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Plate Appearances are At-Bats + Walks + Hit By Pitch + Sacrifice Flies
The MLB season is the just completed Major League Baseball season.
The Commissioner has the ability to take immediate action based on what is deemed in the best interests of the league.
Hitters- Hitters must have 300 plate appearances (PA) to start.
- Starting catchers are an exception, and require 200 PA.
- Backup catchers must have 100 PA, and may start up to 20% of a team's games. These are optional - starting catchers will become fatigued with a heavy workload.
- Pinch hitters or defensive replacements must have 75 PA.
- Hitters with less than 75 PA will automatically be farmed out to the minors, and will not appear in any games.
- To be draftable, a hitter must have 1 PA during the MLB season
- To play a position in the field (start or reserve), the player must have played 10 or more games at that position during the MLB season. The exceptions to this are Designated Hitters (any eligible starters with 300 PA may play) and outfielders, who may play any of the three outfield spots if they have played in the outfield for 10 games in any one position.
- The simulator may play players out of position if game conditions dictate, but this cannot be specified by the manager.
- National League teams must carry an extra eligible starter (300 PA) to DH for interleague road games.
Pitchers- Starting pitchers must throw a minimum of 100 innings and have started one game during the MLB season. Starters are eligible to start for the full League of Champions season
- Any pitchers with 40 IP qualify as relief pitchers, regardless of whether they appeared as a reliever during the MLB season.
- To be draftable, a pitcher must have faced one batter during the MLB season.
- Teams may employ a four or five man rotation at their discretion.
Keepers, the Draft, Trading and Free Agents- All teams will designate 10 players as keepers from their pre-draft rosters with no restrictions.
- All teams may designate up to three additional developmental keepers, which are defined as players with 3 years or less of MLB service. 1 PA or 1 batter faced counts as a year of service. No compensation is given to teams without eligible developmental keepers.
- If a player is already on your roster, you may designate him as a keeper regardless of whether he played during the just completed MLB season.
- Teams may not sign free agents until after the draft is complete, and only then if they are short the required 30 players (no exchanges).
- Trading is allowed after keepers are declared in early December until Game 120 of the LoC season. Please do not post trades to the message board outside of trading season.
- Conditional trades of any type are not permitted.
- ALL TRADES SUBJECT TO COMMISSIONER APPROVAL.
- You may trade draft picks up to one year in advance.
- The free agent draft is a straight draft. The order of every round is the same.
- The top four slots in the draft order are determined by a lottery from among the teams with the four worst records in the league.
- The lowest four draft slots will go to the four playoff teams based on regular season record.
- Any ties in the draft order will be resolved by coin flips.
Roster Requirements- Rosters are fixed at 30 players, 25 active and 5 inactive.
- Players may not move between active and inactive lists at any time during the season or playoffs. The exception to this is during trades directly affecting the inactive list of one or more teams.
- Draft picks that would push a team above the 30 player limit are forfeit. These picks are not available for trade after the offending team drafts their 30th player.
- Trades that push teams above 30 players will require an immediate cut from the offending team.
- Teams that are short of 30 players after a trade will have 24 hours to choose a free agent, otherwise one will be assigned to the team by the Commissioner.
- NEW FOR 2008 Teams are required to have a minimum of nine active and eligible pitchers. No less than four must be eligible starters and in the starting rotation.
- NEW FOR 2008 Teams are required to start their best players, as determined by the Commissioner. Tanking is not permitted. Platoons are permitted, but benching or farming your best players will not be allowed.
Miscellaneous- Injuries are not used.
- Split stats are used.
- Clutch ratings are not used.
- The regular season will have off days, a minimum of one for every ten game days.
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