League Rules

Welcome to Major League Baseball Dynasty!

Commissioner jim2miller

Note:
1. GM's who are new to the league are permitted to alter two contracts as follows: cut the remaining years on a contract or extend a contract by one year.
2. Any player with a $2/yr contract is under a rookie contract which can be completely voided at any time by sending a request to the commissioner.
3. Once a contract is cleared it is permitted to sign the player to a contract through the "Manage Contracts" link on the team page.
4. Decent players on your roster who do not have contracts should be signed. Pay attention to their age and potential rating. Players improve through their 20's as they approach 30 years old. This is especially true for guys with "S" or "A" ratings on potential, however "F" players do not improve much (if at all).
5. If you have less than 9 active pitchers the SIM will freeze and the commissioner will have to manually update your roster.
6. During your first season you will be on probation, which means that the commissioner reserves the right to reverse your trade if he feels another manager is taking advantage of you.

League Rules

MANAGERIAL EXPECTATION
1. It is expected and required that all managers be active in this league. Extended dormant periods will lead to a boot. If you know your not going be around for a while, message the commissioner to hold your spot.
2. It is expected that teams try to compete to win. Teams which 'tank' by putting good players on the bench or in the minors (or in the wrong defensive position) could lead to a boot.
3. Contracts are not voided when a GM leaves the team.
4. Commissioner will run teams that are not being actively managed.
5. GM's may have a team in each league if they have at least one season of experience in this league.
6. GM's may not make a deal between two teams that they run. In addition, multiple deals between two people may be voided by the commissioner if these deals appear to help 'load' one team over another.

PAYROLL AND ROSTER
1. The commissioner sets the league salary cap before each season.
2. Teams that exceed the salary cap will have their highest paid starting pitcher removed and placed into a bidding process for the other teams. If they remain over the cap, their highest paid hitters will be placed into the same bidding process until they have reached the salary cap.
3. GM's who are new to the league are permitted to change up to two contracts on their roster. They can add one season to an existing contract or they can terminate remaining years on a contract to save money against the cap.
4. Teams that exceed the maximum roster size will have their best hitter set to injured until the roster is corrected.
5. Maximum contract length at the time of signing is 7 seasons.
6. Active rosters are limited to 26.

SEASON
1. 162 game regular season. The league schedule is to sim 4 times per day.
2. Trade deadline 4:00pm EST the day game 120 takes place.
3. Player endurance will be used.
4. Injuries: The max number of games a player can be injured is 35 games.

MAJOR LEAGUE AWARDS
1. MVP
2. Cy Young
3. Offensive Rookie of the Year
4. Pitching Rookie of the Year

PLAYOFFS
1. Each league will advance four division winners and three wild card teams to the playoffs.
2. Division winners are seeded 1-4 followed by wild card teams 5-7 in each league.
3. The top seed from each league earn a first round bye.
4. Seeding is based on final season stats and each new round will have the highest seeded team against the lowest seeded team available.
5. Seven game series format is (2-3-2).
6. Four days of rest will be granted after the end of the regular season, one after game 2, one after game 5, and one after game 7.

WORLD SERIES
1. Seven game series (2-3-2 format). Best regular season record has home field regardless of seed, so best record is the deciding factor.

TIEBREAKER FORMULA
1. If the teams had the same regular season record, the team that allowed the least amount of runs would win the tie breaker
2. If that tie cannot be broken, the team that scored more runs would win the tie breaker.

OFF SEASON

PROGRESSION
1. Player progression to peak year of age 28 and regress at age 31.

RETIREMENT
1. Retirement will be used after age 40 at the commissioner's discretion.

STEROID POLICY
1. Players entering free agency with an OPS of greater than 1.250 or a slugging percentage over 0.700 will be given more 'real at bats' to bring their 'real' staistics under those levels.

FREE AGENT BIDDING
1. Commissioner selects free agents available for bidding as follows: top ten ranked hitters and top ten ranked pitchers (at least 7 should be SP).
2. Minimum total contract value of $50 is required.

ROOKIE CLASS
1. The commissioner is responsible for adding enough rookies to fill the league.
2. Minimum five each: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF
2. Minimum twenty each: SP and RP.
3. Each rookie will be at least 23 years old at the time of the draft.
4. Hitters will have a minimum of 500 real at bats.
5. Starting pitchers will have a minimum of 100 real innings pitched and relief pitchers will have a minimum of 40 real innings pitched.
5. The rookie potential will be assigned as "C".
6. Rookies are assigned $2 x 3 contracts.

DRAFT ROUNDS 1-5
1. Draft order is based on regular season record, reversing the tiebreaker procedures listed for playoff seeding.
2. Draft is five rounds and set to a schedule.
3. These picks can be traded.

DRAFT ROUNDS 6-10
1. Draft order is unchanged.
2. These draft picks can not be traded.

ROSTER FILL
1. The balance of the major league and minor league rosters will be filled by supplemental drafts.

ROOKIE EXTENSIONS
1. Any player being paid $2 per season season: the GM can request that the contract eliminated to allow the GM to sign the player to an extension.
2. If a player is named a major league all star while they are under contract for $2, then the contract is eliminated and they are allowed to negotiate an extension with the team or will become a free agent after the season.

