Post by Oregon Three Lions of Madison on Jan 16, 2015 3:19:18 GMT
LEAGUE FORMAT
-head to head
-20 teams -2 conferences with 4 divisions of 5 teams.
Playoffs:
-8 teams
Division winners from each division and 2 wildcard teams from each conference go to the playoffs. 1 seed vs 4 seed and 2 seed vs 3rd
-Seeds: based upon overall record
-Championship matchup is a two week period instead of the standard one week.
Standing and playoff Tiebreakers:
-head to head record
-division record
-conference record
ROSTERS AND SCORING
-Positions
C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, 3 OF, UTIL, 5 SP, 5 RP
6 Player bench
25 major leaguers
13-20 minor leaguers
5 DL Spots
-6V6 SCORING:
R, HR, RBI, SB, BA, OPS
W, K, ERA, WHIP, QS, HD+SVx2(holds + saves times 2)
-Minimum innings pitched = 30
OFF SEASON TRANSACTIONS
RULE 5 DRAFT
- You must at least start out with 3 draft picks...these may be traded but not skipped.
- Rounds 4+ = follows draft order but these picks may not be traded but can be skipped.
- Draft Order: Reverse order of the previous season’s standings each round.
-Player Pool: Minor league eligible players not signed to a team and players released due to the minor league promotion rule (see minors section for details).
**Any players drafted as part of the promotion rule release must be placed on the teams Major League roster and will receive the standard major league contract for promoted rookies.***
FREE AGENT AUCTION
Free agents are bid on in a slow auction held on a message board. You will use your teams remaining salary cap money to bid on players. Your bids are the player’s base salary -- A bid must stand for 24 hrs. to win the player.
Once the auction is complete you will assign a contract length of 1-5 yrs to your newly signed players.
-Player pool: Any major league player not under contract.
-Minimum starting bid: $400,000
-Bid increments: $250,000
PROMOTION RULE:
In the offseason minor leaguers that no longer qualify for the minors must be promoted to your major’s roster, otherwise the site considers your roster illegal. If you choose not to promote them, you may drop them, incur the 25% penalty and they will become available in the rule 5 draft.
MINOR LEAGUE DROPS
In the offseason you may drop up to 4 minor league eligible players with no player release penalty in order to make room for new minor league signings. Additional minor leaguers dropped in the offseason or during the regular season will be owed 50% of their salary ($250K). Also, you may not drop players if it takes you below the 13 player minor league minimum.
TRADES
The same rules apply as during the in season transaction section.
ROSTER NOTES:
In the offseason the next season’s salaries will be applied. It is your job to make sure you are under cap and meet all roster requirements by the beginning of next season. You may trade at any time during the offseason.
IN SEASON TRANSACTIONS:
Free Agents:
Free agents are picked up with a bidding system that processes every day. Each team starts out with 100 pts to bid with and the player goes to the highest bidder. Ties are broken by reverse standing order and 0 point bids are allowed.
-Players won as in season free agents are all assigned 1 yr. contracts at the league minimum of $400,000.
Trades:
Trade deadline: follows the standard site deadline.
***You may trade:
-Major and Minor League players
-Draft picks – June Amateur Draft and the rule 5 draft – you may only trade picks from the current and following seasons.
You may not trade:
Salary/money – been down this road and it gets way too hard to track and can lead to teams getting extra salary cap.
TRADE APPROVAL SYSTEM
-Due to the different plans teams may have with majors and minors, trades should not be vetoed unless they are extremely unfair or there may be collusion involved. It is meant to prevent cheating or trades that are detrimental to the league NOT trades you just don’t like.
-Trades are approved by a league vote system --- If the league vetoes a trade the 2 managers involved with the trade can appeal the decision by explaining how the trade is beneficial to their team to the commissioner. If both teams can show how they are getting benefit from the deal then a trade will be allowed to go through despite the veto.
JUNE AMATEUR DRAFT
-2 rounds -Reverse order of the previous year’s standings each round. (Including playoff outcomes)
-Player pool: anyone selected in the real MLB June amateur draft.
-Players get added to team’s minor league rosters and will be assigned a salary of $500,000 in the offseason following the year they were drafted.
-If a player fails to sign with the real MLB team you will lose rights to the player and will not be responsible for any salary.
MINOR LEAGUE RULES:
MINOR LEAGUE ELIGIBILITY
In the offseason:
We will have to set our rosters for the upcoming year and will go by the following exp. limits:
Players with 131 AB/50.1 IP or more will be placed on the majors roster
Players with 130 AB/50 IP or less will be placed on a teams minors roster
During the regular season:
A player may be on a teams Minor league roster if:
1. They start the year in YOUR team's minor leagues and you do not promote them.
2. According to CBS's rule - the player is really in the minors. They will be designated with an "M" symbol on the CBS site. You must wait for CBS to grant them eligibility before you can move them there.
