Post by John on Feb 14, 2010 11:03:40 GMT -5
SETTINGS
12 Teams - H2H - Keeper - 6x6 - Yahoo
ROSTERS
C/1B/2B/3B/SS/OF/OF/OF/UT/UT -- SP/SP/RP/RP/P/P/P
BN/BN/BN/BN/BN/BN/BN/BN/BN
DL/DL/DL/NA
CATEGORIES
BA / R / HR / RBI / SB / BB
QS / ERA / WHIP / K / SV / HLD
After strong consideration to find the best balance of categories, I like these cats because:
1. BA is not as important as everyone used to think. But it still is important.
2. I added BBs to balance out BA for obvious reasons. I wanted to keep it as a 6x6- that's why I opted for BA/BB instead of just OBP. Plus, a .400 OBP with a .340 AVG is still better than a .400 OBP with a .300 AVG. The 2nd guy obviously has a better walk rate, but in the end, a hit is still *slightly* better than a walk (in terms of run production).
3. I replaced W with QS for obvious reasons. If a pitcher is going out and consistently pitching good games but just not getting lucky with the wins, he should still be given credit.
4. I added holds. An RP with a 2.00 ERA is just as valuable to his team as a closer with a 2.00 ERA- it's all about opportunity.
KEEPER SETTINGS
You can keep 0-5 players. When you keep a player, you lose a draft pick equal to the round you drafted that keeper. You can only keep a guy for 3 years. This system rewards smart drafting and good value. Conversely, if you have a down year with bad overall performance, you may choose to "sell the farm" so to speak and keep nobody. This system basically gives you complete freedom over your team- much like in real life. It creates a slight advantage overall for people with good drafting decisions, but it really is a balance.
Examples:
1. I'm deciding between keeping 4 and keeping 5 players. I'm (hypothetically) keeping Pujols (1), Mauer (4), Greinke (10), and Cruz (15). I can't decide if I should keep Kinsler (2). If I keep Kinsler, I head into the draft of remaining players without my 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th, and 15th picks. If I don't keep Kinsler, I head into the draft without my 1st, 4th, 10th, and 15th.
2. I'm not keeping anybody. I head into the draft with no keepers but all my draft picks.
Also, free agent pickups during the season which were UNDRAFTED can be kept in round 14 the following season, with 2 years remaining on his contract. If a DRAFTED player is dropped and subsequently kept, he may be kept in the original drafted round plus 3. So in other words, a 2nd rounder who is dropped, picked up and then kept can be kept in the 5th round the following year with 2 years remaining on his contract.
DRAFT
1. The draft will be a slow snake draft. Draft order will be determined by reverse order of previous year's final standings.
2. Each manager gets 24 hours to make his pick. If his 24 hours pass without making a pick, he still has the ability to make his pick, but the draft is allowed to resume without him.
3. Absolutely anybody can be drafted if they are in the Yahoo system.
4. If a manager is keeping someone, that essentially becomes their pick. So if manager B has the 2nd pick of the draft but is keeping Pujols, the draft unfolds like this:
1. Manager A picks ______
2. Manager B keeps Pujols
3. Manager C picks ______
4. Manager D picks ______
VETOING TRADES
Vetoing trades is bull. However, I at least understand the need to protect our league from collusion. With that said, a trade can only be vetoed if it is voted against by every person (except for one) not involved in the trade.
Examples:
1. If it is a standard trade between two teams, it needs to be vetoed by 9 out of the remaining 10 managers.
2. If it is a trade between three teams, it needs to be vetoed by 8 out of the remaining 9 managers.
3. And so on (never seen a 4-team trade anyways)
Commissioners hold veto power and will only execute a veto if it meets the above criteria. Votes for a veto can be emailed to league commissioners. If a commissioner is involved in a trade, the other commissioner will hold the veto power. If both commissioners are involved in a trade, whichever non-commissioner manager is highest in the league standings at that time (or the previous year during the draft) will hold the power to execute vetos. In that case, a veto order will be emailed from that manager to one of the commissioners, and then the trade would be vetoed.
CO-COMMISH
Eric and Arch will co-commish
Injured Reserve
Due to issues in the past, the league has adopted an injured reserve clause. If a player gets injured for the rest of the season which the owner wishes to keep for the following season, that manager can invoke the single injured reserve slot each team has the capacity to utilize. When this is declared, the player can be dropped. By declaring injured reserve, the player MUST be kept for the following season. There is no reversing that. The player cannot be added by anyone, including the manager in question for the rest of the season.
NA slot
We will have an NA slot available to managers in order to simulate a crude "minor league system" If you have one player on your team at the end of the season that is NA eligible through not having yet played in the majors (suspended players, etc are NOT eligible), you can keep him the following year in the 25th round. For the subsequent 2 seasons, he can be kept in the 14th round. As long as the player hasn't yet appeared in MLB, his keeper contract clock with regards to this league does not begin until he does. In other words, a player kept from 2014, for example, that has NA status and has not appeared in the majors, retains his 3 year contract eligibility AND can be drafted in the 25th round in 2015. If he plays in the majors in 2015 and is kept again, in 2016 he can be kept in the 14th round and his final contract year would be 2017, where he could also be kept in the 14th round. If (and I doubt this will ever happen, really) the kept NA player from 2014 also does not appear in MLB in 2015, he can again be kept in the 25th round in 2016, with 2 additional years remaining on his contract (assuming he plays in the majors at some point in 2016). And so on.
