This has always been truth.
It's not position heirarchy... It's availability. They'll put anyone in at SS, but if you run out of position players... Then they'll keep the injured player in the game.
Before they do that... They'll exhaust all of your position players, including those on rest.
I warned everyone about this in my fatigue league...
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It's going to be a 16 team $80m league.
- No WW, live play, AAA, DH or clones
- IP and PA minimums turned off
- Injuries are on (Note: If all players are injured, forfeits do not occur. The sim just leaves the last injured player in the game)
- No stadium restrictions
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