MINOR’S SALARY
Minor Leaguers have a salary of $500,000 while in the minors – they will keep this salary from year to year as long as they are not promoted and remain on your minor league roster. Players do not have a contract length in the minors.
MINOR LEAGUER PROMOTION:
-When you promote a minor leaguer they will immediately start year 1 of a 5 year contract.
-They will be issued a major league contract with a base salary of $625,000. Their contract terms noted above, so their contract would be as follows:
Year 1: $500,000 - ($625,000 *.8)
Year 2: $562,500 - ($625,000*.9)
Year 3: $625,000 - ($625,000*1.0)
Year 4: $687,500 - ($625,000*1.1)
Year 5: $750,000 - ($625,000*1.2)
OFFSEASON
In the offseason you may drop up to 4 minor league eligible players with no player release penalty in order to make room for new minor league signings. Additional minor leaguers dropped in the offseason or during the regular season will be owed 50% of their salary ($250K). Also, you may not drop players if it takes you below the 13 player minor league minimum.
PROMOTION RULE:
In the offseason minor leaguers that no longer qualify for the minors must be promoted to your major’s roster, otherwise the site considers your roster illegal. If you choose not to promote them, you may drop them, you may drop up to 4 minor league players without penalty in the offseason, any more than 4 and you will incur the 25% penalty and they will become available in the rule 5 draft. (see rule 5 draft rules in the offseason transaction section)
SALARIES AND CONTRACTS
SALARY CAP: $90 million dollars – at no time may you exceed the salary cap. Stats will stop counting and you will immediately have to get under cap.
LEAGUE MINIMUM: $400,000
**PLAYER SALARY FORMAT**
Player contracts can be 1-5 yrs. The base salary is the price the player was won at and salary is adjusted based on the base salary price. There is an excel spreadsheet that will calculate the salaries for you but here are how all major league salaries are structured.
1 year contract
Year 1 = 100% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 1 yr deal.
-year 1 = $5,000,000
2 year contract
Year 1 = 95% of base salary
Year 2 = 105% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 2 yr deal.
Year 1 = $5,000,000 *.95 = $4,750,000
Year 2 = $5,000,000 *1.05 = $5,250,000
3 year contract
Year 1 = 90% of base salary
Year 2 = 100% of base salary
Year 3 = 110% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 3 yr deal.
Year 1 = $5,000,000 *.90 = $4,500,000
Year 2 = $5,000,000 *1.0 = $5,000,000
Year 3 = $5,000,000 *1.1 = $5,500,000
4 year contract
Year 1 = 85% of base salary
Year 2 = 95% of base salary
Year 3 = 105% of base salary
Year 4 = 115% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 4 yr deal.
Year 1 = $5,000,000 *.85 = $4,250,000
Year 2 = $5,000,000 *.95 = $4,750,000
Year 3 = $5,000,000 *1.05 = $5,250,000
Year 4 = $5,000,000 *1.15 = $5,750,000
5 year contract
Year 1 = 80% of base salary
Year 2 = 90% of base salary
Year 3 = 100% of base salary
Year 4 = 110% of base salary
Year 5 = 120% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 5 yr deal.
Year 1 = $5,000,000 *.80 = $4,000,000
Year 2 = $5,000,000 *.90 = $4,500,000
Year 3 = $5,000,000 *1.0 = $5,000,000
Year 4 = $5,000,000 *1.1 = $5,500,000
Year 5 = $5,000,000 *1.2 = $6,000,000
Dropping players
-If a player is dropped from a roster the team will owe the player 25% of the salary for the current year and 50% of each future year’s salaries.
-If you drop a player and pick them back up in the same season you will owe the original contract price/length. We do not want people dropping players and picking them up at a reduced rate.
Player Retirement
If you are able to prove a player has retired you are no longer responsible for the player’s salary (no penalty). If you cannot prove a player retired you are responsible for their salary until they have not played for 2 full seasons. Death will also void a contract.
(-SEE THE MINORS SECTION FOR MINORS SALARY RULES)
LEAGUE MANAGEMENT - DISCLAIMER
Every attempt has been made to make this league fair and planned out enough to run smoothly. Once and a while, disputes may arise. In case of a dispute we will refer back to the rules and if the league rules are not clear the commissioner will make a judgment.
Any actions detrimental to the league or found to intentionally find a loophole in the rules are not allowed. Play Fair!
Owner participation is vital to any leagues success. Any managers that are no longer active or partake in activity detrimental to the league will be removed from the league and replaced ---If an owner has to be removed from the league due to inactivity or actions detrimental to the league they will not be refunded any money put into the league.
Be respectful of other managers.
All rulings are final. Sometimes there is not perfect solution to unforeseen issues and if you do not like it or cannot compromise then do not join. Also, please read all of the rules and if you do not like the league rules then do not join.
