Post by r-wild on Nov 24, 2014 13:38:50 GMT -5
1/11/14: Offensive Eligibility changed to 10 games previous season, 5 games current season
1/11/14:Payouts changed from Top 4 teams, to Top 6 teams (Changed to 5 in 2020)
12/7/14:Buyouts changed from 50% to FULL (Full, meaning you will be 100% free of their salary and contract) (2023 free buyout was removed for buyout with penalty)
11/24/14: "Year 1" Salary Cost changed from $1 to $0
11/24/14: 2015 Only MiLB draft changed to 10 rounds
8/3/15:To keep the league fair for both the top and the bottom of the standings, you must put in the best possible lineup each week with what is on your roster and under a non MILB contract. If a team is benching its best players a mod will go in and adjust the lineup. (Updated for 2023 season with min IP and GP now in place this was no longer needed)
10/15/15:
1. 1/2 of the upcoming season’s league fees will be due on June 1st. On or before June 1st of every season going forward everyone in the league must deposit at least $25 into Fantrax. You may use money from the weekly top score winnings if you so choose.(UPDATED 10/12/16)
2. November 1st each year is the deadline for the$50 $54(10/10/18)$55(2021)($105 2023) league fee the 2nd $25 and must be deposited into Fantrax. (UPDATED 10/12/16)
3. No draft picks can be traded untilthat particular season is paid in full. half that particular season is paid $50 (Changed 2023 season)
2/21/16:
1.Trading is now open Nov 1st to July 31st at midnight est. No trades are will happen Aug 1st to Oct 31st. Trading will be not be allowed from midnight ET day of the MLB trade deadline till end of the season. (UPDATED 10/12/16)
2. Minor league roster spots increased to 50 from 40
3. MiLB draft rounds increased to 5 from 3
2/22/16: New owners will no longer receive an extra buyout. (if a team is in really bad shape and an owner can not be found this may be changed on a case by case basis)
2/29/16:
1. April 1st soft cap overage fee is due, Any team that misses this deadline will be locked out from making any roster moves until that fee is paid.
2. No trade after April 1st that puts a team over the soft cap of $260 will be approved until the resulting overage is deposited into Fantrax. (Updated 2024 Soft/hard cap removed)
10/12/16
1. During auction draft towards the end when you are filling up your final few spots you do not need to start a bid if you are bidding on players to fill those spots. As long as you keep bidding on each position you are missing you do not need to nominate someone. As soon as you stop bidding on a certain position you will need to nominate someone or bid on someone else before you can bid on other players you are currently bidding on. Basically as long as you have active bids on all positions in need you do not need to nominate a new player.
2. You cannot improve your draft spot by not getting to the minimum innings pitched. For example If a team does not hit the 900 innings pitched all whip and ERA stats are lost for the season. Because of this they drop from 5th to 10th place. As far as money and official standing they finshed 10th. When it comes to the draft they finished 5th and will get the 16th pick.
3. Starting 2017 the MiLB draft and INFA draft will be done on Fantrax.
4. The tiebreaker for draft order only will be, 1st tie breaker games played 2nd tie breaker will be innings pitched. The team that wins the tie breaker gets the better pick. For money payouts it will still split.
2/21/17
Yulieski Gurriel rule - changed MiLB players draft eligibility from less than 130ab/50ip to 131ab/51ip. Minor League Eligibility Requirements: cannot exceed 130AB or 50IP for career (UPDATED 2/1/18)
4/28/18
no outside resources can be used in a trade, which includes cash. The only thing that can be traded is players, MiLB draft picks, and In season MiLB auction dollars. Teams can also take on players (Bad Contracts), picks or in season auction dollars and give nothing in return as long as the team getting nothing is benefiting.
10/6/18
1. Roster locks will now lock 1 min before each players first game that week
2. Any team who does not reach 900IP will not be able to win top6 (Updated 2020) 5 money, next team will win money instead. Not hitting 900IP will no longer affect standings. This will not affect draft standing, If this were to happen we would have a money winning team in the lottery.
