League Rules

Welcome to Best of the Best (Budget): 1901-2023

This league is designed to use the Budget draft Favorite Teams format but with all 30 MLB teams.
The Commissioners will track each regular season's win totals for both users and franchises using a spreadsheet that will be available under Links. This win total sheet will also help us keep track of who has been what franchise already.

Commissioner: Raiderbill33
COs: Sheikyerboudi, Revejb

Assigning Teams:

Every year each owner will need to pick a different franchise and cannot repeat franchises (until they have used every team) This means that if you are the Red Sox one year, the next year you will need to be someone else. The idea is for this to continue until you have used all 30 teams, giving everyone the opportunity to gain some understanding of each franchise and baseball history.

A Franchise draft will be done each offseason, from inverse order of the previous season's standings, ties for Draft order will be broken by Power Rank, then run diff. The teams who play in the championship will always pick 29th and 30th, and the final 10 picks will always be the teams who made the playoffs. The spreadsheet link will tell us which owners have already used which teams. There will be a 6 hour time limit for owners to select a team. In the event that an owner fails to pick within the required time, a team wil be assigned by the following method: If the owner has not previously been the team listed as his favorite team on his User Page, he will be assigned that team. If the owner has previously been his favorite team, a team will be selected using a random number generator and that number (1-30) compared to the alphabetical listing of teams.

If you draft a team you have already been, that team will be returned to the draft and your pick will be skipped. You can alert the commissioners via message an alternative pick.

Rules for Drafting Teams:

Rules will be the same as auto league BUDGET favorite teams leagues. Please read this message regarding how it works.

The franchise you draft will be your team for the following season and you must use that player pool to create your roster. If you are assigned the Royals you are not allowed to draft the Indians. Failure to use your assigned team or trying to use some one else's players will result in your roster being cleared and kindly asked to begin again. Continued failure to use your selected franchise will result in removal from the league.

You will then select a roster from the players available, building an initial roster from 26-31 players. You must have a minimum of:
12 batters
5 SP's
5RP's
In the WAR DRAFT system, a player needs 250 ABs or 100 IPs for a SP and 30 IPs for a RP . Starters with less than 100 IP will draft as RP. No duplicate players will be allowed on the same team but Duplicate players can exist on different teams."
*Also, players will be the positions that PC imports them as, therefore there is no changing to secondary positions, or changing roles of say an SP to an RP.


TEAM WAR BUDGETS - 85 unless otherwise noted

BOS Red Sox
NYY Yankees
TOR Blue Jays - 95
TB Rays - 95
BAL Orioles - 90

CLE Guardians
DET Tigers - 90
MIN Twins - 95
KC Royals - 100
CHI White Sox

OAK Athletics - 95
LA Angels - 95
HOU Astros
TEX Rangers - 95
SEA Mariners - 95

PHI Phillies - 90
WAS Nationals - 90
MIA Marlins - 100
NY Mets - 95
ATL Braves

CHI Cubs
STL Cards
MIL Brewers - 95
PIT Pirates - 90
CIN Reds - 90

LA Dodgers
SF Giants
COL Rockies - 90
SD Padres - 100
ARI Dbacks - 95


TRADING
Due to the nature of these WAR BUDGET leagues, there will be no trading in this league. This is due to the fact that as of yet, the computer cannot monitor budgetary considerations in trades, so it is possible to trade a 10 WAR for a much lower WAR, putting a team well over their budget. This will also help keep teams limited to just their franchise players only, and have a pure franchise team.

