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It's in the BP v3 documentation I think...
Super Reliever Phenomenon Fix. This fix solved the problem of great relievers being undervalued. Instead of just raising the prices and testing the outcomes, we added undocumented--ahem--proprietary scripting to the bullpen algorithm too--we call it the Pooper Reliever Experience. Instead of Supers, now managers can be rest assured that the Poopers get more innings. So now, everyone can fight over the one-sided Poopers instead of the Supers. And anyway, everyone knows an Experience is far better than a Phenomenon.
Though in all seriousness, the new algorithm is such a mess that HAL short circuits easily when there are too many business rules applied to the black box AI. I seldom have problems with relievers going inexplicably to F0. Usually HAL reliably switches them out--even the proper alignments for reverse pitchers. But I use very unconventional bullpen management, which I have been chided for on these boards, so I stopped proselytizing, but this is a data-driven approach, not a belief. In contrast, I typically look at the play by play results very closely. The adaptation I made for my own approach to the new BP v3 fiasco leaves me spitting nails at the morning results over BP management less often than it did prior to my shift.