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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
New League Rules
When entering the league rules I tried to formulate them around the spirit of the survey results. (The survey results are posted under the “League Information” section on the left.) However, one area where I went against the results was add/drop limits. I placed a limit on the amount of “Free Agent” pickups a team can do in a certain week. This limitation was done to avoid the adding and dropping of pitchers to pad stats. However, no limits were placed on waiver wire pickups so each team has an equal opportunity to improve lineup each week.
I also placed limits on the amount of reserve pitchers that can be on each team. I feel these restrictions will reward GMs that make wise moves as opposed to the GM that just makes any move.
Any of the rules can be changed. If you are not happy with a rule let it be known. I will then explain why I made the decision. If you are still unhappy with the reasoning behind the rule we can put the rule up for a vote.
Below is a summary of the league rules. I added commentary next to some of the rules. My commentary will be in red.
I hope the league meets your expectations.
-The Commish
General
• League Name: Muddy, Bloody Beer League
• Public/Private League: Private
• Duplicate Player Allowance: Not Allowed
• Scoring System: Rotisserie
• Maximum # of teams: 9
• League Creator Username: GOAT
• Commissioner Team Name: GOAT
Schedule
• League Stats Begin: Sun Apr 04, 2010
• League Stats End: Sun Oct 03, 2010
Player Pool
• Player Pool: All teams
• Players traded out of league's player pool continue to accumulate stats: Yes (This is a non issue since we are using all teams.)
Rosters
• Minimum Total Players: 0
• Maximum Total Players: 21
• Minimum Active Players: 0
• Maximum Active Players: 15 (According to the survey: ½ liked the original setup and ½ wanted less pitchers. I reduced the # of RPs; from 4 to 3.)
• Maximum Reserve Players: 4 (According to the survey: many were happy with 5 but several wanted less. I reduced this to 4 but placed restrictions on the reserves. Only 2 of the reserves can be pitchers; 1 SP and 1 RP.)
• Maximum Injury Reserve Players: 2
• Maximum Minor League Players: Not Used
• Enforce legal rosters: Never (Illegal rosters don’t accumulate points.)
• Suspended players may be moved to Injured Reserve: Yes
• Injured Reserve players count toward roster limitation rules: No
Pos - Min Active - Max Active - Total Max
Catcher (C) - 0 - 1
1st Base (1B) - 0 - 1
2nd Base (2B) - 0 - 1
3rd Base (3B) - 0 - 1
Shortstop (SS) - 0 - 1
Outfield (OF) - 0 - 3
Starting Pitcher (SP) - 0 - 4 - 5
Relief Pitcher (RP) - 0 - 3 - 4
Position Eligibility
• Games needed for a player to qualify at a position from previous season: 20
• Games needed for a player to qualify at a position from current season: 10
• Use Fantrax's default position(s) even if player qualifies for at least one position based on above criteria: No
• Note: If a player does not qualify for any positions based on the above selections, he will qualify at the position(s) played most in the previous season.
Scoring
Scoring Group Scoring Category Weight
Hitting Home Runs (HR) 1
Hitting Runs Batted In (RBI) 1
Hitting Runs Scored (R) 1
Hitting Stolen Bases (SB) 1
Hitting Batting Average (Avg) 1
Hitting Total Bases (TB) (Additional Category, not included in survey options) 1
Hitting On Base + Slugging Percentage (OPS) 1
Pitching Holds (Hld) 1
Pitching Saves (Sv) 1
Pitching Strikeouts Pitched (SO) 1
Pitching Wins (W) 1
Pitching Earned Run Average (ERA) 1
Pitching Walks + Hits per Inning Pitched (WHIP) 1
Team Minimum and Maximum Requirements (Season)
Scoring Category Min Max
At Bats None None
Innings Pitched None None
Games Started None None
Relief Appearances None None
• If a maximum has been exceeded: Do nothing.
• If a minimum has not been met by end of season: Do nothing.
