Weird CPU substitution "glitch" in franchise

[Unlucky 13]

I've come across a weird thing in franchise mode that I'd never seen before, and I was curious to see if anyone else had come across it. I'm in the 2019 season of my Cubs franchise, so the Pirates are a frequent opponent. In 2018, everything seemed normal with them.

However, in 2019, every single time that I play them - which is about 10 games so far, they do not have Josh Harrison in their starting lineup, but then sub him into the game as soon as they take the field in the first inning. Sometimes at second base, sometimes at short, sometimes in left field. This means that they are always shorting themselves a bench player with an immediate sub.


I can't recall ever seeing another team do this, but with them it happens every time, and always the same guy. Anyone else see anything like this?

[Bartolo Colon]

Re: Weird CPU substitution "glitch" in franchise

I've come across a weird thing in franchise mode that I'd never seen before, and I was curious to see if anyone else had come across it. I'm in the 2019 season of my Cubs franchise, so the Pirates are a frequent opponent. In 2018, everything seemed normal with them.



However, in 2019, every single time that I play them - which is about 10 games so far, they do not have Josh Harrison in their starting lineup, but then sub him into the game as soon as they take the field in the first inning. Sometimes at second base, sometimes at short, sometimes in left field. This means that they are always shorting themselves a bench player with an immediate sub.





I can't recall ever seeing another team do this, but with them it happens every time, and always the same guy. Anyone else see anything like this?

I’ve seen this happen in RTTS before where for some reason a random player gets subbed in after the first batter or possibly before the first batter.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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This happened to me against the A's last year in Franchise. Every single time i played against Oakland, they subbed in Phegley before the first pitch of the game. "Josh Phegley is now taking over at (position)."

One team did sub in a player before one game this year, but not sure if it was the same thing. But other than that i have not seen it in 18...

I never understood why it did this either, or what caused it. It definitely gives them one less guy on the bench. Im curious if anyone knows why it would do this.

[PhilliesFan13]

Re: Weird CPU substitution "glitch" in franchise

Check the lineups for those teams to make sure they don't have someone in the starting lineup out of position. That could be why.

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[Unlucky 13]

Re: Weird CPU substitution "glitch" in franchise

Check the lineups for those teams to make sure they don't have someone in the starting lineup out of position. That could be why.

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That could be part of it. The Pirates have CPU generated players at 2B and SS who are both natural SS, but can play the other IF positions as well. However, neither of them are as good as Harrison. His stats suggest that when the games are simmed, he's the one whos getting the at bats too.

[bigwill33]

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Happened to me against the Cardinals a few days ago. They kept putting Molina in at first, after the game had started.

I checked around and think it had to do with injuries to that position and not having enough first basemen in the system to call up. But I am not sure. I manually took off an injury to one of their first basemen, but by then the series was over and I haven't checked to see if that fixed the issue since.

[CujoMatty]

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I’ve never mentioned it before but every time I sim ahead in game the Cpu substitutes out my 84 overall created player. Every time no matter what inning. Luckily I don’t hardly ever sim so it’s not a huge problem for me but it’s definitely annoying

Edit

I should add that this is in franchise not RTTS

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

Re: Weird CPU substitution "glitch" in franchise

Check the lineups for those teams to make sure they don't have someone in the starting lineup out of position. That could be why.

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This was last year for me, but i checked that lineup over and over for something like this. I also checked for injuries etc. And never found a good reason. Maybe it had to do with a secondary position glitch or something?