2020 Proposal (First draft)

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All changes for this season only.

1. 3 divisions (East, Central, West), play every team in division each week for 6 weeks (54 games) and then 3 weeks of playoffs.

2. Play for 50% of pot ($860) with $600 split between top 8 teams and $260 between 9-16 consolation bracket (have payouts jotted down, will make separate post later).

3. 2021 draft positions based on average of last 2 seasons.

4. Obviously dates for deadlines etc. will be amended to account for the new format.

5. Contracts move on as normal but teams have option of adding 1 year at a reduced rate (will provide more detail in due course). 2020 free agent signees can be dropped at the end of the year with slightly lower than normal penalties.

6. 2020 to count for extension rankings but not at full salary amounts (somewhere between 50% and 60% most likely), will use 3 years of ranks until 2022 season completed (or longer if 2021 strike etc. necessitates).

7. Will increase IL spots to 5 and will reduce games played this season from 10 to 5 in order to qualify at a position.

8. Will trim 5 IP from both the regular season and playoff minimums (currently 20 IP and 30 IP respectively).

9. Will change Quality Start to Quality Appearance (any outing of 5 IP or more with an ERA of 4.5 or less).

10. 5 completed weeks required for any payouts to be awarded (would be 25% of pot) and for 2020 to count for draft positions.

11. 6 weeks = 33% of pot, 7 weeks = 40%, 8 weeks = 50%

12. No payouts would mean contracts were frozen but teams could move on veteran contracts by a year if they preferred. 2020 free agent signees could be dropped without penalty in this instance.

13. 90% of MLB teams must play 54 games or more or else 2020 won't count for extensions.

14. If a player opts out (or misses more than half of the season due to covid complications) then you will receive a 600k cap credit and have the option of tolling their contract.

Please feel free to provide feedback.