Post by Nationals GM (Preston - Old) on Aug 19, 2009 9:58:06 GMT -8
Revised: 3/6/2023 (changed size of exempt list)
For the purpose of PB's Fantasy Baseball, there are three types of players:
A Major League Qualifying season is one in which a player:
In the event a team has a pitcher that has both started and relieved, the "more than 30 innings" limitation would apply.
Essentially, the process is simple. A Minor Leaguer is a player that has not appeared in the majors. After the day comes in which they do, they enter prospect status. From that point, they are a prospect, and each Major League Qualifying season uses a year of protection. They are under protection until they have exhausted a total of 5 years of protection (does NOT have to be consecutive - (injury/sent down).
The year following the last year of protection, they are considered a Major Leaguer and are eligible for Free Agency.
Each roster consists of an active 40 man roster and a 12 man salary exempt list.
- A team can have up to 52 players. You are allowed to have less than 52. You can choose to have fewer than 12 players on your salary exempt list, but may not exceed 40 on your active 40-man roster.
- All players on a 40-man active roster count towards a team's salary cap. No team is allowed to go over the salary cap.
- During the season, out of a teams 40 man active roster, a team must have at least 8 pitchers and 8 position players who are not minor leaguers.
- During the season, out of a teams 52 players, a team cannot have more than 36 minor leaguers.
- Teams are allowed to move players between the 40 man and 12 man exempt list at anytime (following eligibility rules). There is no limit to the amount of roster transactions a team uses. When a player is moved from one list to the other, it must be posted in the exempt status thread.
If you have a player on your 12 man salary exempt roster and he appears in a MLB game, he will be ineligible for the exemption once removed from the list. If you have a player on your 12 man salary exempt roster and he appears in a MLB game, he will be lose his exempt status after the season is over. Any player on an exempt list may not be used to accumulate stats in a match-up on fantrax. It is up to each owner to monitor the lineups of their opponents each week. If you suspect an owner to be using a player who is salary cap exempt to accumulate stats, you must report it to the LO. If an owner is caught using players that are on an exempt list in a match-up, the player in question will be made a free agent and the offending team will forfeit any match-up in which the player appeared.
Once you add any player to your active 40 man, there may be a salary cap penalty if that player is released (see Free Agency & Player Contracts). Players released from an exempt list have no associated penalty.
Roster transactions including Trading, Designating players for assignment, non-tendering prospects, placing players on waivers, Restricting free agents, and Franchise players are described in the official rules.
When this league started, each franchise retained the rights of a 50-Man Roster made up of only players within their franchises organizations. The 50-Man Roster each owner chose, however, was based on a few conditions. Each player initially added to a 50-Man Roster must have belonged to his affiliate team or its minor league farm system. Each team started out with exactly 50 players. Each owner posted this 50-Man Roster to the board entitled "Original 50-Man Rosters".
Player Definitions
For the purpose of PB's Fantasy Baseball, there are three types of players:
- Minor Leaguers
- Prospects
- Major Leaguers
- Minor Leaguers - A player who has not yet appeared in the major leagues and was drafted or is signed as a free agent to a MiLB Average Annual Salary contract. (See definition of average annual salary contract in the rules under Free Agency & Player Contracts)
Example: A player drafted in our annual draft.
Example: A player signed to an MiLB AAS contract as a free agent who has not yet appeared in the majors.
The season after a minor leaguer first appears in a Major League game, that player becomes a prospect and enters prospect protection. - Prospects - A player that is under control through the 5-year prospect system. The only way for a player to become a prospect is if a player is drafted or signed before that player uses his first qualifying season. In order to remain a prospect after his first qualifying season, a player must not be released to free agency. Once a player has played a qualifying season and is a free agent, that player is no longer eligible for prospect status and is considered a major leaguer.
A player who has played in the majors, but doesn't have a qualifying season, (is eligible for the draft and) can be signed as a free agent prospect to a Milb AAS contract.
Example: A minor league position player appears in 51 or more games in a single season for the first time in their career. If that player is retained on a roster the following season, this player will be a prospect and will have used one year of protection.
When a player is a protected prospect, the current year of protection must be listed on the team roster page. If an owner chooses to use the (1/5)-(5/5) convention of listing protection years, then they must follow these guidelines:
(1/5) - A player that has not used a year of protection yet, but has appeared in at least one Major League game and is currently in the first year of protection.
(2/5) - A player that has used one year of protection prior to the current season and is currently in the second year of protection.
