I find that the sim likes to put in my setup man when I'm down four runs (maybe five, I'm not sure if that's happened).  This is especially annoying as my current team has only one guy in the setup slot most of the time, and I don't want him getting tired out for no reason.  Down 4 runs in the 7th inning seems like a job for the long reliever to me.  Is there any setting I can alter to prevent this from happening?

This thread could help shed some light: http://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=452075&page=1

There is a post by Bribar toward the bottom of page 3 that really breaks it down: http://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=408808&page=3

I've used this info for every team since I read it and it seems to be 100% correct.

FYI...other topics that can help that are in the Knowledge Base: http://www.whatifsports.com/knowledgebase/KnowledgeBase.aspx?pid=0&tid=-1

Article 15: How Sparky chooses when you have multiple available pitchers with the same role designation.
Article 30: How the mop-up is used.
Article 36: What the different roles mean and some general guidelines on how Sparky uses them
Article 39: How autorest works (key point: a pitcher fatigued below his autorest setting is treated exactly as though you set him to "rest")
Article 41: TPC vs MPC
Article 46: When Sparky will use a pitcher who had been set to "rest"
Article 47: Why a pitcher may be in the game (this article heavily influenced my outline of "algorithm 1")
Article 770: How LH/RH specialists are used
Article 591: How the SIM determines its pitching role recommendations (one read of this will make you realize you should never just take these as given)