I would like to pinch hit whenever a pitcher comes to bat after the 5th inning, or close to it. I use many relievers, and don't want any coming to the plate. What should my pinch-hitting setting be set to in a non-DH league? Thanks!
DawgCatcher

I would try setting it to 4 or 5, but be careful your hitters (at least your good ones) cannot be pinch hit for in the advanced settings or you might see too many pinch hitters

another thing to consider is the pull setting for your pitchers, I'm not 100% sure about this but I'm pretty sure if you have a reliever with the pull setting at 1, the sim generally won't pinch hit for him until he's going to come out of the game the next inning anyways. so set the pitchers pull setting to 3 or higher, but this may lead to your starter getting hooked earlier than you might have liked. i generally don't like my starter getting pulled early even if being shelled as its not like real life where pitchers sometimes don't have it, sim pitchers have the same stuff every appearance and i don't want to waste the bullpen. but you might want to do something different.

There are always unintended consequences to any combination of settings. Personally, I hate seeing a good pitcher removed for a PH well short of his TPC/MPC, unless the game is on the line. But your mileage may vary.

I recommend exploring different settings for multiple games (at least 8-10 games) and checking to see what happens.