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Greg, have you finalized anything with respect to yr-end discussions on bumping up the IP minimum and simplifying player eligibility?

Recalling the earlier discussion, you seemed to be in favor of the below suggestions ...



POSTION ELIGIBILITY



On Draft Day: A player may be assigned to any position at which he appeared at least 20 times in the major leagues in the preceding season. If a player did not appear in 20 games at any position, or did not appear the prior season in the majors at all, he qualifies at the one position he played most frequently the prior season in any league(s) he played in. If a player sat out the previous year for any reason, his eligibility will be determined by the last season in which he played professional baseball in the United States.



Designated Hitter is considered a position for these purposes. A player who only qualifies as a DH may only be assigned to the DH position.



If a player's most games played at a position is less than 20 and tied among more than one position, the commishioner will assign eligibility at one position only

Likewise, on minimum IP, the bulk of the discussion seemed to be on moving from 700 to 800.

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

Greg, have you finalized anything with respect to yr-end discussions on bumping up the IP minimum and simplifying player eligibility? I am not moving up the IP beyond 700.



We have changed the eligibility rules to make them simpler. The change is:



6. Position Eligibility: The NFBC will use the following position eligibility rules in 2010:



a) Players who played at least 20 games at any position in 2009 will qualify at that position for the entire 2010 NFBC season. Players who play 10 games at a new position in 2010 will be eligible at that position after they have played for the 10th time there this year.



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 commissioner will assign eligibility at one position only.



c) Those players who only pinch-hit in the majors in 2009 will be position eligible according to their minor-league games played status in 2009. They would qualify at the position they played the most games in the minors.



d) Players who played all of 2009 in the minor leagues will be awarded position eligibility for 2010’s NFBC season based on the most games played at all levels in the minors. Fanball will determine that one eligible position before Draft Day and that will determine that players’ status for 2010 once he is called up to the majors. Those players who only pinch-hit or DH in the minors will only be UT-eligible.



e) The NFBC Commissioner will rule on player eligibility prior to the draft as he deems necessary. Those eligibility lists are final.

One other note: We are in the process of changing the Friday DL rule. My goal, as long as we can do this technically on the back-end of the software, is to allow hitter moves on Friday between your reserves and starters and to keep the Friday DL rule only for pitchers.



I'm doing this to allow folks to make the simple change of replacing a starting hitter on Friday with one of their reserves because we've seen too many in-week injuries that don't require DL stays, or bereavement absences or nicks and cuts that results in days off. This will also force NFBC members to keep a more active reserve roster and will make in-season management more important. And by keeping the pitchers' rule the same as it has been, it prevents streaming pitchers.



We believe we can do this on the back-end and will announce this change shortly. Everyone checks their rosters at least once during the week and I believe this new rule change will save time for our owners not add time management to their weekly process.

Great News Greg!



I can't wait for the unveiling. I feel like NFBCers will all be like the Cleveland Indians from the movie Major League. We'll be huddled around the Cyber lockerroom and Greg(Lou Brown) will wheel out a pin-up of the 2010 NFBC Events "that brings it all together!"

Greg,



Is this correct? Players that only had minor league at bats in 2009 will qualify only at those positions that they played in 2009. No position eligibility will be determined from any 2010 at bats played prior to being called up in 2010.



Thanks

Originally posted by crazytown.gov:

Greg,



Is this correct? Players that only had minor league at bats in 2009 will qualify only at those positions that they played in 2009. No position eligibility will be determined from any 2010 at bats played prior to being called up in 2010.



Thanks Danny, for any player who didn't play at all in the majors last year and comes directly to the majors to start the season it would be where they played last year in the minors. So if Jason Heyward stays with Atlanta this year, he has outfielder eligibility. That makes sense, right?



I don't know how you can use 2010 to determine eligibility before the season. If you're asking about eligibility during this season from minor leaguers, yeah, then we look at where they are playing in the minors for this year. But that's only after the season has started.

