[MLB] Rules and Regulations

Rules and Regulations

ENTRY FEE:
The entry fee is $35 per manager per year for 3 years. Of that $35, $25 will go towards the current year's pool and $10 of it will be put into the cumulative prize pool. The top managers will be awarded that cumulative pool at the end of 3 seasons. I have chosen 3 seasons because I think it's a good test period and after that first 3 year cycle is complete, we can re-evaluate the entry fee, amount of managers, stats categories, etc. NOTE: after the 3 years we will still keep our teams and any new managers will be put into an expansion draft scenario. Additionally, if any manager chooses to bow out at any time, replacements will be waiting to overtake their teams although this is DEFINITELY NOT encouraged. Therefore, you will not be refunded for any money committed to the cumulative pool in previous or current years. Bowing out after a season has began will also result in no refund of your pool fee.

STRUCTURE:
The league will consist of 3 divisions, each with 4 teams in them for a total of 12 teams in the league. The top 6 regular season teams will make the playoffs. The format of this pool is HEAD-TO-HEAD. If you are unfamiliar with this, the nut shell explanation is that you will face a different team each week and will be awaded wins and losses based on the stat categories. Example: If you have more Home Runs than your opponent at the end of the current week, you will win that stat category and be awarded ONE league win. So, because there are 10 stat categories, the best case record for one team in one week would be 10-0-0. Hopefully that makes sense to you.

DRAFTING: The draft order in all drafts subsequent to the initial Year 1 draft will be determined by pool standings. However, The 10th overall team will get 1st overall pick, the 9th overall team will get second overall pick, and the rest of the order is inverse of the standings.

ROSTERS:
Each team will carry a roster of 22 players (1B, 2B, 3B, SS, C, LF, RF, CF, Utility, SP, SP, SP, SP, P and 8 bench spots). Teams will also have 2 additional spots for players on the injured reserve. You will not be able to put non-injured players on the IR. Each manager will be limited to 3 roster moves per week and each roster move will be processed the day after it was made. (The reason for these restrictions is because the intent of this pool is to detemine the best manager at operating a full team over the course of multiple seasons, NOT to see who's the best at logging on every day and adding free agents that play that same day in order to maximize the amount of games played for their team each week. As people who have shared pools with me in the past can probably attest to, I consider this practice to be a form of cheating and I believe it doesn't reflect the true fantasy sports acumen of the managers.) Trades are subject to my approval only. I will only reject outright ridiculous trades. This is in the interest of fairness to everyone else.

WAIVERS:
After the draft, all undrafted players are designated to the waiver wire. If you wish to claim a free agent off waivers, you must wait 2 days after doing the transaction to allow anyone with a lower waiver number to pick them up. The waiver order will be determined by the draft and works inversely. If Player A drafts 1st overall, Player A will be at the bottom of the waiver list. Once someone claims a player off waivers, they will be sent to the bottom of the list and everyone will be bumped up one spot. After a week of not being picked up, a player will be moved from the waiver wire to the free agency list. Free agents can be picked up and processed to your team within 1 day.

STATS:
The offensive statistical categories are as follows...Runs, Doubles, Home Runs, Runs Batted In, Stolen Bases, On base + Slugging Percentage. The pitching stat categories are as follows...Quality Starts, Walks + Hits per Innings Pitched, Earned Run Average, Strikeout to Walk Ratio

TRADES:
You CAN trade for draft picks in upcoming years but the last 8 draft picks for each team are reserved for keepers. Yahoo forces you to use draft slots to assign keepers so check with me before making a draft pick trade so I can ensure you aren't trading a reserved pick.

ROOKIES:
Any players that don't break Training Camp with their MLB teams will still be available to be taken in our drafts and from the free agency/waiver list. Similarly, most minor league players are available to be taken during the regular season and will be denoted by a red 'NA' indicating they are not currently on their club's active 25 man roster.

PRIZES:
YEARLY PRIZES:
-Best Regular Season Team : $200
-Playoff Winner (League Champion): $100
-Winner of 3 year cumulative pool: $360

Commissioner's Bonuses of $10 each (not taken out of the prize pool):
-AL MVP
-NL MVP
-AL Cy Young
-NL Rookie of the Year

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