JUICE ROGERS: ~1960s-1980s AIM Draft League Manager, 2018 edition
For draft seasons/replays only. AIM, best with MBFs on but that's not required.

Installation Instructions:
Juice Rogers consists of the following four files:
	
        MgrJuice.lib, MgrJuice.mob, MgrJuice.msy, MgrJuice.dct

You must copy or move each of these four files into your BBW directory or folder. You may place the files into a separate season folder (e.g., U-1960.wdd) but Rogers will only be available if that season is loaded in League Manager.

If you are using APBA 5.75 then the four above files must be placed in a folder named "MicroManagers". That folder is locates separately from the location of the game and is usually located here (the wording might be different depending on the operating system you have):

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\APBA Games\Baseball\MicroManagers

Again, the files must be placed in the above "MicroManagers" folder.

			GENERAL OVERVIEW
Juice Rogers is a 1960s/1970s era (roughly) draft league AIM manager. He's not programmed to handle either non-AIM or replay (non-draft) type games. If you use him for such games, you will get strange and "ahistoric" results. 

Pitching Overview:
Rogers considers a 4 or 5 man rotation determined by any pitcher with more starts than relief appearances and 15 or more starts. All pitchers falling into that category are then ranked by ERA from lowest to highest. The five pitchers with the lowest ERA are considered a team's primary rotation. 

If a team doesn't have 5 pitchers that meet that criteria, Rogers will rank all pitchers by starts - high to low - and the first five pitchers with starts will be considered the rotation. However, if the fifth starter had zero starts (i.e., the roster only had 4 pitchers with starts), Rogers will use a 4 man rotation.

For the most part, these 4/5 pitchers will not be used in relief EXCEPT late (8th onward) and almost exclusively in save situations. However, if a team's bullpen is thin, they may be used a little more aggressively but only late.

If you absolutely don't want to ever use your starters in relief, you can bench them with your f-file. It's also probably wiser to use Judge Griffith who is identical to Rogers except for the above rotation. Griffith will use ANY pitcher in relief who is NOT benched.

Rogers judges closers by grades. "Normal" type closers usually have an adjusted grade between 14 and 16 while "super" type closers will have adjusted grades of 17 and higher. Super closers will be used more aggressively than normal closers (Note: Adjusted grades are grades plus control ratings).

If you've got multiple closers (determined by the above standard grades), Rogers will likely use a bullpen by committee approach using all of the closers. He'll usually save the top rated closer and spot use the other closer types as setup guys. 

Other Areas:
Difficult to give much details here as many of his strategies such a PHing or stealing, et cetera are based on the type of players/roster he's given. This version is a bit more aggressive trying to manufacture runs - PHing, bunting guys over, et cetera - than Rogers. Not greatly so but it may be noticeable in certain situations.

Rogers has a blowout sub strategy, likes to use itchy relievers in lopsided games for a batter 
to remove their itchy status, et cetera.

A good test to see how he manages is to run him with your team for a good 30-40 games in LM. You should be able to get a good idea as to how he manages.

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