This just fills the positions to the best of its abilities. It does not attempt to create a batting order.

https://diamond-scout.dolenz.chatgpt.site/

A few screens as an example

Here is a Search I did. I chose all NL Central Teams and then selected Spotlight and Topps Now as the two card series I wanted. This is a simple example that does not get into the power of advanced filters at all.

A few options when you then hit the Build Squad button. You can choose

• Full squad
• Just hitters
• Just pitchers.

For ranking you can use

• OVR
• Default weighting - which I tried to get close to the game's ratings (although I did not try to do separate weights for different positions)
• Your custom weighting

The Results Screen

You can see at the top that the filter left us two pitchers short in the bullpen. You could manually add pitchers, or you can lock all the positions you like and change your search filters. I locked all of the choices and removed the card series filter and Choose Build Squad again and it filled in those two spots with two New Threads players (Luke Weaver and Ryan Zeferjahn)

The little icon next to the Lock icon will show you the alternatives for the position that fit the filter and allow you to swap if you wanted.

You can click on the player's name in the right-hand panel to see their card details and their attributes.

Finally, I added a few Copy options at the top to make it easy to share the lineup without needing a screenshot

Diamond Scout Roster
Selection: Default attribute formula · Base attributes
DH: hitting attributes only

Starting lineup
C — Gary Sánchez — Spotlight — 99 OVR
1B — Jake Bauers — Spotlight — 99 OVR
2B — Brice Turang — Spotlight — 99 OVR
3B — Alex Bregman — Spotlight — 99 OVR
SS — Thomas Saggese — Spotlight — 99 OVR
LF — Kris Bryant — Spotlight — 99 OVR
CF — Pete Crow-Armstrong — Spotlight — 98 OVR
RF — Esmerlyn Valdez — Spotlight — 98 OVR
DH — Alec Burleson — Spotlight — 99 OVR

Bench
B1 — Nick Gonzales — Spotlight — 98 OVR
B2 — Héctor Rodríguez — Topps Now — 97 OVR
B3 — Seiya Suzuki — Spotlight — 97 OVR
B4 — Garrett Mitchell — Spotlight — 97 OVR

Rotation
SP1 — Jared Jones — Spotlight — 97 OVR
SP2 — Quinn Mathews — Topps Now — 97 OVR
SP3 — Jacob Misiorowski — Spotlight — 96 OVR
SP4 — Dustin May — Spotlight — 96 OVR
SP5 — Kyle Harrison — Spotlight — 94 OVR

Bullpen
RP1 — Cooper Hjerpe — Topps Now — 97 OVR
RP2 — Mason Montgomery — Spotlight — 97 OVR
RP3 — Tejay Antone — Spotlight — 95 OVR
RP4 — Aaron Ashby — Spotlight — 94 OVR
RP5 — Chase Petty — Topps Now — 94 OVR
RP6 — JoJo Romero — Spotlight — 93 OVR
RP7 — Luke Weaver — New Threads — 97 OVR
RP8 — Ryan Zeferjahn — New Threads — 97 OVR

I ask because I am thinking about trying to implement it into the Web site that I created and gave people access to. It already has a pretty robust search engine and even has the ability for you to customize the weighted ratings.

I have been brainstorming it with ChatGPT and since the program doesn't have access to players inventories it would create the squad and also give 2 or three alternatives for each choice (If there are enough).

If the selected filters don’t provide enough eligible players to complete a legal squad, the game could simply tell you which positions can’t be filled and let you either adjust the filters or choose to fill the remaining spots with the best available players.

I definitely agree there are some edge cases, but I think they’re pretty manageable. The main idea would still be that Generate Best Squad uses the current filtered player pool wherever possible.

@tablemnstr2pt0_PSN said:

One other thing I’d add: this should work with multiple filters at the same time. For example, Rangers + Switch Hitters, Live Series + Switch Hitters, or any other combination of the existing filters. Whatever filters are currently active would define the eligible player pool, and Generate Best Squad would build the best possible squad from those cards.

What if the combinations of filters does not build a pool of players to fill every position?

How would it handle pitchers if you chose hitting filters?

I like the idea but there are some potential sticking points to think about.