1) We will have a Draft instead of Auction. We will use
23 man teams with the positions as follows == Two Catcher, One 1B, One 2B, One 3B, One SS, One CI, One MI,
One UT, Five OF, Nine Pitchers. == The scoring stat catagories will be a 5 X 5 using Batting Average, Home Runs, RBI's, Steals and Runs Scored. The pitching catagories are Wins, Saves, ERA, Ratio, Strikeouts.
2) The draft order will be determined by the Forward Sliding
Method, with every even number round inverse of the
previous round. We will also have a supplementary draft
at the end of the regular draft to fill any spots for
injured players that are drafted. The same draft method
will continue in the same order and use the same method.
3) The cutoff for changing rosters each day will be 30 minutes before the first NL game that day. An unlimited number of substitutions
may be made for injuries, but the substitutions for poor performance will be limited to two players
each transaction week (From 11 PM Sunday to 10:59 PM the next Sunday). == A FAAB Bid does not count as a Weekly Move == Note that a player on the DL can not be taken off the DL and put back on the DL in the same week
unless his National League team does the same thing.
== If a trade is made such as a 2 for 1, both Owners will be charged
a weekly move when they drop or add the additional player to even
out their roster. == Any transactions posted to any other message
base other than Draft League is VOID.
4) Change Due to CBS Stats -- If a player on your team shows on one of our Official Websites as going on the DL or being sent to the Minors (or activated from those lists), but not on the CBS Site, you may post on the Message Board that you wish to put him on the DL or ML and claim a replacement (or activate him). The Commish will make your transaction. The time of your message will determine when he starts getting stats.
5) Trades may be done at anytime after the Draft until 11 PM
August 31. A veto procedure is in place if an Owner
believes an unfair trade has been made. Within 48 hours
after a trade, if an Owner believes it is unfair, he
can request a vote. After 48 hours the trade is final.
When a request is made, all Owners will have 48 hours to vote. It will take a
majority vote of the uninvolved Owners to Veto a trade.
6) Players are eligible for any position in which they played
20 games last season or one game this season. If a
player did not play 20 games at any position last season,
he is eligible for the position in which he played
the most games.
7) Any player that did not play in the majors last season,
may be drafted at a position he has played during Spring
Training. Once the season starts, he must play at that
position by April 15 or he is no longer eligible. == When a player is picked up in mid-season who has not played in the Majors before, his position can be the one he played in the Minors.
8) Each team will have an Injury and Minor List for inactive players (this also applies to suspended players).
When a player is put on this list he can be replaced on your team and
you still retain the rights to the inactive player. When
the DL/ML players NL team actives him, he MUST be activated
by the Fantasy Owner by the Second Monday at 8 PM (If a player is activated on a Monday, this counts as the First Monday). If he remains on
the Fantasy Inactive List after that time, the inactive player may be claimed by any other Owner.
9) Each team must pitch a minimum of 1100 innings or they can not finish higher in ERA and Ratio than a team that does. The minimum at bats is 4250 or that team will be placed lower in Batting Average than any team over 4250.
10) After the Fantasy Season has started (after Draft Day),
if any Rule Change is voted on, it must receive FOR
votes from at least 75% of the league in order to
become a new rule.
11) If any Player should be released from his NL Team, the
Fantasy Owner will retain rights to that Player, as
long as the Player is on the Active Roster of the
Fantasy Team.
12) If a player is on the Fantasy Active Roster and is sent
to the Minors to work on fundamentals, the Fantasy Owner
retains rights to this player until he comes back to the
Majors. When the player is back in the Majors, the Owner
MUST activate him by the second Monday Deadline. An unlimited number of players
may be on the Minor List at any one time.
13) If a player is traded to the AL, the Owner continues to get stats on that player for the rest of the season. The player coming to the NL is free to be bid on by any Owner.
14) A player is said to be activated on the first day that he shows on one of our four Official Websites which are ESPN.com, Sports.cbs.com MLB.com and RotoTimes.com. We will use only the transaction pages of these sites as a reference. If the player does not show on one of these sites but appears in a box score, he is considered activated. If an Owner makes a claim before a player is eligible, it does not count as a Move but the Owner may not make a second claim on the same player until 48 hours have passed.
15) Any Owner who has not participated in our league in a
previous season, may not vote on rule changes. He may
have voting privileges on everything else that does not
involve league rules.
16) Computer use during the Draft is permitted, provided the software only serves database functions and does not function as a management program which recalculates standings and values as the Draft proceeds. This would give the user an unfair calculation advantage. John Benson's software is an example, but others of the same type are also covered by this rule.
17) A player may only be drafted if he is on a NL team
active roster or injury list on Draft Day.
18) Any player drafted in the Supplemental Rounds (round 24
and after to replace an injured player drafted earlier)
will receive stats starting at the next stat period
AFTER the draft and not at the first of the season as in
the first 23 players. This rule is only pertinent if we
have the Draft after the NL season starts.
19) The tie-breaking procedure for the standings are as follows:
A) The tied teams are ranked in each catagory as in the normal standings (In a three-way
tie, the top team gets 3 points - second, 2 points and last, 1 point). The points are totaled
for each catagory and the most points gets the higher place in the standings.
B) If a tie still exists after the first tie-breaker, the tied teams will take their total innings
pitched and multiply by three. To this number they will add the total at bats. The higher
of this composite number will determine the higher place in the standings.
20) Our Fantasy League Champion will be determined by Regular
Season stats as put out by the National League.
== In order to claim a player new to the NL, you must bid on him using the FAAB. He may not be picked up as a DL/ML replacement until he has been in the league two calendar days ending at 8 PM (i.e. he enters the league on Tuesday, he is eligible Thursday at 8 PM). The procedure for using the FAAB is at this link FAAB Procedure
== A player may be taken off the Fantasy Inactive List prior to him being taken off of the NL Inactive List.
== A player picked up as a DL/ML replacement must be on the NL active roster.
== If a player is "Designated for Assignment", the Owner has the option of putting him on the ML List or dropping the player. The option of dropping the player is eliminated as soon as the player is assigned to a ML team. If the Owner chooses to drop the player, a free move can be used to pickup another player.
== During September, injured players are often not put on the NL DL due to roster expansion. For our purposes, a player may qualify for the DL during September if he has an injury and has missed six consecutive games. He may then have a replacement as in a normal DL transaction. Also if one of our sites list the player as "Out for the Season", but not on the DL, he may be replaced immediately. There is no limit on these type of special DL transactions and they may not be claimed from the DL by other owners.
=== If an Owner is going to be out of town and unable to make transactions on his players, he may state
in a message the time period he will be away and this freezes his roster. The Owner will have until 8 PM on the
day after his return date to make all moves. If an Owner chooses to use this rule, no transactions may be posted by him during the dates indicated. If he chooses to prematurely end the roster freeze by stating this and making a transaction, this will be allowed, but the freeze may not be started again.