Lineups
• Lineup Change System: Owners enter lineup changes
• Lineup changes are executed: Daily
• Lineup Changes are locked 0:05 (hours:minutes) Set amount of time before 1st game of the day
Trades
• Trade System: Owners propose their own trades
• Trading Period: All Year
• Maximum Trades per Team: Unlimited
• Trade Deadline Date: Not Used
• Trade Voting System: Owners
• Days to Vote: 7 (This gives everyone ample time to review the trade.)
• # of Objections Required: 2 (I kept this # low. However, I would expect GMs to explain why they objected a trade. Since bench limitations have been placed against pitchers this will result in quality players offensive players on benches. I expect this will eventually lead to trades.)
Claims/Drops
• Claim/Drop System: Owners perform their own claims & drops
• Maximum # of Claims per Season: Unlimited
• Maximum # of Claims per Week: Unlimited
• Waiver Wire Process Used: Yes
Free Agents
• Claim System: Free for all (1st come 1st serve)
• (Each team can only sign 1 free agent per week. I did this to avoid the constant add/drop of pitchers as we had last year.)
Waiver Wire
• Priority Order: Reverse Order of Standings (serpentine)
• Claims Per Team: 1st team in priority order gets 1 player, then 2nd team, etc.
• Waiver Wire players are processed: On specific days of the week
• Waivers Processed On: Sat
• Waiver Wire claims processing time: 11:55 pm
Draft
• Draft Type: Offline
• Draft Order: The Last Best Hope, Jrsyknd, Jerk Store - Nashville, Wilber, GOAT, Curtesy Flush, Girl Amoung Men, HoseJockey, Monkeys with Guns (Not the official draft order. Official draft order yet TBD)
• Undrafted players go to the: Waiver Wire
Tiebreakers
1. Ahead in more scoring categories
2. 1st place in more scoring categories
3. Ahead in specific scoring category Wins
Keeper League
• Keepers are imported from a previous league by the Commissioner: No
• Keeper league going into future seasons: No
I also placed limits on the amount of reserve pitchers that can be on each team. I feel these restrictions will reward GMs that make wise moves as opposed to the GM that just makes any move.
Any of the rules can be changed. If you are not happy with a rule let it be known. I will then explain why I made the decision. If you are still unhappy with the reasoning behind the rule we can put the rule up for a vote.
Below is a summary of the league rules. I added commentary next to some of the rules. My commentary will be in red.
I hope the league meets your expectations.
-The Commish
General
• League Name: Muddy, Bloody Beer League
• Public/Private League: Private
• Duplicate Player Allowance: Not Allowed
• Scoring System: Rotisserie
• Maximum # of teams: 9
• League Creator Username: GOAT
• Commissioner Team Name: GOAT
Schedule
• League Stats Begin: Sun Apr 04, 2010
• League Stats End: Sun Oct 03, 2010
Player Pool
• Player Pool: All teams
• Players traded out of league's player pool continue to accumulate stats: Yes (This is a non issue since we are using all teams.)
Rosters
• Minimum Total Players: 0
• Maximum Total Players: 21
• Minimum Active Players: 0
• Maximum Active Players: 15 (According to the survey: ½ liked the original setup and ½ wanted less pitchers. I reduced the # of RPs; from 4 to 3.)
• Maximum Reserve Players: 4 (According to the survey: many were happy with 5 but several wanted less. I reduced this to 4 but placed restrictions on the reserves. Only 2 of the reserves can be pitchers; 1 SP and 1 RP.)
• Maximum Injury Reserve Players: 2
• Maximum Minor League Players: Not Used
• Enforce legal rosters: Never (Illegal rosters don’t accumulate points.)
• Suspended players may be moved to Injured Reserve: Yes
• Injured Reserve players count toward roster limitation rules: No
Pos - Min Active - Max Active - Total Max
Catcher (C) - 0 - 1
1st Base (1B) - 0 - 1
2nd Base (2B) - 0 - 1
3rd Base (3B) - 0 - 1
Shortstop (SS) - 0 - 1
Outfield (OF) - 0 - 3
Starting Pitcher (SP) - 0 - 4 - 5
Relief Pitcher (RP) - 0 - 3 - 4
Position Eligibility
• Games needed for a player to qualify at a position from previous season: 20
• Games needed for a player to qualify at a position from current season: 10
• Use Fantrax's default position(s) even if player qualifies for at least one position based on above criteria: No
• Note: If a player does not qualify for any positions based on the above selections, he will qualify at the position(s) played most in the previous season.
