League Rules

NORTH AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE

Commish: paul21
Vice Commish: yankeebb


INTRO-
We will run a 24 Round snake style fantasy draft. Randomized draft order. Player pool is the imported 2023 players. Owners in this league will be by invite only. We will have serious competitive owners in here. There will be no expansion in this league, as we will run 20 teams throughout. Team names and logos will remain as well.
Notes:
(A) Potential for all players
Progressions Peak at 28 - Decline at 32
No Ohtani pitcher
Positional players with doubled stats had EN lowered from 200 to 7
Relief pitchers max out at 30 stamina
Days off have been inserted after game 12 - and every 8 games thereafter


Schedule
- Regular Season (162 games)
- Prospect Selections for following season (Teams randomized)
- All-Star Break (Day 90) PC Selects - 4 Days Rest
- Trade Deadline (Day 120)
- Regular Season ends - 3 Days Rest
- Playoffs
- World Series
- Progressions (28/32)
- Trading back on
- Prospect Placement
- Rookie Draft (2 Rounds)
- Free Agency


ROSTERS-
There will be a max of 40 players to a roster. 26 Active. 14 Minors. The salary cap is $175. There are no salary increases in this league. There is a **(7 year max on contracts)**. 40 contract max. Note: Cap can exceed $175 in the offseason. However, must be resolved before Opening Day. 5 Man Pitching Rotation. Any tanking is not allowed -- this will be watched.

CONTRACT EXTENSIONS- We can extend ONE (Franchise Tag) player per season. Player can only be tagged once on current tenure with team. The player's demand will determine the salary. There is a 4 year max for extensions. This request must be made to the commish before progressions.


POST SEASON -
(Slump Buster turned off)

Wild Card Series - 7 Games
Two Wild Card Teams

Divisional Series - 7 Games
Division Winner (2 seed) vs. winner of Wild Card Series

League Championships - 7 Games
Division Winner (1 seed) vs. winner of Divisional Series

World Series - 7 Games
National League Champions vs. American League Champions

If there is a tie for the 2nd Wild Card spot, there will be a one game playoff to grab that spot.
(Part of Regular Season) Game 163 - No day off granted before that game.
If there are 3 plus teams tied for that 2nd Wild Card slot we will use the Highest Run Differential to claim spot.

Ties in records for seed slots will be determined by: 1) head-to-head record. 2) Higher Run Differential.


Day Off Schedule-
Regular season ends
3 days off
Wild Card Series (1 day off after games 2 and 5)
1 day off after the last series finishes
Divisional Series (1 day off after games 2 and 5)
1 day off after the last series finishes
League Championship (1 day off after games 2 and 5)
1 day off after the last series finishes
World Series (1 day off after games 2 and 5)


PROSPECT SELECTIONS-
I will create prospects with a combination of factors. Ranking, stats, Minor League level also taken into consideration. I will not simply duplicate stats taken from Baseball Reference. Those numbers will typically be deflated upon creation.
--Each season we will have a randomized order set for selections. Teams will select a prospect of their choice.
--Seasons 1 and 2, every team will make a selection. Starting in Season 3 we will alternate NL and AL for selections.
Prospects will be placed on their teams following progressions of that season. ex. The prospects selected from season 1 will be placed on their teams in Season 2 off-season. (After progressions).
--see below for contract details.
Prospect cannot already exist in the league.

Note: Prospect Rights cannot be traded. Prospects are eligible to be traded once off-season Prospect Placement is complete.
Note: Once an owner submits their Prospect selection to me - it is final.

ROOKIE DRAFT-
Draft will consist of 2 Rounds. The Draft Order will be the previous season's W-L record in reverse order. If there is a tie, run differential will determine the placement. The higher run differential will get the lower Draft Pick. Draft Picks can be traded, but only for the upcoming draft.


