Position Eligibility For 2016 NFBC
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:46 pm
Each year we need to make a call on the Position Eligibility for certain positions. Per our rules, it's for these players in 2016:
9. Position Eligibility
The NFBC will use the following position eligibility rules in 2016:
b) If a player did not appear in 20 games at any position, he qualifies at the one position he played most frequently the prior season in the majors. Designated Hitter is considered a position for these purposes (pinch-hitting is not). A player who only qualifies as a DH may only be assigned to the UT position. If a player's most games played at a position is less than 20 and tied among more than one position, the NFBC commissioner will assign eligibility at one position only.
c) Those players who only pinch-hit in the majors in 2015 will be position eligible according to their minor-league games played status in 2015. They would qualify at the position they played the most games in the minors.
So here's the Commissioner's Decision on the following players:
Adam Rosales, Texas: 1B (19 games at 1B, 19 games at 2B, was 1B eligible in 2014)
Don Kelly, Miami: 3B (1 game at 1B, 1 game at 3B, played 2 games at 3B in AAA)
Donovan Solano, Miami: SS (10 games at 3B, 10 games at SS, 16 games at SS in AAA)
Doug Bernier, Minnesota: 3B (2 games at 2B, 2 games at 3B, 51 games at 3B in AAA)
Joaquin Arias, San Francisco: 3B (8 games at 3B, 8 games at SS, 2 games at 3B in AAA one more than SS)
Matt Duffy, Houston: 3B (2 games at 1B, 2 games at 3B, 75 games at 3B in AAA)
Dean Anna, St. Louis: 2B (10 games at 2B in AAA)
Elias Diaz, Pittsburgh: C (2 pinch-hit at-bats in majors; played C in minors)
Steve Lombardozzi, Pittsburgh: OF (10 pinch-hit at-bats in majors; 38 games at OF in AAA)
Gary Sanchez, New York Yankees: C (2 pinch-hit at-bats in majors; C in AAA)
Kyle Waldrop, Cincinnati: OF (1 pinch-hit at-bat in majors; OF in minors)
Garin Cecchini, Boston: 1B (1 game at 1B and 1 game at DH; 23 games at 1B in minors)
Christian Walker, Baltimore: 1B (2 games at 1B and 2 games at DH; 130 games at 1B in minors)
Hope this helps. Let me know if I've missed anyone else. Thanks.
9. Position Eligibility
The NFBC will use the following position eligibility rules in 2016:
b) If a player did not appear in 20 games at any position, he qualifies at the one position he played most frequently the prior season in the majors. Designated Hitter is considered a position for these purposes (pinch-hitting is not). A player who only qualifies as a DH may only be assigned to the UT position. If a player's most games played at a position is less than 20 and tied among more than one position, the NFBC commissioner will assign eligibility at one position only.
c) Those players who only pinch-hit in the majors in 2015 will be position eligible according to their minor-league games played status in 2015. They would qualify at the position they played the most games in the minors.
So here's the Commissioner's Decision on the following players:
Adam Rosales, Texas: 1B (19 games at 1B, 19 games at 2B, was 1B eligible in 2014)
Don Kelly, Miami: 3B (1 game at 1B, 1 game at 3B, played 2 games at 3B in AAA)
Donovan Solano, Miami: SS (10 games at 3B, 10 games at SS, 16 games at SS in AAA)
Doug Bernier, Minnesota: 3B (2 games at 2B, 2 games at 3B, 51 games at 3B in AAA)
Joaquin Arias, San Francisco: 3B (8 games at 3B, 8 games at SS, 2 games at 3B in AAA one more than SS)
Matt Duffy, Houston: 3B (2 games at 1B, 2 games at 3B, 75 games at 3B in AAA)
Dean Anna, St. Louis: 2B (10 games at 2B in AAA)
Elias Diaz, Pittsburgh: C (2 pinch-hit at-bats in majors; played C in minors)
Steve Lombardozzi, Pittsburgh: OF (10 pinch-hit at-bats in majors; 38 games at OF in AAA)
Gary Sanchez, New York Yankees: C (2 pinch-hit at-bats in majors; C in AAA)
Kyle Waldrop, Cincinnati: OF (1 pinch-hit at-bat in majors; OF in minors)
Garin Cecchini, Boston: 1B (1 game at 1B and 1 game at DH; 23 games at 1B in minors)
Christian Walker, Baltimore: 1B (2 games at 1B and 2 games at DH; 130 games at 1B in minors)
Hope this helps. Let me know if I've missed anyone else. Thanks.