**Offseason/Season Order of Events and Deadlines:
1. Ring and trophy awarded to World Series winner
2. All players deleted
3. Franchise draft Teams imported, Draft order announced
4. Franchise draft: There will be a 6 hour time limit for owners to select a team. In the event that an owner fails to pick within the required time, a team will be assigned by the following method: If the owner has not previously been the team listed as his favorite team on his User Page, he will be assigned that team. If the owner has previously been his favorite team, a team will be selected using a random number generator and that number (1-30) compared to the alphabetical listing of teams. We want as many owners as possible to pre-rank, at least once they are a few picks away, and check in frequently to PC to make their pick.
5. Teams will be re-assigned and the ability to draft teams will be turned on. Team will have a 2 WEEK DEADLINE to build their teams before drops and trades are turned on. Any team not built at the deadline will have their team built for them by a commissioner and be subject to removal from league.
6. OPENING DAY
7. At the conclusion of regular season: stats will be archived, including team records, and MVP/CY will be awarded. Playoff teams, seeding and schedule will be announced

*Ghost Teams: If the league is short of an owner(s) a ghost team will be created by the commissioners. They will set the roster, lineups, etc. There will be no trading allowed with a ghost team. A new owner will be found in the offseason to fill the ownerless team.

OHTANI RULE: He is one player, but 2 roster spots if you import him as both a hitter and pitcher. This creates a few unique rules. 1. If you use both a hitter and pitcher of Ohtani, you MUST use the same season for both. You cannot have the 2021 SP and the 2018 DH. Any questions on Ohtani should be directed to the commissioners during the team building period.

Schedule: We will import a modern MLB schedule each season and alternate which year's schedule is used. Users sim every 4 hours for regular season. Playoffs will be run by Commish or Vices, sims will be spread out by at least one hour each.

Playoffs:
Playoffs will be a total of 5 teams per league, each Division winner plus 2 wildcards will make the playoffs.

Wildcard teams play each other for a 1 game series, best record hosts the game. In the event of a tie for the 4th and 5th spots, the head to head matchup will be used first, then run differential to determine who hosts the game.

Division round is best of 5. 2-2-1 format.
Championship series will be best of 7. 2-3-2.
The world series will be the same 2-3-2 format and the best record will host. The tie breaker rules will be the same as the wildcard.

DIVISION TITLE, WILD CARD AND DRAFT ORDER TIE BREAKERS (as voted by league prior to season 1 of reboot)
The league will adopt slightly altered MLB rules, as of 2022, and do away with tie breaker games. In the event of a tie for the division title or final playoff spots, the following criteria will be use to break the tie, in order:
1. Head 2 Head Record
2. Intradivsion Record (only if H2H is a tie also)
3. Intraleague Record (only if H2H and Intradivsion Record are both ties)
4. Run Diff (only If the first 3 are all ties)
5. Coin Flip (only if the previous 4 are all ties)

Other Notes:
Days off and fatigue will be used.
Pitcher HR allowed will be used
Surprise bunts will be set to balanced
Slumpbuster will be set for a max of 5 days
All-stars will not be used or selected

PARK EFFECTS
Each franchise has options to choose from for park effects, the current (2022) version and historical ones. The following are the options for park effects:

AL EAST
BALTIMORE
2022 Camden Yards RHB Mild Boost LHB None
1983 Memorial Stadium RHB None LHB None
1906 Sportsmen's Park RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Mild Boost
BOSTON
2022 Fenway Park RHB Big Boost LHB None
1986 Fenway Park RHB None LHB Mild Disadvantage
1910 Huntington Avenue Baseball Ground RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Boost
NEW YORK
2022 Yankee Stadium RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Disadvantage
1967 Yankee Stadium RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Mild Boost
1904 Hilltop Park RHB None LHB None
TAMPA BAY
2022 Tropicana Field RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Big Disadvantage
2006 Tropicana Field RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
1999 Suncoast Dome RHB None LHB None
TORONTO
2022 Rogers Centre RHB None LHB Mild Disadvantage
1999 Skydome RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Big Disadvantage
1987 Exhibition Stadium RHB None LHB None

AL CENTRAL
CHICAGO (AL)
2022 Guaranteed Rate Field RHB None LHB None
1983 Comiskey Park RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Boost
1906 South Side Park RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Big Disadvantage
CLEVELAND
2022 Progressive Field RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Big Boost
1968 Cleveland Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
1936 League Park RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Big Boost
DETROIT
2022 Comerica Park RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Big Disadvantage
1984 Tiger Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Boost
1923 Navin Field RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Disadvantage
KANSAS CITY
2022 Kaufmann Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
1980 Royals Stadium RHB None LHB None
1972 Municipal Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Boost
MINNESOTA
2022 Target Field RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB None
1999 Metrodome RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Mild Boost
1911 Griffith Stadium RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Big Boost

