League Rules

WELCOME

CONDUCT: Trash talk is permitted, but be nice about it.

EDIT TEAMS: Will be turned on during off season. You may change Ballpark Name and Dimensions with commish approval. I would also recommend that you fill in the Manager information as well. I’d like to keep it as real as we can.
DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE TEAM LOGO!!!

ROSTERS: 33 (26/7) Majors/Minors in regular season.

PITCHERS: We will have 5 man Rotations

AWARDS: They will be automatically picked

ALL STARS: Will be Auto Picked after Day 90

KEEPERS: 33 keepers for all teams

BUDGETS: No Budgets.

TRADES: 10 trades per team, 6 players max combined per trade. (NO FIRE SALES) Trades that may be deemed harmful to the competitive balance of the league may be subject to review and, potentially, a league vote.
Trade deadline in day 100.

REGULAR SEASON: 162 game schedule

SIMS: Will be run every 3 hours

POST SEASON: Playoffs will be as follows:
1. Division winner - best record
2. Division winner - 2nd best record
3. Division winner - 3rd best record
WC - best record
WC - 2nd best record

Round 1
Wild Card game is 1 game - winner advances
Round 2
Division 1 hosts WC winner in a best of 5 series
Division 2 hosts Division 3 in a best of 5 series
World Series
Winners of Round 2 series with best record team hosting.

Ties will be decided by H2H record, if still tied run differential H2H, if still tied run differential vs league.

RIDICULOUS STATS: Players that have crazy stats will be reduced to a more realistic plateau..650 will be the max allowed on slugging percentage for players with less than 100 at-bats...player can be altered at beginning of season and at All Star breaks (ONLY) *This has been voted and approved during 1963 Season*

PROGRESSIONS: All Players will have classic progression (no matter what their progression rate is) till the age of 28, will have a level out till 32 and will have decline after that. Hitters with less than 100 AB do not progress.

RETIREMENT: I will not retire any players till after the age 40, player must be performing well in order to extend his career past 40. We will have a retirement purge in Free Agents every 5 years starting 1965. All under a rating of 25 and over the age of 35 will be forced to retire. (Only Free Agents) Max age is something for us to consider in an up coming league poll.

IMPORTS: Players from your next season's roster will be imported onto your roster as long as they are already not in league. Minimums will be 125 AB and 35 IP and SP under 85 IP will have their stats doubled until they reach a minimum of 85 IP. Players with more than 1 team will be imported to the team they played for 1st in the import season.


DRAFT: Time limit for the 3 round draft is 6 hours for the 1st round and 3 hours for the 2nd and 3rd rounds. If you will be unavailable to pick, please RANK players for the Draft. If you have RANKED, but would prefer to pick "live", let me know either by message or in the Draft Room Chat Box, and your RANK will only be used in the event that your time expires. Auto pick won't be enabled, so if you forget to pre-rank, and your time expires, you'll not receive players in draft.
- Tie Breaker for Draft Rank
1. PYTH at end of Regular Season (with lowest PYTH drafting 1st)
2. Run Differential (with lowest drafting 1st)
3. Let's hope it doesn't get to this - but if it does, a Virtual Coin Flip (I have a site saved)

- League Champion picks last, runner-up picks next to last.

POSITION CHANGES: PC will automatically import player in role they served in their import season. Each team will be able to change their primary position on two players each season as long as they actually played that position in that import year. If a "Stat Change" is done on a player he can be changed to any position he played in the season changed to.

PITCHER CONVERSION:

SP to RP: In the event that a team is short of Relief Pitchers just prior to the start of the season the commissioner will convert Starting Pitchers, if available and not already in the rotation, into Relief Pitcher. Owners will only get one SP to RP conversion per season and the Stamina will be set at 40.

RP to SP: Only if the pitcher in question was a SP for at least 1/2 of their appearances in season being used - their Stamina will be set at 80.

CHANGE STATS TO CURRENT SEASON
Owners will have the option to change a players stats to the current season stats each offseason, so long as those players meet the AB and IP threshold. So for the 1990 season, you can change your 1989 player to his 1990 stats. Owners should understand that changing stats will forfeit any progression that player has currently had. Owners should also know that once you change a players stats, you CANNOT reverse it to retain your progression. Any request to change stats to current season should be sent to the Commissioner and he will do them. Remember they must meet minimums of 125 AB's, 85 IP's for SP and 35 IP's for RP. You can see the current season stats for a player by clicking on "See Other Seasons Available".


ROSTER DUMPS: Intentionally dropping of high Rank players will be reviewed by the Commissioner and If it appears to fall under the category of "Tanking" and is not in the best interest off the League and it's competitive balance, the players will be returned to the team in question and the owner's status in the league will be reviewed.

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