League Rules

Sheik Yer Budget Low Cap League

This 12 team league is designed to use the Budget draft Favorite Teams format and is a call-back to the Strat-O-Matic online game site where different auto league budgets are used, including one of my favorites - 60 Mil. In low budget league your build strategy is important and there are players used that you would never see in "normal" Budget Leagues. Hopefully this will be a fun and challenging league.

Commissioner: Sheikyerboudi

ASSIGNING TEAMS:
- Initial League Franchise Draft
As owners joined they will be added in numerical order 1-12. Once full, draft order will be determined by use of a Random Draft Order generator. All Major League Franchises are available to be drafted; no duplicates in any given season, in subsequent drafts, once you use a Franchise, you cannot use it again. I will keep a spreadsheet to track usage and wins.

FRANCHISE DRAFT:
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 11th and 12th. 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.
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. The franchise you draft will be your team for the following season and the player pool is "Locked" for the franchise. The years available will be 1901-2024.
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
The sim will not operate with less than 10 active pitchers.

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 or vice-versa (No 40 PC openers).

TRADES AND FREE AGENCY:
****NONE****

MISCELLANIOUS RULES:
There will be 6 sims per day. I will set it up for user sims every 4 hours during regular season.

Slumpbuster will be set for a max of 5 days
Days off and fatigue will be used.
Pitchers HR allowed will be used.
Allow surprise bunts will be set at Often.
Injuries: 7 max for position players, 10 max for pitchers.
Awards: All-stars will not be used or selected, but we will have MVP/CY as selected by the sim.

PLAYOFFS:
This league is set up as a one division league and will use the Auto League style of playoffs, with is bracket-style. The #1 and #2 teams will get a bye, #6 at #3. #5 at #4 The winner of #4 v #5 will play the #1 seed, the winner of #3 v #6 will play the #2 seed. ALL SERIES ARE 7 GAMES !!

Ties will be decided by H2H record, if still tied Power Rank.

League Settings

Year Range of Stats	1998 - 2025
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	(every 4 hours)