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Rotisserie Transactions

Some explanation is needed. The 'RT' parameter is the short, unique abbreviation
for each Rotisserie team in the league. The 'PK' parameter is the unique
name of the player, as found in the data file. Those that begin with an
"*" are currently not at all implemented, probably not even discussed!
Those marked with a "#" are things to make the program more flexible but
are currently hardcoded.

Scretarial transactions:
#
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Either indicate comment line

=[=..] date filename [pfilename]
date - in the form monthnum/daynum (i.e., 7/14 for July 14)
filename - Name of stat data file
pfilename - optional; name of positional data file
New interval is started. Can have as many '='s as you want.

oposf filename *#
filename - name of file with data in it
This is the data file with the previous year's positional data

slot Slot postions *#
Slot - 1-3 letter, unique, slot name
postions - list of positions that qualify for this slot
As many of these as are players on a roster. Give each slot a unique,
1-3 name, and the list of positions which are qualified for it.
Suggested slots are:
C1, C2, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, 13, 2S, DH, UT, OF1, OF2, OF3, OF4, OF5, and
P1 - P9

bstats [stat-list] *#
stat-list - list of stats to be used for ranking batters. Seperate
each with a space
Tell which stats will be used for batters. The list can be any or all
of:
1B, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, AVG, SB, CS, ERR, R, SO
The defaults are: HR, RBI, AVG, and SB

pstats [stat-list] *#
stat-list - list of stats to be used for ranking pitchers. Seperate
each with a space
Tell which stats will be used for pitchers. The list can be any or all
of:
W, L, PCT, CG, SHO, S, SO, BB, ERA, ER, IP, H, HR, RATIO(i.e., (H+BB)/IP)
The defaults are: W, S, ERA, and Ratio

Cost specification commands:

$ [one from list below] Amount *#
release - cost of releasing a player (Default: 0)
claim - claim player from free agent list (Default: 25)
reserve - place player on reserve list (Def: 10)
expand - claim player for Sept. roster expansion (Def: 50)
freesal - claimed free agent salary (Def: 10)
expsal - Expansion player salary (Def: 25)
wavierclaim - claiming a player off waiver wire (Def: 10)
activate - activate a player from reserve (Def: 10)
farm - cost of player starting season in minors (Def: 10)
Just one please; you only need to use enough characters to
make it unique; ie, REL, RES, EXPS, etc.
Amount - cost in salary units
Describe how much each transactions costs, in salary units.

salunit Pennies *#
Pennies - how many pennies in each salary unit
For formatting purposes, how many pennies make up each salary unit.

Real Player stuff

hide PK *#
PK - Player's keyword
Hide a player on the free agent list. Used to remove players who have
been traded to the other league or retired, or for whatever reason you
might want to remove the name from the available free agent list.

status PK [StatWord [date]] *#
PK - Player's keyword
StatWord - Any 1-4 letter keyword denoting special status
date - effective date, in the format month/day (i.e., 7/14)
Assign a status to any player. This can be used to indicate going on the
disabled list, sent down to the minors, etc. If used without a statword,
then any previous status is cleared. If this player is on a RT's reserve
list or in the minors, player is put on possible waiver list, to begin in
two weeks. The statword will be printed on the stat sheet, along with the
date, if any given. If no date, then the date of the interval is used.
Suggested words:
15DL - 15 day disabled list
30DL - 30 day disabled list
60DL - 60 day disabled list
MIN - Sent to minors
REL - unconditional release
OL - sent to "other" league
SUSP - suspended
RETR - retired


Preseason Rotisserie Team activities:

league fullname
Fullname - Name and description of league
Give the league a name and description. Can be up to 80 characters
long.

team RT fullname
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword (must be unique and one word)
fullname - rest of the line is the full name of the team
Name the teams in the league

owner RT OwnerName
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword (must be unique and one word)
OwnerName - rest of the line is the full name of the owner(s)
Assign a name to the owners of the team.

add RT PK Slot Salary Contract Full-name
RT - Rotisserie Team Keyword
PK - Player's keyword
Slot - Rotisserie Team slot to go into
Salary - # of salary units
Contract - Contract keyword. 1 letter keyword of:
A - first year
B - Second year
O - Option year
1-9 - # years remaining before option year
Full-name - Rest of line is the full name of the player
Add player to the roster before the season has started.

minors RT PK [Fullname] *#
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
PK - player keyword
Fullname - optional complete name
Add player to team's minor league list


Rotisserie Team activities:

move RT PK Slot *
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
PK - Player's Keyword
Slot - new slot to fill
Move player from current slot to new slot on roster

release RT PK [W] *
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
PK - Player keyword
W - anything; indicates player is waived
Release player from roster (ie., add to free agent pool). If W field is
non-blank, then the player is added to the waiver list for the next two
weeks.

claim RT PK Slot [Full-name] *
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
PK - Player keyword
Slot - slot to fill in RT
Full-name - optional full name of player.
Claim player from free agent pool. If player is on active waiver wire,
then do a waiver transaction, otherwise just claim from free agents.

reserve RT PK *
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
PK - Player keyword
Add player to teams reserve list

activate RT PK [Slot] *
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
PK - Player keyword
Slot - slot to move player into
Activate a player from the team's reserve or minor league list. If not
slot is passed, then activate player into the slot he is tied to (assumes
player had been reserved earlier).

trade RT PK newRT cost *
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
PK - player keyword
newRT - new team's keyword
cost - cost to RT, in salary units
Trade a player from RT to newRT. The cost is listed here as often one
team will pick up the entire cost of the transaction, rather than the
normal 5 salary units per RT.

expand RT PK p|h *
RT - Rotisserie Team keyword
PK - player keyword
p|h - p= Pitcher, h= hitter (one or the other, please)
September Roster expansion player