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Welcome to another OOTPer in the UK! I can answer some of your questions:
1- can't answer this one...
2- you need to waive/dfa players to remove them from the 40-man roster (or you can just release them if you don't want them anymore). If a player still has options remaining, you can demote him directly to the minors from your 25-man with no need for waivers or dfa; he'll stay on the 40-man roster, but will play in the minor leagues. Options are implemented in OOTP to imitate real-life transactions rules in MLB, although OOTP simplifies things a bit. Once you add a player to your 40-man roster, you'll have three seasons in which you can play that guy in the minors (for part or all of a season). These are known as option years. After you've used those three 'options', you will need to waive the player if you want to demote him. All players on your 25-man roster and some of your minor leaguers will have a * next to their name- that means they're on the 40-man roster. Only some will have a +, which means they're out of options. You wouldn't normally want to try to demote a good player with the +, because you'll likely lose him on waivers. Players with the § can refuse to be demoted.
3- Short answer- yes! Although I think Billy Beane likes the HRs as well.
4- That is a known bug, and can be easily fixed. See the first sticky in Tech Support for instructions.
5- No, the coaches just do what they do, and you can't instruct them to focus on any particular area. I think some would like that feature added, so maybe next year...
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