1941 – 2011 All Time Draft:
You can draft any player who played in the AL or NL starting from 1941 to present. We are using a 20 game minimum in season for the batting positions. If a player qualifies at multiple positions, you can move them around during the draft until you fill your roster.
This is a standard 15 team Roto league. Each team will be drafting 23 players [14 hitters – 2 C, 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 SS, 1 CO (1st or 3rd), 1 MI (2nd or SS), 5 OF, and 1 utility (any batter) and 9 pitchers (1500 innings minimum and 2 required RP’s)].
There are 10 categories – five hitting (BA, R, HR, RBI, and SB) and five pitching (W, ERA, WHIP, K’s, and SV’s). Each team will be ranked in each category from 1st to last. The top team will receive 15 points and the lowest will receive 1 point. Teams will split points if they are tied in a category. BA, ERA and whip will go to the furthest decimal point to break ties.
We will be using Baseball-Reference.com for our stats. Their stats right or wrong will be our guideline.
The league will have running standings with the exception of rounds 5, 10, 16, and 23. In those rounds, owners will email a neutral party the player and year they’d like to select. If the player has already been drafted, the owner will need to select another player until he finds one that hasn’t been selected.
This is a slow draft with a 24 hour clock. If a team is timed out, it will go to the next pick. After that player makes his pick, it will go back to the previous team and he will have two hours to make his pick. Since we are getting close to the time people start prepping for official NFBC events, PLEASE be considerate to your league mates and pick as soon as possible. We should try to get through AT LEAST 1 round a day (hopefully closer to 2 rounds a day).
Entry Fee: $125 (The owner who handles the spreadsheet and posting the standings after each round will play for free)
Payouts (assuming 15 teams):
1st: $1,250
2nd: $500
Payouts (assuming 12 teams):
1st: $1,000
2nd: $375
This league will use KDS and 3RR.
MISC:
If a team fails to get 1,500 innings, the team will receive one point for all pitching categories.
Teams must have at least two relief pitchers. A relief pitcher needs to have 30 relief appearance to qualify (games – starts = relief appearances).
If an owner drafts a player and the player has pitching and hitting stats, he will only get the stats for the position he decides to use him at. A hitter will receive no pitching stats and a pitcher will receive no hitting stats.
If an owner selects a player for which there is not a legal roster spot remaining, the owner must select another player. If other players were selected in the meantime, those players cannot be considered by the owner in question.
Please read all of the rules and ask questions NOW if you are unsure or need any clarification.
ACTION ITEMS
1. Find someone who will be the neutral party for blind bids (Doughy?)
2. Determine who to send the money to
3. Determine if this will be cash payouts or NFBC credits
Please confirm in this thread if you are "good to go"
[ November 15, 2011, 08:33 PM: Message edited by: Gekko ]