Item Substitution is not kicking in for MSRs

I have Item A on Par 1. Item A is being substituted with Item B. On the Substitutions page for Item A, Use for Shipments is checked and Use for Procurement is set for Automatic Substitution. This information is also coped to the Inventory Business Unit. Item B has a quantity on-hand and a DPL in that business unit as well. the QOH for item A has been depleted.

Scenario: When I go to count par location levels and set a request quantity for Item A, then Create Par Replen Request which generates an MSR with Item A on it. Then Run INORDRLS which is where I would expect the substitute to occur, instead the pick list document reads "No records found for the selection criteria entered. Nothing was picked for this pick batch." (auto cancels backorders). Yet if I adjust up the QOH of Item A then those MSRs are picked up by the INORDRLS process just fine, but has users pick the original item instead of the