Colorado Rockies Instruction Sheet

This is the primary roster for the Rockies.  Injury replacements are listed below

Injury block roster replacements
Doc Gooden 1,2,3 (to minor leagues) - Al Levine replaces on the roster
Jeff Kent - 6 (to minor leagues) - Tim Bogar replaces on the roster
Mike Morgan - 7,8,9 (to minor leagues) - Al Levine replaces on the roster
Darrin Erstad - 9 (to minor leagues) - Juan Samuel replaces on the roster
Jon Leiber - 10,11 (to minor leagues) - Al Levine replaces on the roster
Edger Renteria - 11 (to minor leagues - Tim Bogar replaces on the roster

BATTING ORDER
 

LINE - UP VS LH	LINE - UP VS RH	Block 6 VS LH	Block 6 VS RH
Renteria- Shortstop	Renteria- Shortstop	Renteria- Shortstop	Renteria- Shortstop
Floyd - Left Field	Erstad - Right Field	Floyd - Left Field	Erstad - Right Field
Piazza - Catcher	Piazza - Catcher	Piazza - Catcher	Piazza - Catcher
Tino - First Base	Tino - First Base	Tino - First Base	Tino - First Base
Kent - Second Base	Kent - Second Base	Jones-Center Field	Jones-Center Field
Jones-Center Field	Floyd - Left Field	Erstad - Right Field	Floyd - Left Field
Erstad - Right Field	Jones-Center Field	Ripken - Third Base	Ripken - Third Base
Ripken - Third Base	Ripken - Third Base	Bogar-Second Base	Bogar-Second Base
Pitcher	Pitcher	Pitcher	Pitcher

 

Block 9 Lineup vs LH	Block 9 Lineup vs RH	Block 11 Lineup vs LH	Block 11 Lineup vs RH
Renteria- Shortstop	Renteria- Shortstop	Floyd - Left Field	Erstad - Right Field
Cangelosi - RF	Cangelosi - RF	Kent - Second Base	Ripken - Third Base
Piazza - Catcher	Piazza - Catcher	Piazza - Catcher	Piazza - Catcher
Tino - First Base	Tino - First Base	Tino - First Base	Tino - First Base
Kent - Second Base	Kent - Second Base	Jones - Center Field	Kent - Second Base
Floyd - Left Field	Floyd - Left Field	Erstad - Right Field	Floyd - Left Field
Jones - Center Field	Jones - Center Field	Ripken - Third Base	Jones - Center Field
Ripken - Third Base	Ripken - Third Base	Bogar - Shortstop	Bogar - Shortstop
Pitcher	Pitcher	Pitcher	Pitcher

 

Lineup vs LH  with DH	Lineup vs RH with DH
Renteria- Shortstop	Renteria- Shortstop
Cangelosi - LF	Cangelosi - LF
Floyd - DH	Erstad - Right Field
Piazza - Catcher	Piazza - Catcher
Tino - First Base	Tino - First Base
Kent - Second Base	Kent - Second Base
Jones - Center Field	Floyd - DH
Erstad - Right Field	Jones - Center Field
Ripken - Third Base	Ripken - Third Base

PINCH HITTING
ONLY IF 7TH OR LATER AND I AM NOT WINNING.

VS LH
Bogar with Cangelosi, then Sierra (best defensive player to replace Bogar - otherwise use Sierra)
Erstad with Cangelosi, then Castillo (to Catch, Piazza to OF), then Sierra

VS RH
Bogar with Cangelosi, then Eisenreich

STARTING ROTATION

Follow the chart sent out by the League Office

RELIEVE STARTERS:
Starters must go at least 5 innings.  After 5 innings, when they are within 10 pitches of their pitch count and have given up 3 base runners in an inning, visit the mound.  In each subsequent inning, visit the mound after the first baserunner.  If they are fatigued, remove them.  If they give up 2 additional baserunners in an inning which you visited to the mound remove them
 

SCORE	-3+	-2 TO 0	+1 TO +3	+4 +
6TH INNING	Assenmacher	Gunderson	Gunderson	Assenmacher
7TH INNING	Assenmacher	Service	Service	Assenmacher
8TH INNING	Key/Levine	Corsi	Corsi	Key/Levine
9TH + INNING(S)	Key/Levine	Beck	Beck	Key/Levine