-head to head
-20 teams -2 conferences with 4 divisions of 5 teams.
Playoffs:
-8 teams
Division winners from each division and 2 wildcard teams from each conference go to the playoffs. 1 seed vs 4 seed and 2 seed vs 3rd
-Seeds: based upon overall record
-Championship matchup is a two week period instead of the standard one week.
Standing and playoff Tiebreakers:
-head to head record
-division record
-conference record
ROSTERS AND SCORING
-Positions
C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, 3 OF, UTIL, 5 SP, 5 RP
6 Player bench
25 major leaguers
13-20 minor leaguers
5 DL Spots
-6V6 SCORING:
R, HR, RBI, SB, BA, OPS
W, K, ERA, WHIP, QS, HD+SVx2(holds + saves times 2)
-Minimum innings pitched = 30
OFF SEASON TRANSACTIONS
RULE 5 DRAFT
- You must at least start out with 3 draft picks...these may be traded but not skipped.
- Rounds 4+ = follows draft order but these picks may not be traded but can be skipped.
- Draft Order: Reverse order of the previous season’s standings each round.
-Player Pool: Minor league eligible players not signed to a team and players released due to the minor league promotion rule (see minors section for details).
**Any players drafted as part of the promotion rule release must be placed on the teams Major League roster and will receive the standard major league contract for promoted rookies.***
FREE AGENT AUCTION
Free agents are bid on in a slow auction held on a message board. You will use your teams remaining salary cap money to bid on players. Your bids are the player’s base salary -- A bid must stand for 24 hrs. to win the player.
Once the auction is complete you will assign a contract length of 1-5 yrs to your newly signed players.
-Player pool: Any major league player not under contract.
-Minimum starting bid: $400,000
-Bid increments: $250,000
PROMOTION RULE:
In the offseason minor leaguers that no longer qualify for the minors must be promoted to your major’s roster, otherwise the site considers your roster illegal. If you choose not to promote them, you may drop them, incur the 25% penalty and they will become available in the rule 5 draft.
MINOR LEAGUE DROPS
In the offseason you may drop up to 4 minor league eligible players with no player release penalty in order to make room for new minor league signings. Additional minor leaguers dropped in the offseason or during the regular season will be owed 50% of their salary ($250K). Also, you may not drop players if it takes you below the 13 player minor league minimum.
TRADES
The same rules apply as during the in season transaction section.
ROSTER NOTES:
In the offseason the next season’s salaries will be applied. It is your job to make sure you are under cap and meet all roster requirements by the beginning of next season. You may trade at any time during the offseason.
IN SEASON TRANSACTIONS:
Free Agents:
Free agents are picked up with a bidding system that processes every day. Each team starts out with 100 pts to bid with and the player goes to the highest bidder. Ties are broken by reverse standing order and 0 point bids are allowed.
-Players won as in season free agents are all assigned 1 yr. contracts at the league minimum of $400,000.
Trades:
Trade deadline: follows the standard site deadline.
***You may trade:
-Major and Minor League players
-Draft picks – June Amateur Draft and the rule 5 draft – you may only trade picks from the current and following seasons.
You may not trade:
Salary/money – been down this road and it gets way too hard to track and can lead to teams getting extra salary cap.
TRADE APPROVAL SYSTEM
-Due to the different plans teams may have with majors and minors, trades should not be vetoed unless they are extremely unfair or there may be collusion involved. It is meant to prevent cheating or trades that are detrimental to the league NOT trades you just don’t like.
-Trades are approved by a league vote system --- If the league vetoes a trade the 2 managers involved with the trade can appeal the decision by explaining how the trade is beneficial to their team to the commissioner. If both teams can show how they are getting benefit from the deal then a trade will be allowed to go through despite the veto.
JUNE AMATEUR DRAFT
-2 rounds -Reverse order of the previous year’s standings each round. (Including playoff outcomes)
-Player pool: anyone selected in the real MLB June amateur draft.
-Players get added to team’s minor league rosters and will be assigned a salary of $500,000 in the offseason following the year they were drafted.
-If a player fails to sign with the real MLB team you will lose rights to the player and will not be responsible for any salary.
MINOR LEAGUE RULES:
MINOR LEAGUE ELIGIBILITY
In the offseason:
We will have to set our rosters for the upcoming year and will go by the following exp. limits:
Players with 131 AB/50.1 IP or more will be placed on the majors roster
Players with 130 AB/50 IP or less will be placed on a teams minors roster
During the regular season:
A player may be on a teams Minor league roster if:
1. They start the year in YOUR team's minor leagues and you do not promote them.
2. According to CBS's rule - the player is really in the minors. They will be designated with an "M" symbol on the CBS site. You must wait for CBS to grant them eligibility before you can move them there.
