How would HAL handle this defensive replacement

If you had two catchers that you were platooning and one was better defensively than the other how would HAL handle it if you set the better defensive catcher to be the "Defensive Replacement"? He should in theory remove the weaker defensive catcher for the superior replacement without any major issue, but the bigger question in my mind is what would he do if the superior defensive catcher were already in the game? Would he do something stupid and pull him?

Anyone ever try this? Results? Thoughts?

You might say the Defensive Replacement on the Team Strategy page is more passive, while the Remove for Defensive Replacement on the Hitter Prefs is Aggressive. The former will only replace the player in question if there is a good defensive replacement available; the former will replace him no matter whether there is a de cent replacement or not.

I do what you've suggested above often with platoons; run a platoon with one better defender, then use him for defensive replacement for the other half of the platoon. The only player who would be replaced is the one you indicated you wanted replaced.

Perfect. Thanks.