MLBC LINEUP BUILDER

Builds a batting order and pitching rotation for one team from the real engine's grades, cross-checked against actual performance. Upload just Players.hh and Stats.hh — the two raw save files sitting in your <name>Season folder — and that's it: the roster, splits, fielding, Pro Years, and real per-season stats all get read straight from the save, no CSV exports or Player Cards folder needed. (Every field was cross-validated against a real roster export across the whole league before being trusted here — see the commit history.) The CSV uploads below still work as a manual fallback if you don't have the save files handy. Real production is used whenever a player has a track record; the engine's projected grade fills in when he doesn't. Assumes a real AL/DH lineup: the 8 defensive position battles decide your fielders, then the single best remaining bat (by pure hitting ability, not overall — fielding value is meaningless for a bat-only role) fills the 9th spot as DH — adjust manually if your league has pitchers hit instead. Batting order follows Tango/Lichtman/Dolphin's tiered method from The Book across all 9 spots: your best hitter bats 2nd (the "2-hole revolution" — he gets more high-leverage plate appearances there than at cleanup), the better-OBP of the remaining top 3 leads off, the third fills cleanup; the next 2 best split slots 3/5 (the 3-hole is a well-established overrated slot, comparable to 5th rather than clearly above it); the rest fill 6/7/8/9 by descending quality, except a standout base-stealer bats last (9th) — right before the order turns over — as a "second leadoff," not wherever his OPS alone would place him. Hitters fully trained (1.00 proficiency) at more than one position are automatically evaluated for all of them — anything under 1.00 is excluded from an alternate position entirely, since partial training is a real fielding liability, not a "can pinch-hit there" situation. Optionally discounts a hitter's batting grade for ranking purposes when Players.hh shows a Star Rating well below his engine grade would suggest — the engine only ever sees edits, never the game's own separate scouting confidence.