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@Trevor-Story said in Unlikely players you absolutely mash with?:

Willie Calhoun.

Me too!

@ejwik13 said in Two way players:

SDS. Please add something in franchise where I can put my two way players in the lineup during sim. I don’t want to have to play 162 games of franchise in order to get my two way players in the lineup. Very bummed about this

I think I have some useful information posted on your other thread about Ohtani not serving as the DH/hitting.

Last reply, I’m just trying to help!
I just tested a Franchise with the Angles. And I simulated each game and even though he is not in the preset lineup; the cpu has him in the final box score as the DH. He seems to be at DH through most games.

@ejwik13 said in Please help- ohtani not hitting:

I started up a new franchise and I like to do a sim league style and traded for ohtani but he’s not DHing on his days off from pitching. Any way to fix this without playing every single game?

I wonder why he is DH in my league but not yours, interesting!

Anyways, I have control all teams, on. My profile for all teams is manual everything. I preset the lineups, but the CPU is inserting Ohtani to replace who ever is in the DH spot for that day except the day after he took the mound. I manually sim all the games from the daily schedule except for the two teams that I play as.

@GreatHygiene said in Please help- ohtani not hitting:

Nope. I tried, can't do it.

I even used him to pinch-hit in a National League park, but he was automatically entered into the game to pitch. Couldn't take him out until he faced 3 batters. Just a poor job of implementing his unique situation into the game.

No matter who is used to pinch hit in a National League game, you have three options; one, you can enter the player as a double switch, or two, make double switch when the option pops up before you take the field, or three, just replace with another pitcher when prompted. If you let the pinch hitter take the mound, then yes, he has to face three batters. You can’t take him out like in past years after he appears on the mound.

In my Franchise he is DH on most of his off days. He has been the designated hitter in two out of four games. He was the starting pitcher in game one. Then, he had game two off, and started game three and four as the designated hitter. With that said, I don’t play as the Angles, but I checked the box scores for each of the Angels’ games.

If you play as the Angles you can’t put him in DH spot when you set the lineups outside of entering a game. Lastly, once you click “play full game” you can adjust the line up and add him as DH. This can also be done in Play Now.

In short, you can’t place him at DH in roster control or the lineup section, but the cpu will make the adjustment prior to the start of the game (when simulating) or you can make the adjustment prior to the start of playing a game.

Anyways, just thought I’d pass this information along. Enjoy the Show!

I agree, there is no need for the blue circle to indicate which fielder to use when auto fielding is selected. I hope it gets patched back to how it was before 1.05.