VSN Money Fantasy Baseball League

[HustlinOwl]

Last season I ran a real competitive league and hope to do the same this year here on VSN. Would like to see how much interest we have here for a league. We also ran an offline draft which went rather smoothly considering it was all done via phone text, AIM, and forums. Goal is to get a live draft and settle on the date early, so people can plan accordingly. If interested leave email, AIM contact information or PM me.

[Chrispy]

im interested, do u have to pay?

[Len B]

That's what the "Money" part is for

I'm interested, and I know Bob Kuzzy would be down. Not sure if we could get more than that, but hopefully we have other people step up.

[HustlinOwl]

I have two more interested that were in last year

[HustlinOwl]

Last year we ran with a minimum of 40 innings pitched per week which turned out awesome and had guys having to really strategize their bullpen

[Len B]

You mean max of 40?

[Chrispy]

That's what the "Money" part is for

Ok just making sure, i rather be right then wrong.

[HustlinOwl]

This League will be a 7x7 rotisserie-style format

Hitting categories will be:

• Batting Average
• Home Runs
• Runs Batted In
• Runs
• Stolen Bases
• On-Base Percentage
• Strike-Outs

Pitching categories will be:

• Wins
• ERA
• WHIP
• Strikeouts
• Saves
• Quality Starts
• Holds

Scoring Periods:
Lineups are set once for the start of each period. Each scoring period begins on Monday and ends on Sunday. Deadline is 30 minutes before gametime on Monday.

Player Pool:
ALL major league players will be available, both AL and NL. We will also have extensive minor league rosters, consisting of 10 minor league roster spots per team.

Eligibility:
Players are eligible for any position played at least 20 games the previous season, or at least 1 game the current season.

Minimums:
Each team will have to adhere to a minimum of 4000 at-bats, and 900 innings pitched for the year.

Roster Make-Up:

• 23 active players, 6 bench spots, 4 DL spots, 10 minor league spots
• Active players
• 2 Catchers
• 1 First Baseman
• 1 Second Baseman
• 1 Shortstop
• 1 Third Baseman
• 1 Corner Infielder (1B or 3B)
• 1 Middle Infielder (2B or SS)
• 5 Outfielders
• 1 Utility Player
• 9 Pitchers
• Reserve players
• 6 bench spots
• 4 DL spots (reserved ONLY for players on the real-life disabled list)
• 10 minor league spots (specific rules/eligibility to be discussed later)

Drafts
There will be TWO drafts for the league, a major league auction draft and a minor league snake draft.

Major League Draft

• Draft will begin at 8am EST on Monday February 16th.
• Draft will take place in the designated forum for Major League draft.
• When the draft officially opens, each owner will create a thread in the designated forum of two players in which they wish to nominate.
• Nominations must be a minimum of $1.
• Owners will be allowed to bid on the player in that thread only.
• Once bidding has stopped on a player for one continuous period of 12 hours(8 hours for players nominated from 8am EST on Fridays through 8am EST on Sundays), player will be awarded to highest bidder.
• Once a player has been won and awarded to a team, the owner who nominated the player is now free to nominate 2 players again.
• If any owner with roster spots yet to fill has no nominated player in an active thread, they will not be able to bid on any other player nominated by another owner.
• This "slow draft" will continue until all teams have filled their Majors 29 man roster.
• DL spots WILL NOT be filled during the draft.
• A roster thread will be created for each team, players won in auction will be placed in their respective threads by admins/moderators which are TBD.
• Once a player is won the thread which bidding took place will be locked.

Salary cap

• Pre-Season / Draft day
• For purposes of the draft, each team will be forced to adhere to a $260 salary cap.
• Each owner will be expected to construct an active roster within the confines of the $260 salary cap; this also includes any bench spots you would like to fill via the auction draft.
• Owners may spend any amount, on any player, at his discretion.
• Owners may NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES go over the salary cap during the draft;
• However, owners are NOT required to use their entire cap during the auction draft. Any cap dollars not used during the draft will transfer to the regular season and give the owner more cap dollars for making in-season moves, trades, add/drops, etc.

The In-Season Cap

• Immediately AFTER the draft, each teams salary cap will increase to $300. This will be the in-season salary cap. This will be the working salary cap for the remainder of the season. This increased salary cap will allow for owners to trade, add/drop, recall minor leaguers, etc.
• For the remainder of the season, owners can at no time go over the $300 salary cap. All player maneuvering from this point forward must be done within the confines of the in-season salary cap.
• When a player is on the DL, his salary WILL count against his teams salary cap; there will be no salary cap relief for a player on the DL. Players may be traded while on the DL.