Scoring
Scoring Group Scoring Category Weight
Hitting Home Runs (HR) 1
Hitting Runs Batted In (RBI) 1
Hitting Runs Scored (R) 1
Hitting Stolen Bases (SB) 1
Hitting Batting Average (Avg) 1
Hitting Total Bases (TB) (Additional Category, not included in survey options) 1
Hitting On Base + Slugging Percentage (OPS) 1
Pitching Holds (Hld) 1
Pitching Saves (Sv) 1
Pitching Strikeouts Pitched (SO) 1
Pitching Wins (W) 1
Pitching Earned Run Average (ERA) 1
Pitching Walks + Hits per Inning Pitched (WHIP) 1
Team Minimum and Maximum Requirements (Season)
Scoring Category Min Max
At Bats None None
Innings Pitched None None
Games Started None None
Relief Appearances None None
• If a maximum has been exceeded: Do nothing.
• If a minimum has not been met by end of season: Do nothing.
Lineups
• Lineup Change System: Owners enter lineup changes
• Lineup changes are executed: Daily
• Lineup Changes are locked 0:05 (hours:minutes) Set amount of time before 1st game of the day
Trades
• Trade System: Owners propose their own trades
• Trading Period: All Year
• Maximum Trades per Team: Unlimited
• Trade Deadline Date: Not Used
• Trade Voting System: Owners
• Days to Vote: 7 (This gives everyone ample time to review the trade.)
• # of Objections Required: 2 (I kept this # low. However, I would expect GMs to explain why they objected a trade. Since bench limitations have been placed against pitchers this will result in quality players offensive players on benches. I expect this will eventually lead to trades.)
Claims/Drops
• Claim/Drop System: Owners perform their own claims & drops
• Maximum # of Claims per Season: Unlimited
• Maximum # of Claims per Week: Unlimited
• Waiver Wire Process Used: Yes
Free Agents
• Claim System: Free for all (1st come 1st serve)
• (Each team can only sign 1 free agent per week. I did this to avoid the constant add/drop of pitchers as we had last year.)
Waiver Wire
• Priority Order: Reverse Order of Standings (serpentine)
• Claims Per Team: 1st team in priority order gets 1 player, then 2nd team, etc.
• Waiver Wire players are processed: On specific days of the week
• Waivers Processed On: Sat
• Waiver Wire claims processing time: 11:55 pm
Draft
• Draft Type: Offline
• Draft Order: The Last Best Hope, Jrsyknd, Jerk Store - Nashville, Wilber, GOAT, Curtesy Flush, Girl Amoung Men, HoseJockey, Monkeys with Guns (Not the official draft order. Official draft order yet TBD)
• Undrafted players go to the: Waiver Wire
Tiebreakers
1. Ahead in more scoring categories
2. 1st place in more scoring categories
3. Ahead in specific scoring category Wins
Keeper League
• Keepers are imported from a previous league by the Commissioner: No
• Keeper league going into future seasons: No
Monday, February 8, 2010
New Year, New Everything...
The Muddy, Bloody Beer League is currently going through some changes. This site has been created to keep the league organized while preserving and honoring its history. The site is still a work in progress.
The site we ran the on league on previously, CBS Sports, has become too expensive to justify. Since the free service they provide won't allow for any customization. I searched for alternative sites to host our league. I have found one that is totally customizable (www.fantrax.com).
Please click on the link title “Survey” located on the left sidebar. There you will find a survey that I will use to create our new league rules. Several of the questions may lead to further questions and we can address them at a later point. Any comments or questions regarding the survey can be added to the “comments” section located at the bottom of the page.
-The Commish
Friday, February 5, 2010
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