10/15/18
Unchecking the box in our rules that says Use Fantrax's default position(s) in addition to any position(s) a player qualifies for based on above criteria
10/20/18
Starting in 2020 the following rule changes will take place:
1. will no longer have a 3-year pool.
2. 2020’s entry fee will increase to $54, $4 increase is to cover the website fee.
3. After 2020’s INFA draft any player who has 780 ABs or 300 IP will get a forced Year 1 contract. This will happen every year after the INFA draft.
4. Switching to weighted lottery for the 14 non money winning teams. How to weight it is still be discussed.
4/13/2019
Going forward dropped players will have a 48 hour waiting period before they can be added to a new team.
2/27/2020
1. Payouts changed from Top 6 to Top 5 with updated money distributions
2. Trade deadline moved to 1 week after MLB deadline
11/1/2021
1. STARTING IN 2023 - League fee for 2023 will be $100 plus the cost of the site fee ($5 ATM). The soft cap and the hard cap will be gone. A $50 deposit will be needed to trade future draft picks. If you leave the league and we find an owner that money will be returned. If we have to give the new owner a discount to take over the team you ran into the ground that money will be taken from the $50. The salary cap will stay at $300.
2. STARTING IN 2023 - Putting in a penalty for the buyout in 2023. See rules for details. The penalty can be traded any time till the trade deadline.
3 STARTING IN 2023 - Adding in a minimum IP for pitchers 900, and GP for hitters 1540 in 2023. With a $50 MiLB Bidding Credits (MiLB auction cash) penalty the following season for each one missed. MiLB cash penalties for not hitting Minimums would be removed if a new owner takes over before the start of the next season.
4. If a lockout happens we will not do any drafts until an agreement is reached.
11/6/2023
1. At trade deadline, owners can have till noon the next day to post and accept on Proboards. To take advantage of this the trade has to be accepted on Fantrax before the trade deadline. It is still not official until both teams have posted on Proboards
2. FAAB is now tradeable
3. FAAB pick ups are limited to 3 per week
4. Starting in 2024 - Stat QS is changing to QA3
3/13/2023 Changes to draft process beginning in 2024
1. Before the start of the MiLB draft MiLB roster spots will be set to an infinite amount. After all the drafts are over roster spots will be set back to 50. Teams will have till opening day to drop enough MiLB contacts to make rosters legal. On opening day any team still over 50 will have the last player drafted (or auctioned) to your team (Not acquired in trade) dropped. This will keep happening till you are at 50
2. Starting March 11th each year at 12a.m. ET teams can begin to nominate 2 players at a time. After a full 10 days the auction is usually down to dollar days at this point, this will just help speed up the process.
12/23/2023
1. Add Year 0 Contract - A Year 0 contract will be given to any MiLB contracted player promoted after our trade deadline has passed. A year 0 contract will have a $0 cap hit. A Year 0 contract will become a year 1 when all other Year contracts are advanced after that season ends.
2. Turn on the Fantrax setting that allows injured players can be subbed out after lineup lock. Fantrax default for injured players is a player with a red flag. Didnt end up using this due to fantrax issue 3/30/24
1/11/14:
12/7/14:
11/24/14: "Year 1" Salary Cost changed from $1 to $0
11/24/14: 2015 Only MiLB draft changed to 10 rounds
8/3/15:
10/15/15:
2. November 1st each year is the deadline for the
3. No draft picks can be traded until
2/21/16:
1.
2. Minor league roster spots increased to 50 from 40
3. MiLB draft rounds increased to 5 from 3
2/22/16: New owners will no longer receive an extra buyout. (if a team is in really bad shape and an owner can not be found this may be changed on a case by case basis)
2/29/16:
2. No trade after April 1st that puts a team over the soft cap of $260 will be approved until the resulting overage is deposited into Fantrax.
10/12/16
1. During auction draft towards the end when you are filling up your final few spots you do not need to start a bid if you are bidding on players to fill those spots. As long as you keep bidding on each position you are missing you do not need to nominate someone. As soon as you stop bidding on a certain position you will need to nominate someone or bid on someone else before you can bid on other players you are currently bidding on. Basically as long as you have active bids on all positions in need you do not need to nominate a new player.
