Ways to make the comish's job easier when sending changes

[HollywoodLeo]

None of these are hard set rules, just courtesies that make inputting changes easier, especially if you have a big PM.

- List mid-season free agent signings first: That's a different part of the game, so if I get to that mid-PM I have to exit your team and go to the free agency screen.

- List cuts before demotions/promotions: May as well trim the lists I have to sift through before having to dig through them for other moves

- List demotions before promotions: The game won't let me take your roster past 25 (except in September) so I have to do the demotions first if you're making changes on your major league roster.

- Group your promotions/demotions/cuts by level the player is currently at and by position, and order the positions as follows
1st, group by level the player is at before you make any changes. Preferably leave a space between each level to give distinction.

2nd, Group by position on their player page and order the positions as follows: SP, MR, CL, CA, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF, DH. The game orders them that way so it's easier if you do so as well.

- When making line up or rotation changes, either bold or list only your actual changes: It's easier to know exactly what you want changed if you either A) bold the changes or B) only list the changes. I've seen both formats and both work great. But if the entire lineup and rotation is listed all in the same font and non-bold I have to skim through the entire thing to find the differences.

This list is subject to additions. And I reiterate these are not rules. I'll work with it if none of the above are followed, but following these courtesies would make changes happen quicker, more fluidly, and less chance for errors.

[HollywoodLeo]

Here's an example of a PM I sent to Prov for changes in his league that highlights much of the above, although I did get RF and LF mixed up in order here.

Cut from MLB
C James Dick
MR Shane Farney

Cut from AAA
C Tomijirou Fumihiko
RF Hector Hernandez
LF Richard Majeski (yeah, I know. Was just seeing if it'd give me a fan interest boost)
CF Samual Sandy

Cut from AA
SP James Lingenfelter
SP Jonathan Mendes
MR Ed Lark
MR Jim Simons
CL Milton Tingley
1B John Blazquez
SS Stephen Wirt

Cut from A
SP Fabian Meyer
SP Lupe Robbins
MR Mark Gardner
MR Robert Reed
C David Dahlin
1B Julian Reyes
2B Andreas Corrado
2B Alexis Galaz
3B Clemente Ronquillo
3B Steven Conrad
SS Seve Covarrubias
RF Victor Perez

Demote
SP Leslie Griner: MLB -> AAA
MR Vincent Manchester: MLB -> AAA
MR Bill Sheley: MLB -> AAA
SS Tricia Takanawa: MLB -> AAA

LF Aurelio Gonzales: AAA -> AA
CF Patrick Dunkle: AAA -> AA

Promote
SP Milhouse Van Houten: AAA -> MLB
SP Otomaro Amane: AAA -> MLB
SP Anthony Drum: AAA -> MLB
SP Cobra Kai: AAA -> MLB
SP Jeffery Trinh: AAA -> MLB
MR Claudio Delapena: AAA -> MLB
MR Stanley Gonzales: AAA -> MLB
MR Robby Newhart Jr: AAA -> MLB
C Geraldo Fleitas: AAA -> MLB
1B Decepticon Devastator: AAA -> MLB
2B Wesley Harsh: AAA -> MLB
2B Michael Thornton: AAA -> MLB
SS Ryan Payne: AAA -> MLB
LF Diamond Joe Quimby: AAA -> MLB

MR David Hammers: AA -> AAA
1B Alfredo Alva: AA -> AAA

MR Paul Thrash: A -> AA
LF Alberto Armenta: A -> AA
CF David Fulkerson: A -> AA

Position Changes
1B Decepticon Devastator --> DH (MLB)
RF Jillian The Bimbo --> CF (MLB)
LF Diamond Joe Quimby --> RF (MLB)

LF Scott Donnelly --> 3B (AAA)
SS Tricia Takanawa --> 2B (AAA)

1B Eladio Guerrero --> RF (AA)

CF Jerry Falbo --> RF (A)

Lineup vs RHP (changes in bold)
1. Harris Ohman - 3B
2. Philip Amon - 2B
3. Decepticon Devastator - DH
4. Antonio Lopez - 1B
5. Castor Troy - C
6. Werner Von Brawn - LF
7. Diamond Joe Quimby - RF
8. Ryan Payne - SS
9. Jillian The Bimbo - CF

Lineup vs LHP (changes in bold)
1. Harris Ohman - 3B
2. Philip Amon - 2B
3. Decepticon Devastator - DH
4. Antonio Lopez - 1B
5. Castor Troy - C
6. Jillian The Bimbo - CF
7. Diamond Joe Quimby - RF
8. Ryan Payne - SS
9. Werner Von Brawn - LF

please Auto depth charts

Rotation (5 man strict)
1. Milhouse Van Houten
2. Otomaro Amane
3. Cobra Kai
4. Anthony Drum
5. Jeffery Trinh

Middle Relief
1. Claudio Delapena
2. Stanley Gonzales
3. Robby Newhart Jr
4. Frederick James

Setup
1. Dylan Flannigan
2. Allen Goddard

Closer
1. Felix Aston

Auto minor league lineups and rotations (not the auto minors button)

[cjkalt]

should prolly sticky this

PS: Sorry Leo

[Mach]

add how you want trades listed too.

[Trendy Bastard]

I'm so stealing this.

[Providence A's]

That was a long PM lol.

I was putting my changes in bold back when you all had Similac breath...some of you still do.

[Witlon]

Whew, already do everything that's in the first post anyway. :yatesing:

I had to go in game to figure out if 3B or SS were first, because a lot of games are weird on that. But it's something that was never cleared up on any of the Instruction Threads.

[Kingdom]

Does the comish want his roter gift wrapped?

[zodious]

Does the comish want his roter gift wrapped?

Too much work!

[Kingdom]

No, you.

[Shadow29]

Clearly you should just do it my way, and never do anything. Molina had it easy for all those years.

[Porter]

If we make switches in position (like putting a SP in the bullpen, or a 2B at SS, etc) can you make the primary positions where they are currently playing. It makes life easier when we can make changes. There is no need for 8 SPs on our team page when only 4 or 5 are actually starting.

[HollywoodLeo]

I did that once and the GM complained

[Porter]

It annoys me to no end. Even when I did run PSL. Which I still want to run but the site keeps rejecting my updated PSL File.

[Providence A's]

If I want the position changed, I list it in the PM.