Is platoon consistent?

In last night's game HAL did not follow my lineup instruction to substitute Pinson for Tovar vs a righty pitcher. Has anybody else had a problem with this?

Weird. I rarely use the feature, but it's always worked when I have.

I've just noticed it one time. In game 102 it worked as usual https://365.strat-o-matic.com/game/play ... 463556/611

but in Game 107 HAL did not use the platoon https://365.strat-o-matic.com/game/play ... 463556/638

And I didn't change the lineup between games 102 and 107. So, very weird. I'm just wondering whether it has happened to anyone else.

It's also weird that the opponent's Lemon came in to play left field after platoon pinch hitting, but then gets defensively replaced by Repoz after two batters. After Robinson singled with one out, it must have activated HAL's defense mode for your opposition with the Repoz move and bringing in the RH specialist. Thus apparently, the game's software didn't get back to evaluate your platoon request. So, I guess if this happens again, it would be right after HAL has made a couple (mid-inning?) defensive moves right before. But who knows with HAL!

I am continuing to find occasions when HAL does not follow platooning instructions. Twice, HAL has not made the platoon substitution when the player is intentionally walked - so HAL knows an intentional walk is coming up and does not make the switch. Last night, HAL did not make a switch. This time there was no intentional walk and the only unusual thing is that earlier in the game HAL had moved around the fielding position of this player. My team lost the game by one run, so it's frustrating. More than 95% of the time HAL makes the switch but there are occasions where the platoon hitter stays on the bench and the switch isn't made.

Perhaps HAL knows something we don’t? Like the pitcher is on a reverse split card so it’s actually more beneficial to have the lefty face the lefty? Just throwing it out there as a possibility. We all know HAL does some strange things LOL

Could it be HAL is holding back a bench player in case of an injury and HAL always holds someone in reserve for an emergency?

Could it be HAL is holding back a bench player in case of an injury and HAL always holds someone in reserve for an emergency?

In this case, this could have been true. But I have never noticed HAL holding a player in reserve for an emergency. I know that HAL platoons catchers without regard to emergencies. I'll keep an eye out for this possibility but I have never noticed HAL making a move to preserve fielding - just the opposite, I've often seen HAL making some weird moves that put fielders out-of-position.

Platooning is not consistent. Game 126 of the tournament (I'm out of contention) and I'm not changing the platoon settings. No one on my team is injured. The lefty pitcher on my opponent gives up 5 in the first and gets replaced by a righty. I have 4 players set to platoon. In this game, 2 get platooned out (LF and C). 2 do not get platooned out (CF and RF); however, the CF does get removed late for a defensive replacement. The platoon player in RF stays on the bench the whole game.
gritch brought up the possibility of HAL wanting to keep an emergency reserve in case of injury. If that is the rule, it is not straightforward since the unused reserves were a CF and a CF,RF, so at least CF should have been platooned. Also, the CF came up before the LF, so there were plenty of reserves on the bench when the CF should have been platooned. And the CF who is platooned v Lefty is exceptionally bad vs righty and is a bad fielder - so a rational manager would have prioritized getting him out of the lineup and, as I said, he was up in front of the LF who was removed for a platoon. Also, the at the time that the LF was removed for his platoon mate, the platoon mate was the only available LF - so if HAL is keeping an emergency reserve in case of injury it is a really weird and complex algorithm.
Several years ago, I thought SOM fixed the problem with platooning by following the platoon rules 100% of the time. But recently I have been having a lot of problems getting HAL to follow my platoon instructions.

I wonder if HAL is merely programmed to keep one player in reserve without any programming logic as to which one?