League Rules
SCHEDULE-154-game regular season
-User and computer sims every 4 hours.
-All star break around day 85
-Trade Deadline around game 130
-Progressions
-Retirements
-Draft
-Free Agency
- After opening day adds will be with waiver claims through day 25, then free-for-all
WAR/FIRE
This league will use the new WAR formula in place of fire
PLAYOFFS
-Each league will have two wild card teams. Wild Card round will be best of 3 series similar to the current MLB structure with the top-seed team the home team in all 3 games.
-League Championship Series: League winner will have homefield vs. a Wild Card. League winner will have homefield in LCS. Series will be best of 5 in 2-2-1 format.
-World Series: Team with best record will have home-field advantage. In the event of a tie team with better run differential will have home-field. Series will be best of 7 in 2-3-2 format.
-Tie Breakers
One game playoff if tie for division
Home team is team with better head to head record
If teams have tie head to head, then run differential
If run differential tied, then team with more runs scored
No day off beforehand
TEAM MANAGEMENT
-Every team will have a 36-man roster 26 majors 10 minors
-If a team is over on players on opening day they will be given a couple days to correct. If it's not taken care of the Commish office will correct it however I see fit.
-4 man pitching rotation until the 1960s
CONTRACTS
-Max contract length is 12 years
-Owners may extend contracts at will. This can be done in the final season of a player's contract by using the "Sign Player" option on their player card. No action by the Commish is necessary.
-You may buy out a contract by paying half the total outstanding value of the remaining contract over 12 years at equal amounts, rounding up.
TRADES
-Trades are unlimited until the deadline
-Picks may be traded for the next two drafts
PROGRESSIONS
-Players progress till 28 and decline at 32
RETIREMENTS
-Players retire at age 40 if not signed to contract. Once they become a free agent at age 40 or later they will be retired unless they played longer in real life such as Julio Franco or Phil Niekro
IMPORTS & DRAFT
-Drafts will be 2 rounds.
-Traded picks will use the NBA rules - teams cannot go two years without a first round pick, but can trade swaps (protected or not). Second round picks can be traded at will.
-Real-life rookies will be imported each year and make up the draft pool.
-Batters must have 125 at-bats
-Pitchers must have 35 innings
-Each year after the draft, batters with fewer than 300 at-bats and starters with fewer than 150 innings will have their stats doubled. NOTE: This means your players may have their stats doubled in more than one year.
-A players' real stats may be adjusted at my discretion to be more reasonable if they are outrageously good, especially if they have few at-bats or innings pitched.
POSITION SWAPS
-You can swap guys’ primary and secondary positions during the off-season.
-You may switch an SP to an RP, so long as the SP has a stamina of 70 or less.
BONUS BABY TAGS
-You may tag players on your own using the Manage Tags function. These players will remain on your roster until they appear in a game.
REAL STATS YEARS
-You may choose to change a player's real stats to the prior season's statistics. The deadline to do so will be the trade deadline. Note that you may change real stats to years below the 300 at-bats/150 innings for starters, but those stats will be doubled in the off-season after the draft.
-A players' real stats may be adjusted at my discretion to be more reasonable if they are outrageously good, especially if they have few at-bats or innings pitched.
TANKING
-Please no tanking. Do not put good players in the minors unless they are injured. You may of course keep prospects in the minors until you are ready to sign them.
AWARDS
-Cy Young
-MVP
-Rookie of the Year
Some leagues use fictional player progression. To learn more about how players progress, check the Player Potential page.
League Settings
| Year Range of Stats | 1956 - 1956 |
| Roster Size (Majors) | 26 |
| Roster Size (Minors) | 11 |
| Keepers | (36 keepers) |
| Change Stats Allowed | |
| Free Agency | |
| Drops | |
| No-Drop List | |
| Player Fatigue | |
| Batter Injuries | (20 games max) |
| Pitcher Injuries | (20 games max) |
| Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats | |
| Allows Max Surprise Bunts | |
| Min Batters Pitcher Must Face | 0 |
| Slump Buster | (1unlimited days) |
| On Fire | Uses WAR |
| User Sims | (every 3 hours) |