PROSPECTS and ROOKIES-
Prospects -- $5 / 2 years
1st Round Picks -- $4 / 2 years
2nd Round Picks -- $3 / 2 years
+ $2 for Scott Boras Tag

**It might be a good idea to allocate cap space for these built-in contracts**

***Once the Prospect and Rookie Contracts get to their expiring year, it is up to the owner to sign the player to a PC Contract if they
would like to keep that player. Tags will be removed in the expiring year. I will send out a reminder.

BORAS TAG-
The Scott Boras Tag is a $2 add on to FOUR rookies every draft. Their salaries will always be $2 higher than it would of been throughout their careers. Excluding free agency bidding. Tags will be randomized before we draft. The players will immediately be tagged with the increase.



FREE AGENCY-
** 7 Year Max **
Hidden Bid Format. (My bids will be sent to yankeebb before I post the message for bidding to begin). There will be 2 Rounds of Free Agency. Round 1 will have a $25 total value minimum contract. Any bid less than $25 total will be discarded. The 2nd Round will not have a minimum, and we are also allowed up to (3) $0/1 yr. Bids. Both Rounds DO NOT have rebids - (Highest total $ value will win). If the highest total $ value is a tie, the shorter contract will win. If there is still a tie, along with the posting on the board, the owners who tied will be messaged as well. They will have the opportunity for a rebid.

Note: Bids cannot be placed that exceed the teams cap. Double checking our calculations is recommended before we submit bids. (Assume you may win them all). This will be monitored. If bids do go over, bids will be discarded starting from the bottom of the submitted list, until bids are under cap.

WAIVER WIRE-
Waivers will be used for the first 24 hours of Regular Season. Reverse order of PC team strength.
Free-for-all will be turned on after that first 24 hour cycle.

SIMS will be USER OPEN every 5 HOURS. ************

TRADES-
15 Trade max per season. Trade Deadline is Day 120.
Trades may be overturned if they are overly lopsided.
Please notify commish if Picks are involved

STADIUM RENOVATIONS-
(Off-season only)
Cost of renovations are $8 per adjustment. We do not use (Big) boost or (Big) disadvantage. The cost of $8 is applied in (one step) increments. The fees are deducted from the current off-season's cap. The cap will have those fees replenished after the following progressions.

INJURIES-
Injury settings are as follows:
Batters - 10 days max
Pitchers - 12 days max
Injuries CAN carry over to the Post Season.

SLUMP BUSTER-
This will be set at 10 calendar day max.
(Turned off for Post Season).

*********PROGRESSIONS- ************
A players last progression is when he turns the age of 28. He will start to decline at the age of 32.


POSITION CHANGES-
Players can be changed to their secondary position only. Unless they have played the position you are requesting in real life. The player has to play the real life position with some significance, (not just a tiny sample size). The change will come at a cost of (-.5 dwar). No switching to an (INF) or (Utility). Position changes are permanent unless they go to another team - or back to the changing team at a later date. (Off-season requests only). *One request per season.

***Note***
PROSPECTS - can be requested to their secondary position right away if desired.
ROOKIES - have to complete one season before they can be changed.
(-.5 dwar) will still apply.


RELIEVER CONVERSION-
Once a starter turns 33 years old he can be requested to turn into a reliever. His stats will improve some. H/9,BB/9, and K/9. -- His stamina will decrease to 35. (Off-season requests only). *One request per season. Pitcher also must be signed to a contract to qualify.


AWARDS-
PC will select the MVP and Cy Young Award winners for each league. We will vote for ROY in each league.


Any rule is subject to change upon discretion of the Commissioner.

League Settings

Year Range of Stats	0 - 0
Roster Size (Majors)	26
Roster Size (Minors)	14
Keepers	(40 keepers)
Change Stats Allowed
Free Agency
Drops
No-Drop List
Player Fatigue
Batter Injuries	(10 games max)
Pitcher Injuries	(12 games max)
Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats
Allows Max Surprise Bunts
Min Batters Pitcher Must Face	0
Slump Buster	(1unlimited days)
On Fire	Classic
User Sims