12 Teams - H2H - Keeper - 6x6 - Yahoo
ROSTERS
C/1B/2B/3B/SS/OF/OF/OF/UT/UT -- SP/SP/RP/RP/P/P/P
BN/BN/BN/BN/BN/BN/BN/BN/BN
DL/DL/DL/NA
CATEGORIES
BA / R / HR / RBI / SB / BB
QS / ERA / WHIP / K / SV / HLD
After strong consideration to find the best balance of categories, I like these cats because:
1. BA is not as important as everyone used to think. But it still is important.
2. I added BBs to balance out BA for obvious reasons. I wanted to keep it as a 6x6- that's why I opted for BA/BB instead of just OBP. Plus, a .400 OBP with a .340 AVG is still better than a .400 OBP with a .300 AVG. The 2nd guy obviously has a better walk rate, but in the end, a hit is still *slightly* better than a walk (in terms of run production).
3. I replaced W with QS for obvious reasons. If a pitcher is going out and consistently pitching good games but just not getting lucky with the wins, he should still be given credit.
4. I added holds. An RP with a 2.00 ERA is just as valuable to his team as a closer with a 2.00 ERA- it's all about opportunity.
KEEPER SETTINGS
You can keep 0-5 players. When you keep a player, you lose a draft pick equal to the round you drafted that keeper. You can only keep a guy for 3 years. This system rewards smart drafting and good value. Conversely, if you have a down year with bad overall performance, you may choose to "sell the farm" so to speak and keep nobody. This system basically gives you complete freedom over your team- much like in real life. It creates a slight advantage overall for people with good drafting decisions, but it really is a balance.
Examples:
1. I'm deciding between keeping 4 and keeping 5 players. I'm (hypothetically) keeping Pujols (1), Mauer (4), Greinke (10), and Cruz (15). I can't decide if I should keep Kinsler (2). If I keep Kinsler, I head into the draft of remaining players without my 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th, and 15th picks. If I don't keep Kinsler, I head into the draft without my 1st, 4th, 10th, and 15th.
2. I'm not keeping anybody. I head into the draft with no keepers but all my draft picks.
Also, free agent pickups during the season which were UNDRAFTED can be kept in round 14 the following season, with 2 years remaining on his contract. If a DRAFTED player is dropped and subsequently kept, he may be kept in the original drafted round plus 3. So in other words, a 2nd rounder who is dropped, picked up and then kept can be kept in the 5th round the following year with 2 years remaining on his contract.
DRAFT
1. The draft will be a slow snake draft. Draft order will be determined by reverse order of previous year's final standings.
2. Each manager gets 24 hours to make his pick. If his 24 hours pass without making a pick, he still has the ability to make his pick, but the draft is allowed to resume without him.
3. Absolutely anybody can be drafted if they are in the Yahoo system.
4. If a manager is keeping someone, that essentially becomes their pick. So if manager B has the 2nd pick of the draft but is keeping Pujols, the draft unfolds like this:
1. Manager A picks ______
2. Manager B keeps Pujols
3. Manager C picks ______
4. Manager D picks ______
VETOING TRADES
Vetoing trades is bull. However, I at least understand the need to protect our league from collusion. With that said, a trade can only be vetoed if it is voted against by every person (except for one) not involved in the trade.
Examples:
1. If it is a standard trade between two teams, it needs to be vetoed by 9 out of the remaining 10 managers.
2. If it is a trade between three teams, it needs to be vetoed by 8 out of the remaining 9 managers.
3. And so on (never seen a 4-team trade anyways)
Commissioners hold veto power and will only execute a veto if it meets the above criteria. Votes for a veto can be emailed to league commissioners. If a commissioner is involved in a trade, the other commissioner will hold the veto power. If both commissioners are involved in a trade, whichever non-commissioner manager is highest in the league standings at that time (or the previous year during the draft) will hold the power to execute vetos. In that case, a veto order will be emailed from that manager to one of the commissioners, and then the trade would be vetoed.
CO-COMMISH
Eric and Arch will co-commish
Injured Reserve
Due to issues in the past, the league has adopted an injured reserve clause. If a player gets injured for the rest of the season which the owner wishes to keep for the following season, that manager can invoke the single injured reserve slot each team has the capacity to utilize. When this is declared, the player can be dropped. By declaring injured reserve, the player MUST be kept for the following season. There is no reversing that. The player cannot be added by anyone, including the manager in question for the rest of the season.
NA slot
We will have an NA slot available to managers in order to simulate a crude "minor league system" If you have one player on your team at the end of the season that is NA eligible through not having yet played in the majors (suspended players, etc are NOT eligible), you can keep him the following year in the 25th round. For the subsequent 2 seasons, he can be kept in the 14th round. As long as the player hasn't yet appeared in MLB, his keeper contract clock with regards to this league does not begin until he does. In other words, a player kept from 2014, for example, that has NA status and has not appeared in the majors, retains his 3 year contract eligibility AND can be drafted in the 25th round in 2015. If he plays in the majors in 2015 and is kept again, in 2016 he can be kept in the 14th round and his final contract year would be 2017, where he could also be kept in the 14th round. If (and I doubt this will ever happen, really) the kept NA player from 2014 also does not appear in MLB in 2015, he can again be kept in the 25th round in 2016, with 2 additional years remaining on his contract (assuming he plays in the majors at some point in 2016). And so on.
