I drafted Bob Caruthers 1886 and would like Sparky to use him to pinch hit vs. RHP above all other choices. It usually seems to me that Sparky will only choose a pitcher once other options are exhausted. My first idea is to clear out the PH hierarchy vs. righties, leave it blank and see what happens, though I fear it may lead to my pitchers not being pinch hit for. Of course this also requires resetting the hierarchy whenever he starts, which should be about 75 times. Anyone have ideas?

You have to draft with that in mind. Get enough PA without your scrubs. Have 0 bench players, just your starters. All scrubs need to be lowest PA you can find. Start them the first 8-10 games (at the top of the lineup to maximize PA) to get them full seasons PA right up front. Once they hit, set rest to 99 and remove all of them from the hierarchy. Set PH settings to aggressive or very aggressive, double-switch on, and then when season starts send two scrubs to AAA for the pitchers. Sparky’s only option is Caruthers, but even the. He won’t always PH with him. There will still be times he’ll let the pitcher bat instead. However, about half the time, sparky will swap him in on a double switch and leave in the OF and he can pick up an extra AB or two.

More consistent way to get pitchers in is to keep playing a lineup of 0% fatigue hitters who get injured and replaced by the pitchers in the field (pitcher has to have fielding rating at position).

But I should clarify, you won’t win doing the latter, and the former is inconsistent and will cost you roughly 10 games.

Thanks. More complicated than I thought. When drafting I hadn’t thought of the PH issue; then setting up for the season thought, how can I get more? Too late. Side note, this kind of thing worked great with live play!

Yeah, I'm one of many that miss live play for a number of reasons...