decide who to play IMO.

HAL has a preference for players that played in NY.

I agree with LM. It happened because you were foolish enough to let HAL determine who would pitch out of the pen. Don't believe everything you read.