AL WEST
HOUSTON
2022 Minute Maid Park RHB Mild Boost LHB None
2005 Minute Maid Park RHB Mild Boost LHB Big Disadvantage
1986 Astrodome RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
LOS ANGELES (AL)
2022 Angel Stadium RHB Mild Boost LHB Big Boost
2000 Edison Field RHB None LHB None
1968 Anaheim Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
OAKLAND
2022 Oakland Coliseum RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
1990 Oakland Coliseum RHB None LHB Mild Disadvantage
1930 Shibe Park RHB Mild Boost LHB Big Disadvantage
SEATTLE
2022 T Mobile Park RHB None LHB Big Disadvantage
2001 Safeco Field RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Big Disadvantage
1996 Kingdome RHB None LHB None
TEXAS
2022 Globe Life Field RHB None LHB Mild Boost
1999 Ballpark at Arlington RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Big Boost
1978 Arlington Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage

NL EAST
ATLANTA
2022 Truist Park RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
1978 Fulton Co. Stadium RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Boost
1957 County Stadium RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Big Disadvantage
MIAMI
2022 Loan Depot Park RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
2011 Sun Life Stadium RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
1994 Joe Robbie Stadium RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Boost
NEW YORK (NL)
2022 Citi Field RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
1997 Shea Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB No Effect
1971 Shea Stadium RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Big Boost
PHILADELPHIA
2022 Citizens Bank Park RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Boost
1975 Veterans Stadium RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
1930 Baker Bowl RHB No Effect LHB Big Boost
WASHINGTON
2022 Nationals Park RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
2004 Hiram Bithorn Stadium RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Boost
1994 Olympic Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB No Effect

NL CENTRAL
CHICAGO (NL)
2022 Wrigley Field RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
1985 Wrigley Field RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Boost
1911 West Side Grounds RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
CINCINNATI
2022 Great American Ball Park RHB Big Boost LHB Big Boost
1975 Riverfront Stadium RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
1941 Crosley Field RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
MILWAUKEE
2022 American Family Field RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Boost
2000 County Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
1980 County Stadium RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
PITTSBURGH
2022 PNC Park RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
1999 Three Rivers Stadium RHB No Effect LHB Mild Boost
1965 Forbes Field RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
ST. LOUIS
2022 Busch Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Big Disadvantage
1999 Busch Stadium RHB No Effect. LHB No Effect
1941 Sportsman's Park RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Big Boost

NL WEST
ARIZONA
2022 Chase Field RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB No Effect
2003 Chase Field RHB Mild Boost RHB Mild Boost
2001 Chase Field RHB Big Boost RHB Big Boost
COLORADO
2022 Coors Field RHB Big Boost LHB Mild Boost
2007 Coors Field RHB Mild Boost LHB No Effect
1993 Mile High Stadium RHB Big Boost LHB Big Boost
LOS ANGELES (NL)
2022 Dodger Stadium RHB Big Boost LHB No Effect
1965 Dodger Stadium RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
1941 Ebbets Field RHB No Effect LHB Mild Boost
SAN DIEGO
2022 Petco Park RHB Mild Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
2005 Petco Park RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Big Disadvantage
1984 Jack Murphy Stadium RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
SAN FRANCISCO
2022 Oracle Park RHB Big Disadvantage LHB Mild Disadvantage
1971 Candlestick Park RHB No Effect LHB No Effect
1924 Polo Grounds RHB Mild Boost LHB Mild Boost

League Settings

Year Range of Stats	1901 - 2024
Roster Size (Majors)	26
Roster Size (Minors)	5
Keepers
Change Stats Allowed
Free Agency
Drops
No-Drop List
Player Fatigue
Batter Injuries	(7 games max)
Pitcher Injuries	(10 games max)
Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats
Allows Max Surprise Bunts
Min Batters Pitcher Must Face	0
Slump Buster	(5 days)
On Fire	Uses WAR
User Sims