choose the Generate manager profiles command from the Tools menu
choose the Generate manager profile command using the Other actions button on any of the pages of the Roster / manager profile window

Manager profiles are also generated automatically when you use the DMB drafting system to add players to a team.

When you choose to generate all or part of a manager profile using either of the two methods shown above, DMB displays a window with the following options:

Here's how your choice of a method affects the computer manager's choices:

select Match real-life playing time to choose a pitching rotation and saved lineups featuring the players who started the most games at each position in real life. This is a good choice for teams that are using real-life rosters.
select Use player ratings to have the computer manager look at the ratings and statistics of the players when choosing the rotation and saved lineups. You should always use this method for teams that have newly-drafted rosters.

In the Pitching chart box:

check the Generate box to produce a new pitching chart for this team. If this box is not checked, the current pitching chart will be left as is.
Set the rotation size to whatever value you prefer. We recommend that you always use 5 for modern seasons, since few of today's pitchers are durable enough to perform in a four-man rotation.

In the Saved lineups and depth charts box:

Check the Keep existing saved lineups box if you want to preserve the existing saved lineups and generate only the depth charts that go with them. Leave this box unchecked to generate new saved lineups and depth charts.
Check Include DH versions to generate saved lineups and depth charts that include the designated hitter.
Check Include non-DH versions to generate saved lineups and depth charts that do not include the designated hitter. If you leave both the DH and non-DH boxes unchecked, no saved lineups or depth charts will be generated.

Check the Generate manager tendencies box to set all tendencies back to their default (Neutral) settings.

Check the Generate playing time limits box to set all playing time limits to match each player's real-life playing time and to allow the computer manager to pinch hit for all players.

Check the Reset player tendencies box to eliminate the use of player-specific tendencies, and therefore default to using the manager tendencies for all players on a roster.

Batting order generator

After the computer manager has selected the starters at each position (using either the real-life playing time or ratings method to choose them), it must then assemble those players into a batting order.

DMB chooses a batting order by looking at two aspects of each player's ability to:

get on base and get himself into scoring position (measured by on-base percentage, extra-base hits, and speed),
drive in runners (measured by slugging percentage, but also including the ability to avoid hitting into double plays).

The best overall hitters make up the top and middle of the order. Among these players, those who contribute more by getting on base get the top spots, and the ones who are stronger at driving in runs get the middle spots.

These lineups are often different from the ones used in real-life. Why? Because the real-life manager had to make out his lineups ahead of time, and the computer manager has the luxury of seeing how every player performed over the course of the season. And because the computer manager values on-base percentage more highly than speed when choosing players for the top of the order. These lineups may be different, we're confident that they will produce as many or more runs than their real-life counterparts.

Roster status

Players can be placed in the starting lineups only if they are active. Players on the reserve roster can be placed in relief and utility roles.

We allow reserve players to fill relief and utility roles because it saves time when you activate these players during the season. If reserve players were not allowed, they would be deleted every time you demoted a player to the reserve roster. So you would have to add them back to the manager profile every time they were promoted. Because many reserve players play several positions, it can take some time to add a player to each of those positions, and to do it for each of your depth charts.

There is no harm in leaving these players in the profile. If a reserve player appears anywhere in a manager profile, the computer manager knows that he is not active for the game, and that player will not be used.

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