So If....

You check a starter to "not remove before" F 8, 7, 6, 5, etc......and you actually would want that to happen...one of the things you must do (too funny in itself) is give up your option of listing ANYBODY in ANY SLOT in the bullpen settings....

Is this tried and true?

So then, you play smallball, grab some great SP's and only use your closer setting, on maximize.
And not use any other setting.

Or not even use the closer setting and if your SP gets in trouble, HAL can decide who to bring in?

I say Bullpen V.3 !!!!!

How was it determined you had to do that?

Don't Relieve Before
(available only for leagues using Bullpen v2 or later)

For each of your pitchers, you can indicate that you don't want the computer manager to decide to "give him the hook" based on his overall game performance unless he has reached a certain Pitch Count Fatigue level. Note that there are ways that he may still leave the game before his designated fatigue level, including if he's set to Avoid Lefties or Avoid Righties, if the situation calls for another pitcher you've assigned to a matching Super Hal Bullpen Role, or if the computer manager decides to pinch-hit for him.

or if the computer manager decides to pinch-hit for him.

That's the part I don't trust or like...