League Settings

[kylerap]

Rules:

• 12 teams make playoffs (6 from each league). Top 2 from AL and NL get byes
  

• MIN IP per week of 20ip, Min AB of 60ab or you will lose all ratio categories
  

[*]Draft will include all rookies, international players AND July 2 signees.  Adds value to draft picks and makes it more fair on everyone
[*]Draft will be 5 rounds each year
[*]Players lose eligibility to be in the minors at same point as MLB rookie guidelines

• 130 At bats, 50 innings pitched
  
• Once players reach these limits they must be called up immediately or roster is illegal and stats will not be counted
  

[*]Minor league positions DO NOT count toward these limits. Rookies/prospects will assume their primary position until they gain MLB eligibility elsewhere
[*]Players signed to p-n/a prospect contracts with signing bonuses cannot be traded for 60 days in the offseason and 30 days in season

• All other players may be traded at any time.
  

[*]Suspended players are NOT eligible for DL



Not a true dynasty, you can carryover 35 MLB and 20 Minors per season.

• Keepers must be declared by November 1 (end of the MLB World Series)
  
• Any players with salaries over $5m per year will carry penalties if not kept to prevent over inflating salaries or offering long-term deals to older players or those not worth of contract. 
  
  • Contracts between 5.1-8.0m per year will carry cap hits of $2m per year for the length of the contract if not kept.  
    
  • Contract over between 8.1-12m per year will carry cap hits of $3m per year
    
  • Contracts over 12.1m per year will carry cap hits of $5m per year for duration of contract
    

[*]Any players can be released in season and carry cap hits of 90%/60%/30% for the entire fantasy season if dropped in season.


Salary cap is $150 million.
Teams CAN be over the salary cap in future season, but by more more than 10% of the cap, or $15 million.  Because we don't keep all players, this allows a team to have some room but remain manageable.