(3/5) - A player that has used two years of protection prior to the current season and is currently in the third year of protection.
(4/5) - A player that has used three years of protection prior to the current season and is currently in the fourth year of protection.
(5/5) - A player that has used four years of protection prior to the current season and is currently in the fifth year of protection. - Major Leaguers - A player that has exceeded the 5-year prospect protection system, or any player who has lost prospect status due to contractual arrangements.
Example: Any player signed as a free agent who has already had at least one Major League Qualifying season.
Example: Any player signed to a PB contract that has a defined amount of years and a breakdown of salary paid per year.
A Major League Qualifying season is one in which a player:
- appeared in more than 50 games for a position player
- started more than 10 games for a starting pitcher
- pitched in more than 30 innings for a non-starting pitcher
In the event a team has a pitcher that has both started and relieved, the "more than 30 innings" limitation would apply.
Starting in the 2016 season, any pitcher who has both started and relieved will be classified as either a starter or reliever for that season based on the following criteria:
In any one season
if a pitcher started more games than relieved, then that player will be considered a starter for that season. (>10 games started would apply)
if a pitcher did not start more games than relieved, then that player will be considered a reliever for that season. (>30 innings pitched would apply)
Any season prior to this, the old rule still applies:
In the event a team has a pitcher that has both started and relieved, the "more than 30 innings" limitation would apply.
Read more: pbfantasybaseball.proboards.com/thread/13440/news#ixzz4b7ZlW8UX
In any one season
if a pitcher started more games than relieved, then that player will be considered a starter for that season. (>10 games started would apply)
if a pitcher did not start more games than relieved, then that player will be considered a reliever for that season. (>30 innings pitched would apply)
Any season prior to this, the old rule still applies:
In the event a team has a pitcher that has both started and relieved, the "more than 30 innings" limitation would apply.
Read more: pbfantasybaseball.proboards.com/thread/13440/news#ixzz4b7ZlW8UX
Essentially, the process is simple. A Minor Leaguer is a player that has not appeared in the majors. After the day comes in which they do, they enter prospect status. From that point, they are a prospect, and each Major League Qualifying season uses a year of protection. They are under protection until they have exhausted a total of 5 years of protection (does NOT have to be consecutive - (injury/sent down).
The year following the last year of protection, they are considered a Major Leaguer and are eligible for Free Agency.
52 Man Roster
Each roster consists of an active 40 man roster and a 12 man salary exempt list.
- A team can have up to 52 players. You are allowed to have less than 52. You can choose to have fewer than 12 players on your salary exempt list, but may not exceed 40 on your active 40-man roster.
- All players on a 40-man active roster count towards a team's salary cap. No team is allowed to go over the salary cap.
- During the season, out of a teams 40 man active roster, a team must have at least 8 pitchers and 8 position players who are not minor leaguers.
- During the season, out of a teams 52 players, a team cannot have more than 36 minor leaguers.
- Teams are allowed to move players between the 40 man and 12 man exempt list at anytime (following eligibility rules). There is no limit to the amount of roster transactions a team uses. When a player is moved from one list to the other, it must be posted in the exempt status thread.
If you have a player on your 12 man salary exempt roster and he appears in a MLB game, he will be ineligible for the exemption once removed from the list. If you have a player on your 12 man salary exempt roster and he appears in a MLB game, he will be lose his exempt status after the season is over. Any player on an exempt list may not be used to accumulate stats in a match-up on fantrax. It is up to each owner to monitor the lineups of their opponents each week. If you suspect an owner to be using a player who is salary cap exempt to accumulate stats, you must report it to the LO. If an owner is caught using players that are on an exempt list in a match-up, the player in question will be made a free agent and the offending team will forfeit any match-up in which the player appeared.
Once you add any player to your active 40 man, there may be a salary cap penalty if that player is released (see Free Agency & Player Contracts). Players released from an exempt list have no associated penalty.
Roster transactions including Trading, Designating players for assignment, non-tendering prospects, placing players on waivers, Restricting free agents, and Franchise players are described in the official rules.
Original 50 Man Roster
When this league started, each franchise retained the rights of a 50-Man Roster made up of only players within their franchises organizations. The 50-Man Roster each owner chose, however, was based on a few conditions. Each player initially added to a 50-Man Roster must have belonged to his affiliate team or its minor league farm system. Each team started out with exactly 50 players. Each owner posted this 50-Man Roster to the board entitled "Original 50-Man Rosters".
