[NoOne]

************
Yearly Cycle
************
* Some things should be timed with your new scouting reports. Anytime they come out, it's a good idea to check-in on important prospects.
**Don't Auto-calculate the League Total Modifiers every year. Clicking it before starting any new leauge is a good idea. After that, use it reactively to a large shift in stats, if at all. Tweak the modifiers individually for any fine tuning. It should ebb and flow a healthy amount. Auto-calculate for the Minors as much as you want. The tighter it is, the better you understand quality relative to baseline per individual player.
*** If you lock important prospects, you can delegate MiL Depth charts and MiL Promotions/Demotions. You don't have to ask AI to setup minor leagues, below. I am leaving that in as a bookmark for assessing your MiL system -- either 100% by hand or automated with select prospects being locked etc. If you make some massive changes to a team before a game is played that day, you may want to ask the AI to set up that depth chart, or possible the entire system. It will safely jostle enough players, but it won't call up reinforcemnts for that 1 game. Simming a day will cause it to adjust on its own given proper delegation from your manager's office settings..

Regular Season:

-Opening Day, Before any games are palyed
....click Auto-calc for full-season MLB / MiLs that start soon, if needed.
....Preseason Predictions with 25-man rosters set league-wide
....Finalize 40-Man Roster, return Spring Training players to AAA, if you have not.
....Finalize MiL Setup (more details below, same each time)


-Day of First Year Amatuer Draft
.....Move 18+ players from International Complex to Minor League System (new scouting values)
.....Apply League-level locks to recently drafted prospects / former International Complex players of note and shortlist them
.....Assess MiL locked prospects - promote/demote/remove/add
.....Release minor Leaguers that are dead weight
.....Ask AI to setup complete Minor League System around your hand-locked players
.....Auto-calc short season minor leagues after the draft is completed but before their seasons start, if needed

-Play until International Amateur FA Signing begins
.....Immediately bid on wanted players
.....If 18, move to Minors. Lock and Shortlist, if needed
.....Assess MiL locked prospects - promote/demote/remove/add (assure rookie placement is good, and any borderlines - 1 month, so be forgiving - my league differs here, so adjust this as necessary -> give enough time after draft)
.....Ask AI to setup complete Minor League System

-Play until 1 month left of A-AAA schedule left
.....Assess MiL locked prospects - promote/demote/remove/add
.....Ask AI to setup complete Minor League System

-Sign personnel as you lose them at the end of each MiL season.



Playoffs:

-Set Roster for Playoffs
.....Set all substitutions to never
.....Set 4-man rotation
.....Set Rotation Strategy to strict

-End of Playoff Run:
.....Set MLB Rotation size and strategy for regular season
.....Set MLB depth chart and lineups for regular season


Offseason: order noted when important

-Set budgets
-Manually pick awards?
-Cull Minors before offering extensions

-Day One of Arbitration
.....1 Assess MiL locked prospects - promote*/demote/remove/add - ***wait on MLB promotions
.....2 Ask AI to setup complete Minor League System
.....3 Offer long-term contracts to arbitration eligible players - if not a "keeper" still look for a bargain
.....4 Trade assets for MLB replacements and/or near future needs
.....5 Salary Arbitration / Qualifying Offers
.....0 Offer no-cost MiL Extensions to MiL players listed on Salary Arbitration screen or Front Office/Upcoming FA

-Free Agency
.....1 Sign FA MLB needs and depth / Trade replaced player etc
.....2 promote any to MLB if way overqualified for AAA after relevant FA signings, otherwise wait until end of Spring Training to add to 40-man Roster, if flexibility is still needed. Don't move to 40-man until absolutely necessary.

-New Year's Day
.....Assess MiL locked prospects - promote/demote/remove/add


Preseason:

-Set Intl Amateur FA Signing Cap after you have spent your FA money.
-Assess MiL locked prospects - promote/demote/remove/add


Spring Training

-Day One
.....Promote locked AAA players and any needed filler for rest to spring training roster
.....Set depth charts and lineups for spring training

-End of Spring Training + April 1 for new scouting report, if not beyond opening day (assumes better scouting budget than minors*)
.....Lock and shortlist any of note
.....Assess MiL locked prospects - promote/demote/remove/add (use ratings while in MLB after scouting report*)
.....Ask AI to setup complete Minor League System
.....Set MLB depth charts and lineups - check rotation size and player strategies!

Go To Beginning of post