Minor League Draft

• Minors draft will take place immediately following the conclusion of the Major draft in the snake draft style, only in a new forum designated for the minors' draft.

Eligibility:
To be eligible for the minor league draft, a player must have under 150 at-bats, and 50 innings pitched. Only players that fall below these career major league limits can be drafted in the minor league draft.
Only players that have been drafted/signed by a major league team are eligible. No college or high school players will be allowed to be drafted. Also, no foreign players will be draftable in the minor league draft.

Adding/Dropping Minor Leaguers:

• There will be NO adding of players to the minor league roster during the season.
• Minor leaguers MAY be dropped during the season.
• Minor leaguers may also be traded. Minor leaguers can be traded to another team for other minor leaguers, or in conjunction will a multi-player trade with major leaguers.
• Again, minor leaguers CANNOT be picked up to the minor roster during the season, but they CAN be dropped.

Calling Up / Sending Down:

• Minor leaguers do not have to be called up・to fantasy rosters when called to the majors in MLB.
• It is at the discretion of the owner as to when he will call his minor leaguers up to the major league roster. (However, there is a limit outlining the maximum amount of time a player can be left in the minor leagues ・outlined below)
• However, an owner can call a minor leaguer up to his active roster if desired. At this point, there is no limit on the number of times a player is called up and sent down.

When a Minor Leaguer MUST be called up:

• Any minor league player can stay on his teams minor league roster until he reaches certain real-life playing time minimums. These minimums will be:
• 150 at-bats
• 50 innings or 20 appearances for pitchers
• Until a minor leaguer reaches these minimums, the owner will have 100% discretion regarding whether or not to recall minor leaguers to the major league roster. While below these minimums, a player MAY be recalled to the major league roster, and can also be sent back down.
• However, once the player reaches the career major league minimums stated above, he MUST be recalled to the major league roster. From this point forward, the player can never be sent back to the minor leagues. The owner must permanently recall this player to his major league roster, or release him.

[HustlinOwl]

Keepers / Contracts

-All players won by an owner will play that season under the contract value at which he was won during the auction.
-However, if an owner chooses to keep a player after the season, his contract dollar value will escalate・in future years as long as he is kept.
-Keeper Note: There will be NO LIMIT to the number of players that an owner may or may not keep from one year to the next. An owner may keep as many of, or as few of, his players as he chooses. However, in following years, players that are kept will be subject to contract escalation as outlined below.
-Player escalation will be as follows:
-In the players first season, he will play that entire season at the salary at which he was drafted.
-In a players 2nd year with his team, his salary will increase by $3.
-In a players 3rd season, and every season thereafter, with his team, his salary will increase by an additional $5.
-Example: If an owner drafts Albert Pujols for $45 in this year's draft, his salary will progress as follows in future years IF his owner chooses to keep him.
Initial year: $45 - Pujols would play at his auction value.
2nd year: $48 ・Pujols・salary increases by $3 from previous year.
3rd year: $53 ・Pujols・salary increases by $5.
4th year: $58 ・Pujols・salary increases by $5.
5th year: $63 ・Pujols salary increases by $5.
And on and on and on until the owner chooses not to keep
Players can be kept until infinity as long as the owner is in compliance with the salary escalation rules.
This escalation schedule will be consistent for ALL players won during the major league auction and kept in future years. The escalation does not change for $1 players, or for $45 players.
Players that are NOT kept by their owner will go back into the draft and be subject to the following years major league auction draft.

Minor League Salaries:

-While in the minors, minor leaguers will NOT have a salary, and will not count against their teams salary cap. However, once a minor leaguer is recalled to his owners major league roster, he will be assigned an intro・salary of $1.
-Introductory Salary: When a minor leaguer is recalled to the major league roster, his salary becomes $1. As long as he is below the minimums stated above he can be sent back down to the minor leagues at the discretion of the owner. When he's on the major league roster, his salary is $1. When he is returned to the minor leagues, his salary becomes $0. -Once this former minor leaguer reaches the minimums stated above, he officially becomes a Year 1 Major Leaguer.
-Year 1 Major Leaguer: Once a minor leaguer reaches his minimums, he becomes a Year 1 Major Leaguer for the current season. At this point his salary is $1, and will remain such throughout the remainder of his first full season. And again, he can no longer be sent to the minors at this point.
-Year 2 Major Leaguer: When a former minor leaguer enters his second full season, he will have a fixed salary of $2.
-Year 3 Major Leaguer: When a former minor leaguer enters his third full season, he will have a fixed salary of $3.
-Years Thereafter: After the three year cycle described above, the player then enters the rules for a KEEPER player after the second season. Or, more simply put, the player can be kept for a salary $5 more than the previous season (to infinity, if so desired).