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

I don't know how you can use 2010 to determine eligibility before the season. If you're asking about eligibility during this season from minor leaguers, yeah, then we look at where they are playing in the minors for this year. But that's only after the season has started. Greg - If a career minor leaguer gets called up to the major league on May 1st, 2010, his position is based on the position he played in the minors in 2009, not 2010, correct?

Regarding minor leaguers called up after the season starts, and were not drafted in the NFBC, therefore making them free agents. Let's say they played all their games in 2009(in the minors) at SS. They play 20 games(in the minors) in 2010 at 3B and get called up. Where are they eligible?

And they only played 3B during the 2010 season. NO SS at all.



WHere are they eligible.

Originally posted by crazytown.gov:

Regarding minor leaguers called up after the season starts, and were not drafted in the NFBC, therefore making them free agents. Let's say they played all their games in 2009(in the minors) at SS. They play 20 games(in the minors) in 2010 at 3B and get called up. Where are they eligible? should be SS

Originally posted by crazytown.gov:

Regarding minor leaguers called up after the season starts, and were not drafted in the NFBC, therefore making them free agents. Let's say they played all their games in 2009(in the minors) at SS. They play 20 games(in the minors) in 2010 at 3B and get called up. Where are they eligible? Well, according to our rules above if this said player is among our eligibility lists on Draft Day then yes 2009 would determine his eligibility status even if he is called up after Draft Day. The rule states: "Fanball will determine that one eligible position before Draft Day and that will determine that players’ status for 2010 once he is called up to the majors."



If that player wasn't part of our eligibility list originally and he gets called up in July, we would have to determine his eligibility status and honestly we'd use the current season's data just like we have in the past. It looks like another line needs to be added in those rules. Good catch.

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

If that player wasn't part of our eligibility list originally and he gets called up in July, we would have to determine his eligibility status and honestly we'd use the current season's data just like we have in the past. It looks like another line needs to be added in those rules. Good catch. "use the current season's data just like we have in the past"???



here is the eligiblity rule from this past season concerning minor leaguers...



"d) Players who played all of 2008 in the minor leagues will be awarded position eligibility for 2009's NFBC season based on the most games played at all levels in the minors. STATS will determine that one eligible position before Draft Day and that will determine that players' status for 2009 once he is called up to the majors. Those players who only pinch-hit or DH in the minors will only be UT-eligible. "



ALL minor leaguer's are assigned their position PRIOR to draft day. what am i missing?



[ November 30, 2009, 03:27 PM: Message edited by: Gekko ]

Thanks Greg, good decision on the rule changes.



I'd still like to see the IP moved up some too, but that is a small issue compared to the changes you did make.

quote: Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

If that player wasn't part of our eligibility list originally and he gets called up in July, we would have to determine his eligibility status and honestly we'd use the current season's data just like we have in the past . It looks like another line needs to be added in those rules. Good catch.

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In the past, ALL minor leaguer's are assigned their position PRIOR to draft day. what am i missing?



Also, are owners going to be able to pick up minor leaguers any week during the season or do we need to wait until they are called up? Thanks.

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote: Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

If that player wasn't part of our eligibility list originally and he gets called up in July, we would have to determine his eligibility status and honestly we'd use the current season's data just like we have in the past . It looks like another line needs to be added in those rules. Good catch.

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Bump.



In the past, ALL minor leaguer's are assigned their position PRIOR to draft day. what am i missing?



Also, are owners going to be able to pick up minor leaguers any week during the season or do we need to wait until they are called up? Thanks. The minor-league acquisition rule has not changed for 2010. It remains the same as in the past. If a minor-league was not drafted in your league then he can't be picked up via free agency until he gets called up to the majors. If he was selected on Draft Day and dropped, he remains available in that league's free agent pool all year long. This has not changed for 2010.

Hello Greg....do these new rules (specifically the twice a week roster moves) also apply to the currently ongoing slow drafts?



Glenn

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

Hello Greg....do these new rules (specifically the twice a week roster moves) also apply to the currently ongoing slow drafts?



Glenn Yes, all NFBC leagues will use the Friday moves change that we've made.