Choosing the top option will direct you to opening day instantly.

Choosing the bottom option will allow you to first make roster edits, change pennant mode settings, and finalize your major league roster (see below.)

This is the overall game roster edit menu. Left side of screen:

1. Trade
2. Call up/Send down
3. Set COM Batting Lineup
4. Manager Strategy
5. Set Pitcher Roles
6. Set Position Player Roles
7. Jersey Number Edit
8. Name Plate Edit
9. Set Cheer Songs
10. Reset all rosters to default
11. Confirm Changes

Right side of screen: The numbers on the left are telling you how many left/right handed players you have along with total players. From top left in this example it shows you have 22 RH, 11 LH and 33 total pitchers. Below that it shows you have 22 RH, 9 LH and 0 switch hitters. At bottom left it shows you have 64 total players.

The baseball diamond in the center showing is telling you how many players you have for that particular position. So here the chart shows you have 7 catchers, 1 first baseman, 5 second basemen, and so on. This only represents "natural position", so even though you may have only 1 "true" first basemen, you will definitely find other players on your team who is capable of playing 1st base as a secondary/sub position. The reason only the centerfielder icon has a 10 next to his icon is because right/left/centerfielders are all just called "Outfielder" in the game, so you will have to look at his player card to see if he plays right, left, or center.

1. TRADE

Trading screens. Since this is the pre-season roster edit menu, you won't need CPU approval since you're not actually in a season yet. This is here for you to tune/update the game and build your own roster.

LEFT SCREEN: The players with red dots are all foreign players. Japanese teams have a foreign helper roster limit of 4 on the 25-man game roster, with a maximum of 3 position players or 3 pitchers at one time. You will see a few guys who ARE foreigners but without the red dot, that's because they have lived in Japan for so long they have become naturalized Japanese citizens!

RIGHT SCREEN: Scroll around until you find the player you want then place him in the LEFT SCREEN to trade.

2. CALL UP / SEND DOWN

If you've played any games you should recognize this screen. The function here being to simply ensure you have the players you want on your active roster prior to the season starting.

3. SET COM BATTING LINEUP

The blue bar at the upper right says "Best Order with DH". This will appear if you select a Pacific (DH) League team.
If you see a green bar it says "Best Order without DH." This will appear if you select a Central (no DH) League team.

Since this is the "COM batting order", these lineups will only be in effect when you sim, and the manager strategy options and player role options may also mess with these (I dont sim so i really dont know). When you play in Pennant Mode yourself there is unfortunately no way to toggle between a few preset lineups. You must manually edit them during the pre-game menu before every game.

4. MANAGER STRATEGY

Manager Strategy Menu (used when the CPU is controlling the team; dictates the CPU's frequency in using the below strategies)

• Stealing: Medium (shown in pic), Many, Few
• Hit and Run: Few (shown in pic), Medium, Many
• Sac Bunt: Few (shown in pic), Medium, Many
• Squeeze: Few (shown in pic), Medium, Many
• Emphasis on Matchups (lefty vs righty matchups/strategies): Light (shown in pic), Medium, Strong
• Emphasis on Fatigue*: Strong (shown in pic), Light, Medium
  

* I'm assuming the manager will be more careful with tired players and sub them out.

5. SET PITCHER ROLES

LEFT SCREEN: Your pitching rotation/hierachy. The first 5 names are your top 5 starters, the next 5 are your top 5 middle relievers. I'm sure if you scroll down more on this screen it will show your setup man and your closer too.

RIGHT SCREEN: how the CPU would manage the selected player.

From top to bottom:

Target # of innings when starting:
- 5 ~ 6 innings, 6 ~ 7 innings, 7 ~ 8 innings, 8 ~ 9 innings (shown in pics), 9 innings complete game

Manager's Trust in him:
Extremely high (shown in pic), Normal, High

# of innings to throw as a reliever:
- 1 ~ 2 innings (shown in pic), Long Relief, Specialist (1 hitter), 1 Inning

Relief Timing:
- even at the early parts of the game (shown in pic), middle to end of game

Current Score:
- Use regardless of the score (shown in pic), Use only in close games

Winning/Losing:
- Use even when team is losing (shown in pic), Use only when leading

Put him in save situations:
- No emphasis (shown in pic), Try to give him the save

6. SET POSITION PLAYER ROLES

This is your starting lineup. Choose a player then adjust managerial tendencies as shown on right.

If you scroll down it will tell you the rest of your bench guys' roles. The bottom name on this screen just says "Bench player".

Right screen: how the CPU would manage this player

Chance Make: Highest (shown in pic), Medium, High, Very High

Source of Scoring: Very high (shown in pic), Highest, Medium, High

Manager's Trust in him: High (shown in pic), Very High, Highest, Medium

Left/Right Emphasis (ie, if the manager would feel he is weak against certain side): None (shown in pic), Will Consider

7. JERSEY NUMBER EDIT

Change jersey numbers here. Very simple, just select a player and change his number to your preference.

8. NAME PLATE EDIT

Here you can choose to display your player's name in a different way. You may choose to display by last/first name, nickname, etc. So for instance your players name is John "hot dog" Doe, you can choose to show...

• "John"
• "Doe"
• "J Doe"
• "hot dog",
• or whatever you want from the options.

Note you cannot edit a player's name

9. SET CHEER SONGS

Here you can write your own fight song using the simple in-game music writer. For the Team (at the top) you can write a "Chance Theme" (I assume when runners are in scoring position), a "Big chance Theme" (I guess Walk off situations?), and Winning Song. Then for each individual player you may also write a unique song to be played when he is batting. There are a few fansites for these things in Japan since fight songs are popular there and whenever a player has a new fight song you will eventually find one online. Personally I have never played with this, so am unable to translate all the details.