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LINEUP DIALOG The Swap buttons let you bring players from your bench into your lineup, or from your minor league system onto your bench (and vice versa). Using the Up
and Down
buttons, you can move players up and down in the batting order. You can also move players within your minor league system with the Up and Down buttons.. The Sort Lineup For Injuries check-box tells the computer to re-sort your lineup only (not your entire roster) at game-time if one of your lineup players is injured. Note that Baseball Mogul will always replace any injured lineup player automatically. But if you leave this box unchecked, the replacement will take the same spot in the lineup. For example, if Albert Pujols is your #4 hitter and he's injured, the game might replace him with John Mabry, and put Mabry in the #4 spot. If you check this box, the game will replace Pujols AND re-sort the lineup for that game (moving Mabry lower in the batting order). "Auto-Sorting" The Sort All button re-organizes all your position players using the computer's artificial intelligence: it will move players to the minors as it sees fit, and build an entirely new set of lineups for your team.. If you don't want Baseball Mogul to demote anyone from your major league roster, you can just click Sort Lineup. This asks Baseball Mogul to pick the best lineup from the 14 batters on your major league roster. Unlike Sort All, Sort Lineup will only re-build the one lineup that is currently being displayed. Similarly, if you click Sort Minors, Baseball Mogul will sort all the players in your minor league organization, without promoting anyone to your major league roster, and without affecting your current lineups.
Auto-Sort "Locking" Multiple Lineups 1) Versus different starting pitchers (vs. lefties and vs. righties) Left-handed batters have an advantage against right-handed pitchers, and vice-versa. This is known as the platoon advantage. Some major league teams use the same lineup against all pitchers. To do this, just check the box labelled "Use same lineup vs. lefty and righty pitchers". Other teams choose to "platoon", by using different lineups against different starting pitchers. To set each lineup, choose "vs. Lefties" or "vs. Righties" from the dropdown listbox at the top of the page. 2) In games with or without the DH American League teams play almost all their games with the DH. National League teams play without the DH. The only exception is interleague games. Therefore, Baseball Mogul will automatically show the default lineup when you open the Lineup Dialog.To view and edit the lineup for interleague away games, choose "with DH" or "without DH" from the dropdown listbox at the top of the page.
Changing Display Options To choose which team is displayed, click on the 'Team' dropdown listbox in the upper left, and select a team. To select which stats are displayed for each player, click the 'Season' listbox and select 'This Season', 'Last Season', 'Career', or 'Minors'. The 'Career' setting will show cumulative career batting totals for each player. [In Commissioner Mode, you can also display 'Predicted' stats. This will show the computer's projections for this player for the upcoming season.] The Major League Roster section shows your starting lineup, in the order that they will bat during a game, followed by your bench players. In leagues without the DH, your starting pitcher for that game will bat in the ninth spot. The following stats are displayed for each player:
For players in the starting lineup, the 'Position' field indicates the defensive position that the player is currently assigned to. For bench players, one or more position abbreviations are shown to indicate where the player is suited to play. The Bench Players section shows all position players not in the starting lineup. It is important to have the right players on the bench to fill in at all of the positions in your lineup. For example, if you don't have someone who can play catcher on your bench and your starting catcher becomes injured, the computer will have to put a non-catcher behind the plate and your team's performance will suffer (this will be reflected most clearly in the number of passed balls and errors by the substitute catcher). Bench players are also used during
the game as pinch hitters, pinch runners, and defensive substitutes.
For some hints on assembling your bench, click here.
Baseball Mogul tracks four different minor league rosters for each team, ranging from 'AAA' (just below the major league level) to the 'Rookie' or 'R' league (a shorter season appropriate for recently drafted players). A player's development depends somewhat on which minor league level he is placed at. In general, players should be promoted as follows:
To change a player's Minor League assignment, select the player and choose a new organization level from the dropdown listbox labeled "Move To..."
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