This library contains ten 2021 playoff teams, with active rosters containing players that appeared in at least one postseason game. In addition, the manager profiles for each team contain the actual lineups that were used during the postseason. These lineups can be loaded directly by clicking on the Profile button when selecting the starting lineups.
It is recommended that the library be played as follows:
- The Postseason Page should be used to generate the playoff schedules. In addition, the library is installed with the wild card games already on the calendar. Users should continue to use the Postseason Page to schedule the remainder of the postseason games once the wild card games are completed.
- Games are intended to be played or watched manually. This will allow users to select the exact same starting pitchers and lineups that were used in real-life. If the game did not happen in real-life, users can allow the computer manager to pick starters and lineups based on manager profile settings, or they can choose them manually
A few things to be aware of:
- The starting rotations specified in the team profiles are estimated based on manager preferences in the final weeks of the regular season and during the playoffs. These are intended to be used only for playoff games that did not take place in real-life.
- The starting rotations in the profiles were specified as 4-man rotations and pitchers located lower in the rotation can be skipped if earlier pitchers are rested.
- The Bullpen Usage setting in the manager profiles was set to "Quick to the Pen" to reflect the way starters were used during the real-life postseason.
- Playing time limits have been disabled in the library options.
- The Shelled Threshold in the Pitcher Fatigue options was set to 5. This means that starting pitchers will become immediately tired if they give up 5 or more runs. This was done to better reflect how starters were used during the 2021 postseason.
- The Maximum Pitches Before Tired option in the Pitcher Fatigue options was set to 110. This was done to better reflect how starters were used during the 2021 postseason.
- The Reserve Best-In-Pen Factor option in the Pitcher Fatigue option group was set to 20. This was done to ensure that managers do not "give-up" and try and conserve the best relievers when losing by a wide margin.
- The lineup substitutions settings in the manager profile were configured so the computer manager does not make lineup substitutions. This ensures that the lineups stored in the profile will be used "as-is".
- Some starting pitchers that did not appear in the postseason were added to the postseason rosters for teams that did not go very far in the postseason. This was required to ensure that these teams have enough starters if they go deep in the postseason during a replay.