IN A SAVE SITUATION, BECK SHOULD ALWAYS START 9TH OR LATER
IN EXTRA INNINGS USE  BECK, CORSI, SERVIC, KEY, ASSENMACHER, GUNDERSON, LEVINE

RELIEVE RELIEVER
IF SCORE OR INNING CHANGES, CHECK THE CHART TO SEE WHO SHOULD BE PITCHING.  IF THE PITCHER IS ALREADY PITCHING LEAVE HIM IN.  IF HE HAS ALREADY BEEN USED LEAVE THE CURRENT PITCHER IN.  IF IT IS A DIFFERENT PITCHER BRING THE NEW PITCHER IN TO PITCH.

WHEN THEY ARE WITHIN 10 PITCHES OF THEIR PITCH COUNT AND HAVE GIVEN UP 3 BASE RUNNERS IN AN INNING, VISIT THE MOUND.  IN EACH SUBSEQUENT INNING THAT THE PITCHER IS REMAINING IN THE GAME, VISIT THE MOUND AFTER THE FIRST BASERUNNER REACHES.  IF THEY ARE FATIGUED, REMOVE THEM.  IF THEY GIVE UP 2 ADDITIONAL BASERUNNERS IN AN INNING IN WHICH YOU VISITED THE MOUND, REMOVE THEM.

IN EXTRA INNINGS, REMOVE AT POW ONLY UNLESS IT BECOMES A SAVE SITUATION AND BECK IS STILL AVAILABLE.  THEN USE BECK, FOLLOWED BY CORSI AND SERVICE

STEALING
65 % for all runners

HIT AND RUN

NOT ON THE ROAD.

SAC AND SAFETY SAC

ONLY BUNT IF SCORE IS -1 TO +1 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

7 TH OR LATER - SAC WITH A OR B  BUNTER IF LOSING BY 1, TIED, OR WINNING BY 1 AND RUNNERS ON 1ST, OR 1ST AND 2ND, LESS THAN 2 OUT.

SQUEEZE AND SAFETY SQUEEZE

SQUEEZE WITH A OR B BUNTER AFTER ADJUSTMENTS IN THE 8TH INNING OR LATER IF SCORE IS -1 TO +1, 0 OR 1 OUT.

DO NOT SAFETY SQUEEZE.
 

BASE RUNNING

BE AGGRESSIVE ON THE BASEPATHS.  TRY TO SCORE WITH 2 OUTS AT 40% CHANCE.

HOLDING RUNNERS

SET PREFERENCES IN COMPUTER MGR AS FOLLOWS:  HOLD STEAL 65%, LEAD % 50%, MIN % TO STEAL 60%.  FOLLOW COMPUTER SUGGESTIONS.

OUTFIELD/ INFIELD IN (ALL OR CORNERS)

FOLLOW COMPUTER SETTINGS

OUTFIELD THROWING

THROW TO 3RD IF 1-14  CUT THE BALL OFF IF 15-20.
THROW HOME FOR WINNING RUN
THROW HOME 1-15 OR LESS.  DO NOT CUT IF 1-10 OR LESS TO SCORE.  OTHERWISE CUT FOR TRAIL RUNNER IF HE IS 1-10 OR LESS.

INFIELD THROWING

IF THERE ARE TWO OUTS ALWAYS TAKE THE SURE OUT
THROW FOR LEAD RUNNER 1-11 OR LESS
 

DEFENSIVE REPLACEMENTS:

IF I LEAD AFTER BATTING IN THE 8TH DEFENSE SHOULD BE:

CATCHER - ALBERTO CASTILLO
FIRST - TINO MARTINEZ
SECOND - JEFF KENT (BOGAR IN BLOCK 7)
SHORTSTOP - EDGAR RENTERIA (BOGAR IN BLOCK 11)
THIRD BASE - CAL RIPKEN
RIGHT FIELD - DARRIN ERSTAD (CANGELOSI IN BLOCK 9)
CENTER FIELD - ANDRUW JONES
LEFT FIELD - JIM EISENREICH (Unless score is +1 and Piazza bats in the bottom of the 9th in which case "hide" him in LF)