CONTRACT CUTS OR EXTENSION LOTTERY
1. The Powerball Lottery will determine if GM's can cut a contract or extend a contract as follows:
* If the red powerball is 1-7 each GM can cut one contract to "expiring" after the upcoming season.
* If the red powerball is 8-14 each GM can extend one contract by one year.
* If the red powerball is 15-26 each GM can either cut one contract to "expiring" or extend one contract by one year.
Powerball extensions can not be applied to $2 contracts.
Extensions cannot be offered to players who exceed the steroid threshold listed in league rules.

Revision history
1. (1/30/12) draft
2. (3/2/12) clarified post season; removed 'add a prospect' option
3. (6/10/12) removed 20 contract limit, clarified playoff seeding, mandatory age 40 retirement, removed free agency draft (now autopick), clarified rookie money, added the extension of the $2 player, added steroid policy, added salary cap bonus and penalty system.
4. (6/21/12) removed franchise tag. Changed to 4 round draft that includes veterans or rookies.
5. (10/20/12) moved draft ahead of free agency, removed ability to trade draft picks and money, increased injury length to max 30 games, added .950 OPS steroid policy
6. (11/21/12) added ability to trade picks again
7. (12/23/12) clarified draft is before free agency, lowered rookie contracts to 3 years, changed tiebreaker policy, added draft pick trading.
8. (2/16/13) changed minor roster to 7, sims/day to 5, increased rookie minimums on all positions except IF, added conversion of SP to RP.
9. (8/15/13) reduced number of rookie SP and RP to 15 each.
10. (10/15/13) removed SP to RP conversion, updated live free agency bid rules.
11. (12/22/13) revised MVP/Cy timing, added four rest days after regular season, modified free agency bidding procedure.
12. (2/22/14) revised salary cap, added free agent offense limits, changed salary cap rules, added open bidding option for free agency bidding, clarified competitive balance draft.
13. (10/4/14) reduced rookie class size
14. (2/21/15) reduced rookie class to 55 and changed playoff structure after reducing the league from 32 teams to 30. Also dropped competitive balance draft.
15. (11/17/15) changed format of free agency bidding. Changed to 4 sims/day. Increased injury length from 30 to 35 games max.
16. (3/29/16) changed salary cap from $250 to $225.
17. (8/28/16) clarified and added a second powerball lottery selection for rookie potential.
18. (2/11/17) removed powerball lottery for rookies and replaced it with increased potential for lowest ranked players statistically.
19. (10/22/17) lowered minor roster from 7 to 5.
20. (12/10/17) changed league to 36 teams with 6 division winners and 10 wild card teams, randomized rookie potential, revised expiring rookies from $10+3 max 7 to $10+5 max 3, increased number of rookies from 55 to 66, moved regression back to age 31, dropped budget to $200.
21. (1/18/18) changed bidding process to 'blind bid' and removed head to head live bid. Clarified how to handle ties and how to handle commissioner bids. Increased bid class to 30 players from 20.
22. (1/12/19) removed free agency bidding, replaced with draft. Added buyout option.
22. (3/30/19) added option to cut one player under contract in the off season. Clarified contract extension rule for expiring $2 players.
23. (7/31/19) contracted league, reinstated bidding process
24. (10/5/19) changed playoffs to 6 teams per league, changed free agency bid to 8sp, 1rp, 7 position, removed note with old expiring $2 resign rule
25. (1/9/20) added a no tanking clause. Added that new managers can add one season to an expiring contract (or delete upcoming seasons which used to be a cut/bid process). Added the chance that GM's can add a season to an expiring contract in off season lottery.
26. (4/30/20) increased active roster to 26, reduced minors by 1 and added ROY awards.
27. (9/27/20) Reduced free agency bid process to four players. Expanded powerball system to "extend, cut, or choice between the two", added another playoff team, removed supplemental draft and added autodraft feature upon completion of 4 round draft.
28. (11/29/20) Removed autodraft, replaced with supplemental.
29. (8/23/21) Removed free agency bidding.
30. (1/14/22) Changed playoff structure to 2 division winners, 5 wild cards per league. Added free agency bidding again with 8 players total (4 pitcher min).
31. (1/8/24) Removed free agent bidding, expanded draft and rookie class size.
32. (12/27/24) Split draft into rookie and veteran draft, added contracts for rookies that can be voided. Brought back free agent bidding for 20 players. Increased salary cap $25 to $225.
33. (2/8/25) Moved rookie draft to be after veteran drafts.
34. (6/20/25) Added rookie development clause.
35. (7/9/25) Cleaned up a rule that was unclear regarding minors. Added clause that extensions cannot be offered to players exceeding steroid policy.
36. (8/20/25) Switched from 4 to 8 divisions. Increased rookie age from 21 to 23. Removed age restrictions on free agent bidding. Changed powerball stats. Added minimum real stat levels. Set salary cap as commissioner decision. Removed rookie development system.

League Settings

Year Range of Stats	2015 - 2024
Roster Size (Majors)	26
Roster Size (Minors)	10
Keepers	(35 keepers)
Change Stats Allowed
Free Agency
Drops
No-Drop List
Player Fatigue
Batter Injuries	(35 games max)
Pitcher Injuries	(35 games max)
Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats
Allows Max Surprise Bunts
Min Batters Pitcher Must Face	3
Slump Buster	(1unlimited days)
On Fire	Classic
User Sims