Saved lineups page
See the Roster / manager profile
window topic for general information on how to open this window
and use the toolbar buttons.
See the Saved Lineups topic for
a description of the role that saved lineups play in
computer-managed games.
The saved lineups page
includes a list of all of the non-pitchers on this roster, with
tabs at the bottom for browsing several sheets of statistics,
ratings, and status information. Various buttons and popup menus
give you access to commands for viewing the different saved lineups
in the manager profile and asking the computer to generate all or
part of a manager profile. Here's what it looks like:
Window Layout
The largest portion of the window is used to display the players
on a roster. Players who are in the starting
lineup are shown in red.
Because you may need access to a lot of information during this
process, there are five tabs at the bottom of the window that you
can select from. Click on a tab to display a different set of
stats, ratings or status information for the players.
Double-click on the name of any player to display (in a separate
window) a complete player profile
that includes most of his ratings, statistics, and fatigue/usage
information.
Click on the Show pitchers button
(above the player list) to toggle between showing the team's
batters and pitchers in the player list. When the Show reserves button is checked, all players are
included in the list; when it is not checked, the list includes
only the players on the active roster.
To the right of the Show reserves button is a pulldown list that
allows you to switch among the (up to) six saved lineups that can
be stored in a manager profile. The arrows to either side of the
pull-down list allow you to cycle through these lineups either
forward or backward.
The upper-right corner shows the name of the current saved
lineup (type in this box to change it), the lineup, and a defensive
position grid that shows which positions are currently unfilled
(unfilled positions are in red).
Below the defensive position grid are other controls that enable
you to indicate whether this saved lineup should be used against
left- or right-handed pitchers and whether it should be used in
games where designated hitter (DH) is used or is not in use.
NOTE:
As in the image above, the name and makeup of the lineup may
indicate that it is to be used versus LHP when there is no DH. But
the computer manager will only use this lineup in that situation if
you correctly set Versus to Left and leave the Use in DH games box
unchecked.
Changing a Saved Lineup
Using the Roster popup menu
In the roster in the left part of the screen, right-click on the
name of any player to display a popup menu of commands:
Choose Show player profile to display
the full profile for the selected
player.
Choose View player settings to set
playing time limits and other options for this player. DMB displays
the following window:
You can use this window to put limits on the number of
atbats this player will get when you have
the Limit Bench Playing Time option turned on for this league. See
Leagues: Rules and
Options for more details on this options.
See Playing time limits
for much more on how these settings are used by the computer
manager.
Using the Lineup popup menu
In the lineup box at the right of the window, right-click on any
lineup slot to display a popup menu of commands:
Choose Insert player to place the
"selected" player into this lineup position at the defensive
position you choose from the pull-right menu. This command works
only if you previously left-clicked on a player in the roster
portion of the window to "select" him as the one to be
inserted.
Choose New defensive pos to assign
this player to a new defensive position that you choose from the
pull-right menu.
Choose Remove player to create an
empty slot in the lineup.
Choose Move to move the selected
player to another lineup slot, shifting the players in between by
one slot to make room.
Choose Exchange to exchange slots with
another player in the lineup, leaving the players in between where
they are.
Inserting a Player using Drag-and-Drop
To insert a player using drag-and-drop:
1. Left-click once on the name of the player in the roster list,
then release the mouse button.
2. Position the mouse near the top or bottom edge of the
player's name. When the cursor changes from the normal arrow cursor
to the special drag-and-drop arrow (see image below), left-click
again, hold your mouse button down, and drag the player over to the
lineup on the right side of the screen.
3. Release the mouse button over the slot you wish to insert
this player into, then select a defensive position from the popup
menu that appears. If that lineup slot is already filled, the
selected player replaces the one who was previously listed
there.
Other actions
Click on the Other actions button to
display a popup menu with additional commands that apply to saved
lineups and/or depth chart or the entire manager profile.
Choose Erase saved lineup and/or depth
chart to empty this saved lineup and its associated depth
chart.
Choose Copy saved lineup and depth
chart to copy this saved lineup and its associated depth
chart into another one of the six manager profile slots for saved
lineups. If, for example, you already have saved lineups for non-DH
games and you want to create saved lineups for DH games, you can
use this command to copy your non-DH lineups and then make any
changes from there.
Choose Generate manager profile to ask
the computer manager to erase the entire manager profile (including
saved lineups and depth charts) and replace it with a
newly-generated one. See the Manager profile generator topic
for details.
Choose Generate saved lineup and/or depth
chart to ask the computer manager to select a starting
lineup and associated depth chart, replacing the currently
displayed lineup.
NOTE:
Platoons will not be generated when generating a single depth chart
(vs LHP, for example). You must generate the entire manager profile
for a team in order to have the computer setup platoons.
DMB displays the following window:
Here's how your selections affect the computer manager's
choices:
-
Set the Method to Match real-life playing
time to choose a lineup 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.
-
Set the Method to Use player ratings to have the computer manager look
at the ratings and statistics of the players when choosing the
starters. You should always use this method for teams that have
newly-drafted rosters.
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Check the Keep the saved lineup box if
you want to preserve this lineup but regenerate the platoon roles,
defensive replacements and utility roles that go with this
lineup.
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