[Caulfield]

A)play 1, sim 3
this way you get to pitch with every starter in your rotation
or
B)play 1, sim 4
pick you favorite starting pitcher and play only the games he's supposed to start
or
C)play 1, sim 1, play one with QC, sim 1, play 1 in quick manage, sim 1,
repeat
A=roughly 40,41 games played
B=32,33 games played
C=54 games played
there are plenty other variations on this, once you've decided how many you want to play
play 1, sim1= 81 games played
I think if you play at least 1\5 of the games you are going to feel pretty invested in your team.