League Rules Summary
2018 Sporting News Heroes
General
- League Name: Sporting News Heroes
- Duplicate Player Allowance: Not Used
- Scoring System: Points-based
- Maximum # of teams: 10
- League Creator Username: butch
- Commissioner Team Name: Ghost of Ripken
- League ID: gofrs6wjjbtdyzsf
Schedule
- Your league stats begin accumulating on: Thu Mar 29, 2018
- Your league stats end accumulating on: Sun Sep 30, 2018
Player Pool
- Player Pool: All teams
- Players traded out of league's player pool continue to accumulate stats: Yes
- Only include players associated with a MLB team in the player pool: No
- Lock Player Pool: No
Rosters
Restrictions
- Minimum Total Players: 0
- Maximum Total Players: 26
- Minimum Active Players: 0
- Maximum Active Players: 20
- Maximum Reserve Players: 6
- Maximum Injury Reserve Players: 5
- Maximum Minor League Players: Not Used
- Prevent any transaction that would cause a roster to become illegal: Always
- Allow suspended players to be moved to Injured Reserve: No
- Allow players on a bye week to be moved to Injured Reserve: No
- Injured Reserve players count toward roster limitation rules: No
- Only players on the MLB Injured List may be moved to the Injured Reserve slot: No
- Injured Reserve Enforcement type: None
- Prorate Min/Max according to period length: No
Pos |
Min Active |
Max Active |
Total Max |
Max GP |
---|---|---|---|---|
Catcher (C) |
0 |
1 |
162 |
|
1st Base (1B) |
0 |
1 |
162 |
|
2nd Base (2B) |
0 |
1 |
162 |
|
3rd Base (3B) |
0 |
1 |
162 |
|
Shortstop (SS) |
0 |
1 |
162 |
|
Corner Infield (CI) |
0 |
1 |
162 |
|
Middle Infield (MI) |
0 |
1 |
162 |
|
Outfield (OF) |
0 |
3 |
486 |
|
Utility (Any Hitter) (UT) |
0 |
2 |
324 |
|
Starting Pitcher (SP) |
0 |
3 |
||
Relief Pitcher (RP) |
0 |
2 |
||
Pitcher (P) |
0 |
3 |
- If the maximum number of games played has been exceeded for a particular position, all players set to that position on the Team Roster screen will no longer accumulate any more stats/points beginning the day after the maximum was met or exceeded, for the remainder of the season.
Position Eligibility
- Games needed from previous season for a player to qualify at a specific hitting position : 20
- Games needed from current season for a player to qualify at a specific hitting position: 10
- Starts needed from previous season for a player to qualify as a Starting Pitcher : 5
- Starts needed from current season for a player to qualify as a Starting Pitcher : 3
- Relief appearances needed from previous season for a player to qualify as a Relief Pitcher : 8
- Relief appearances needed from current season for a player to qualify as a Relief Pitcher: 5
- Use Fantrax's default position(s) in addition to any position(s) a player qualifies for based on above criteria: Yes
- Note: If a player does not qualify for any positions based on the above selections, he will qualify at the position(s) played most in the previous MLB season. If he did not play at all last season, then the default position(s) will be used.
