How to Use Your Platoon in the Depth Chart Lineup Form

Wanted everyone to understand how platooning in the depth charts work, there have been a few weird lineup submissions recently.

The Platoon Partner only effects pinch hitting tendencies, and nothing more. By naming a person a platoon partner, it forces the computer to use that specific player in the pinch hitting situation. (It also makes in game management easier if we were playing live and making the in game moves ourselves, but that is not what type of league we are in).

How a classic platoon should be setup.

Vs Lefties:
Starter: Ichiro Suzuki
Platoon: Alberte Belle

Vs Righties
Starter: Albert Belle
Platton: Ichiro Suzuki

This setup will force Suzuki to always start against lefties and Belle against righties. Plus, in all pinch hitting decisions, the two would pinch hit for each other.

If you set it up this way

Vs Lefties:
Starter: Ichiro Suzuki
Platoon: Alberte Belle

Vs Righties
Starter: Earl Combs
Platoon: (Blank or someone else)

Bell never starts. He merely is the pinch hitter most often used for Suzuki, assuming you have that tendency setup to be used more than normal.

Also - it is not possible to assign % start times for a platoon partner. They either have a platoon partner or they don't.

Here is a full example of a bench setup

Vs Lefties:
Starter: Ichiro Suzuki
Defense: Ken Griffey Jr
Platoon: Alberte Belle
Bench 1: Andy Van Slyke (10%)
Bench 2: Dave Winfield (5%)

• Ichiro is the starter
• Griffey comes in late in the game for defensive purposes
• Belle is the #1 pinch hitter (and assumed starter vs Righties)
• Van Slyke plays for Suzuki 10% of the time and Griffey still comes in in defense, and Belle is still the platoon partner)
• Winfield plays for Suzuki 5% of the time and Griffey still comes in in defense, and Belle is still the platoon partner)

Hope this helps, more than it confuses.