MINOR’S SALARY
Minor Leaguers have a salary of $500,000 while in the minors – they will keep this salary from year to year as long as they are not promoted and remain on your minor league roster. Players do not have a contract length in the minors.
MINOR LEAGUER PROMOTION:
-When you promote a minor leaguer they will immediately start year 1 of a 5 year contract.
-They will be issued a major league contract with a base salary of $625,000. Their contract terms noted above, so their contract would be as follows:
Year 1: $500,000 - ($625,000 *.8)
Year 2: $562,500 - ($625,000*.9)
Year 3: $625,000 - ($625,000*1.0)
Year 4: $687,500 - ($625,000*1.1)
Year 5: $750,000 - ($625,000*1.2)
OFFSEASON
In the offseason you may drop up to 4 minor league eligible players with no player release penalty in order to make room for new minor league signings. Additional minor leaguers dropped in the offseason or during the regular season will be owed 50% of their salary ($250K). Also, you may not drop players if it takes you below the 13 player minor league minimum.
PROMOTION RULE:
In the offseason minor leaguers that no longer qualify for the minors must be promoted to your major’s roster, otherwise the site considers your roster illegal. If you choose not to promote them, you may drop them, you may drop up to 4 minor league players without penalty in the offseason, any more than 4 and you will incur the 25% penalty and they will become available in the rule 5 draft. (see rule 5 draft rules in the offseason transaction section)
SALARIES AND CONTRACTS
SALARY CAP: $90 million dollars – at no time may you exceed the salary cap. Stats will stop counting and you will immediately have to get under cap.
LEAGUE MINIMUM: $400,000
**PLAYER SALARY FORMAT**
Player contracts can be 1-5 yrs. The base salary is the price the player was won at and salary is adjusted based on the base salary price. There is an excel spreadsheet that will calculate the salaries for you but here are how all major league salaries are structured.
1 year contract
Year 1 = 100% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 1 yr deal.
-year 1 = $5,000,000
2 year contract
Year 1 = 95% of base salary
Year 2 = 105% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 2 yr deal.
Year 1 = $5,000,000 *.95 = $4,750,000
Year 2 = $5,000,000 *1.05 = $5,250,000
3 year contract
Year 1 = 90% of base salary
Year 2 = 100% of base salary
Year 3 = 110% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 3 yr deal.
Year 1 = $5,000,000 *.90 = $4,500,000
Year 2 = $5,000,000 *1.0 = $5,000,000
Year 3 = $5,000,000 *1.1 = $5,500,000
4 year contract
Year 1 = 85% of base salary
Year 2 = 95% of base salary
Year 3 = 105% of base salary
Year 4 = 115% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 4 yr deal.
Year 1 = $5,000,000 *.85 = $4,250,000
Year 2 = $5,000,000 *.95 = $4,750,000
Year 3 = $5,000,000 *1.05 = $5,250,000
Year 4 = $5,000,000 *1.15 = $5,750,000
5 year contract
Year 1 = 80% of base salary
Year 2 = 90% of base salary
Year 3 = 100% of base salary
Year 4 = 110% of base salary
Year 5 = 120% of base salary
Example: player A was won for $5,000,000 issued a 5 yr deal.
Year 1 = $5,000,000 *.80 = $4,000,000
Year 2 = $5,000,000 *.90 = $4,500,000
Year 3 = $5,000,000 *1.0 = $5,000,000
Year 4 = $5,000,000 *1.1 = $5,500,000
Year 5 = $5,000,000 *1.2 = $6,000,000
Dropping players
-If a player is dropped from a roster the team will owe the player 25% of the salary for the current year and 50% of each future year’s salaries.
-If you drop a player and pick them back up in the same season you will owe the original contract price/length. We do not want people dropping players and picking them up at a reduced rate.
Player Retirement
If you are able to prove a player has retired you are no longer responsible for the player’s salary (no penalty). If you cannot prove a player retired you are responsible for their salary until they have not played for 2 full seasons. Death will also void a contract.
(-SEE THE MINORS SECTION FOR MINORS SALARY RULES)
LEAGUE MANAGEMENT - DISCLAIMER
Every attempt has been made to make this league fair and planned out enough to run smoothly. Once and a while, disputes may arise. In case of a dispute we will refer back to the rules and if the league rules are not clear the commissioner will make a judgment.
Any actions detrimental to the league or found to intentionally find a loophole in the rules are not allowed. Play Fair!
Owner participation is vital to any leagues success. Any managers that are no longer active or partake in activity detrimental to the league will be removed from the league and replaced ---If an owner has to be removed from the league due to inactivity or actions detrimental to the league they will not be refunded any money put into the league.
Be respectful of other managers.
All rulings are final. Sometimes there is not perfect solution to unforeseen issues and if you do not like it or cannot compromise then do not join. Also, please read all of the rules and if you do not like the league rules then do not join.