Scoring
Scoring Group |
Scoring Category |
Points |
---|---|---|
Hitting |
Caught Stealing (CS) |
-5 |
Hitting |
Doubles (2B) |
10 |
Hitting |
Grand Slams (Sl) |
5 |
Hitting |
Grounded Into Double Plays (GIDP) |
-1 |
Hitting |
Hit By Pitches (HBP) |
2 |
Hitting |
Home Runs (HR) |
20 |
Hitting |
Intentional Walks (IBB) |
1 |
Hitting |
Picked Off (PKO) |
-1 |
Hitting |
Runs Batted In (RBI) |
5 |
Hitting |
Runs Scored (R) |
5 |
Hitting |
Sacrifice Flies (SF) |
1 |
Hitting |
Sacrifice Hits (SH) |
1 |
Hitting |
Singles (1B) |
5 |
Hitting |
Stolen Bases (SB) |
10 |
Hitting |
Strikeouts (SO) |
-1.5 |
Hitting |
Triples (3B) |
15 |
Hitting |
Walks (BB) |
3 |
Pitching |
Complete Games (CG) |
5 |
Pitching |
Earned Runs Allowed (ER) |
-10 |
Pitching |
Hit Batsmen (HB) |
-1 |
Pitching |
Hits Allowed (H) |
-5 |
Pitching |
Holds (HLD) |
15 |
Pitching |
Innings Pitched (IP) |
15 |
Pitching |
Intentional Walks Allowed (IBB) |
1 |
Pitching |
No Hitters (NH) |
7 |
Pitching |
Saves (SV) |
25 |
Pitching |
Shutouts (SHO) |
5 |
Pitching |
Strikeouts Pitched (K) |
3 |
Pitching |
Walks Allowed (BB) |
-3 |
Pitching |
Wins (W) |
25 |
Team Minimum and Maximum Requirements (Season)
Scoring Category | Min | Max |
---|---|---|
Innings Pitched - Pitching |
None |
1750 |
- If a maximum has been met or exceeded: All hitters or pitchers (both SP and RP), depending on the scoring category exceeded, will stop accumulating stats for the rest of the season. If the max has not been met or exceeded at the beginning of a day, stats will accumulate throughout that entire day, even if the max is exceeded.<span style="color:#ff0000"> Note that ALL pitchers includes both SP and RP. For example, if a max is exceeded for Relief Appearances, stats will stop accumulating for the rest of the season for Relief Pitchers (RP) as well as Starting Pitchers (SP).</span>
- If a minimum has not been met by end of season: Do nothing.
- Prorate Min/Max according to period length: No
Other Scoring Preferences
- Score Flex positions by the players' actual positions: No
- Stat Correction Handling: No Official Scoring changes will affect your league beyond the default stat freeze time. Official corrections will be applied to your league if they come in within 7 days (168 hours) after the end of that game. Any Official Scoring changes which come in after this time will not be reflected in your league stats/scores and standings.
Transactions
Lineups
- Lineup Change System: Managers enter lineup changes
- Lineup changes are executed: Daily
- Lineups will become locked 0:01 (hours:minutes) before scheduled start-time of game
Trades
- Trade System: Trades are not allowed
- Allow trading of claim budget: No
- Allow trading of salary cap space: No
- Allow trading of draft Picks: No
Claims/Drops
- Claim/Drop System: Managers perform their own claims & drops
- Max # of claims per season: Unlimited
- Max # of claims per week: Unlimited
- Use Waiver Wire process: Yes
- Allow claims/drops before the draft: No
- Can't drop list: Not Used
- Pending claims/drops are viewable by: One's own team
- Failed claims/drops viewable by: One's own team
Free Agents
- Free Agent Claim System: Free for all (1st come 1st serve)
- Waiver Wire claim system: Automated Priority Order
- Rotate Waiver Wire Claim Order After Each Claim: Yes
- Waiver Wire players are processed: After a selected # of Days
- Waiver Wire claim processing time: 1:00 am EDT
-
# of days players remain on waivers for:
2
- Pending claims/drops are viewable by: One's own team
- Failed claims/drops viewable by: One's own team
Waiver Wire
Draft
- Draft Date: Sun Mar 25, 12:00 PM EDT
- Draft Type: Live Online Standard
- # of rounds: 26
- Draft Date: Sun Mar 25 2018, 12:00PM EDT
- Time limit per pick: 0:01:30 minutes/seconds
- All teams will have the same # of players as the # of rounds when draft ends: No
- Immediately pick for managers not present in draft room: No
- Fill rosters legally when drafting: Yes
- Draft Order creation: Random - Snake/Serpentine
- Draft Order: weymouth stars, ohio stars, PLAY BALL, Ghost of Ripken, VtJudges, Denver YikYaks, seattle rainers, ahWaaayBack!, red sox, Yu can't be on my team
- Undrafted players go to the: Waiver Wire