Transactions

Trading:
-Trading will be allowed and encouraged in The League.
-All agreed to trades will be subject to a 2-day voting period. Trades are allowed at most 4 objections.
- Trades with more than 4 objections will be forwarded to the commissioner for a final decision. Objecting owners must present their reason(s) for disapproval.
-This is a free trade league where trading is encouraged, only attempts at collusion or trades that are trying to hurt the integrity of the league will be vetoed(owners will be warned).
-ALL trades must be completed while keeping both parties under the salary cap. Under no circumstances will a team be able to consummate a trade that leaves his team over the salary cap.
-IMPORTANT NOTE: Whenever a player is traded, his salary and contract status transfer to his new team. A players salary and contract status will never change as a result of the player being traded.
-This years trade deadline will be August 21st, 2009.
-Trades can involve any number of players. Both major and minor leaguers alike are allowed to be traded.
-There will be NO TRADING of salary cap dollars, FAAB, or draft picks.
-There will be NO TRADING during the drafts.
-There will be NO TRADING through December 31st each year.
-Trading may resume from the 3 week period of January 1st through January 21st of each year.

Adding/Dropping Players

--We will use the Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB) system.
- $100 FAAB dollars will be allotted to each owner at the beginning of each season.
- The FAAB process will run each week until Friday 7pm EST by the league site.
-All non drafted players will receive a salary of $1. This includes minor leaguers, although all players won via FAAB MUST be placed on active or reserve rosters. NO PLAYER will be eligible to be placed on the minor league roster after the draft.
- Players that were drafted will retain all original contract status' and salaries regardless of the amount of FAAB spent.
-Owners will have the weekend to
get his/her roster straight before Monday if there is a drop necessary. It will
save owners the headaches of queuing half there team to make 3 moves.
-Although any player that was won on Friday will not be eligible to be
dropped on Monday(no hogging). Then any moves made prior to game time Monday
will be eligible for that friday's pick-ups.
-Any drops made after roster
locks on Mondays will be eligible the following period, not that weeks
process. That should give all owners ample time to come to a decision on any
player cuts.


-All players may be dropped. Owners will be relieved of salaries.


Important Dates

-February 16th begins the drafts.

• Mon-Tues Feb 16-17: Auction rd1, begins 8am ET Mon, ends 8am ET Tues. takes place at Forums.
  
• Tues-Wed Feb 17-18: Auction rd2, begins 8am ET Tues, ends
• 8am ET Wed. takes place at Forums.
  
• Wed-Thur Feb 18-19: Auction rd3, begins 8am ET Wed, ends
• 8am ET Thur. takes place at Forums.
  
• Thur-Fri Feb 19-20: Auction rd4, begins 8am ET Thur, ends
• 8am ET Fri. takes place at Forums.
  
• Fri-Sat Feb 20-21: Auction rd5, begins 8am ET Fri, ends
• 8am ET Sat. takes place at Forums.
  
• Sat-Sun Feb 21-22 Auction rd6, begins 8am ET
• Sat, ends 8am ET Sun. takes place at Forums.

- SUNDAY APRIL 5th will start 2009 scoring.

-August 21st is the trade deadline.
-October 4th 2009 is the final scoring day(unless there are tiebreakers which will count)

Then FAAB Week #1 will occur:Mon Mar 31: start of FAAB- Week 1, each team submits their bid list to our FAAB thread

[zack54attack]

Hey Hustlin..

I'm in.

[Chrispy]

Im new to this kind of league, how much would we have to pay overall?

[HustlinOwl]

Looking at 30-40 dollars buy in

[HustlinOwl]

Damn no one else plays Fantasy baseball?

[LC AAU]

Not for 30-40 dollars..

[HustlinOwl]

LOL, thats cheap IMO what do you play free and interest dies off in 2 months