2. You cannot improve your draft spot by not getting to the minimum innings pitched. For example If a team does not hit the 900 innings pitched all whip and ERA stats are lost for the season. Because of this they drop from 5th to 10th place. As far as money and official standing they finshed 10th. When it comes to the draft they finished 5th and will get the 16th pick.
3. Starting 2017 the MiLB draft and INFA draft will be done on Fantrax.
4. The tiebreaker for draft order only will be, 1st tie breaker games played 2nd tie breaker will be innings pitched. The team that wins the tie breaker gets the better pick. For money payouts it will still split.
2/21/17
4/28/18
no outside resources can be used in a trade, which includes cash. The only thing that can be traded is players, MiLB draft picks, and In season MiLB auction dollars. Teams can also take on players (Bad Contracts), picks or in season auction dollars and give nothing in return as long as the team getting nothing is benefiting.
10/6/18
1. Roster locks will now lock 1 min before each players first game that week
2. Any team who does not reach 900IP will not be able to win top
10/15/18
Unchecking the box in our rules that says Use Fantrax's default position(s) in addition to any position(s) a player qualifies for based on above criteria
10/20/18
Starting in 2020 the following rule changes will take place:
1. will no longer have a 3-year pool.
2. 2020’s entry fee will increase to $54, $4 increase is to cover the website fee.
3. After 2020’s INFA draft any player who has 780 ABs or 300 IP will get a forced Year 1 contract. This will happen every year after the INFA draft.
4. Switching to weighted lottery for the 14 non money winning teams. How to weight it is still be discussed.
4/13/2019
Going forward dropped players will have a 48 hour waiting period before they can be added to a new team.
2/27/2020
1. Payouts changed from Top 6 to Top 5 with updated money distributions
2. Trade deadline moved to 1 week after MLB deadline
11/1/2021
1. STARTING IN 2023 - League fee for 2023 will be $100 plus the cost of the site fee ($5 ATM). The soft cap and the hard cap will be gone. A $50 deposit will be needed to trade future draft picks. If you leave the league and we find an owner that money will be returned. If we have to give the new owner a discount to take over the team you ran into the ground that money will be taken from the $50. The salary cap will stay at $300.
2. STARTING IN 2023 - Putting in a penalty for the buyout in 2023. See rules for details. The penalty can be traded any time till the trade deadline.
3 STARTING IN 2023 - Adding in a minimum IP for pitchers 900, and GP for hitters 1540 in 2023. With a $50 MiLB Bidding Credits (MiLB auction cash) penalty the following season for each one missed. MiLB cash penalties for not hitting Minimums would be removed if a new owner takes over before the start of the next season.
4. If a lockout happens we will not do any drafts until an agreement is reached.
11/6/2023
1. At trade deadline, owners can have till noon the next day to post and accept on Proboards. To take advantage of this the trade has to be accepted on Fantrax before the trade deadline. It is still not official until both teams have posted on Proboards
2. FAAB is now tradeable
3. FAAB pick ups are limited to 3 per week
4. Starting in 2024 - Stat QS is changing to QA3
3/13/2023 Changes to draft process beginning in 2024
1. Before the start of the MiLB draft MiLB roster spots will be set to an infinite amount. After all the drafts are over roster spots will be set back to 50. Teams will have till opening day to drop enough MiLB contacts to make rosters legal. On opening day any team still over 50 will have the last player drafted (or auctioned) to your team (Not acquired in trade) dropped. This will keep happening till you are at 50
2. Starting March 11th each year at 12a.m. ET teams can begin to nominate 2 players at a time. After a full 10 days the auction is usually down to dollar days at this point, this will just help speed up the process.
12/23/2023
1. Add Year 0 Contract - A Year 0 contract will be given to any MiLB contracted player promoted after our trade deadline has passed. A year 0 contract will have a $0 cap hit. A Year 0 contract will become a year 1 when all other Year contracts are advanced after that season ends.