World Series of Baseball

Rules

Arc

The arc will NOT be made available. This is to prevent those owners with BBEdit from having an unfair advantage.

Rosters

The designated hitter will be used in the American League. The roster of all teams cannot exceed 25 active players, 15 AAA players, 10 LOW minors. After September 1, up to 40 players may be placed on the active roster.

All player movements will be done by the owners, eg. AAA, players to DL. Players can only be moved to LOW minors that were acquired from a trade or a free agent/amateur draft.

Lineups

Lineups must be sent at least an hour before sim time. If no lineup is sent in by the deadline,the current lineup will be used. Player movements (eg, AAA) can be done with the sim lineups.

Players may only play in the positions they are qualified for. Exception is outfielders can play an outfield position.

Trades

ALL parties involved in a trade will email the commish where it will be considered for approval. The commish will email the league of all approved trades.

Trades that violate the team's payroll will not be allowed. You may trade amateur draft picks.

Sims

Sims will be done offline three times a week. The sim days are Monday, Wedneday, and Friday.

Claims

You can claim up to 3 FA's per week. Claims will be awarded on a worst team to first team basis. In case of a tie the team that submitted it first will win.

Contracts

Owners will assign contracts to players once the draft is finished. Initial salaries will be determined by the SalMan utility program.

Players over the age of 25 can be signed up to 6 year contracts. Players 25 and under can only be signed up to 4 years.

For initial contract assignments you will be limited to how many long-term contracts you can assign. You may only have

5 6-year contracts, 5 5-year contracts, 10 4-year contracts and 10 3-year contracts. You can sign as many players as you want

to 2 and 1 year contracts.

Salary Cap

The salary cap is $70 million. Each year your cap will be adjusted based on your winning percentage (to be determined).