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
  • 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

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

Miscellaneous

Tie Breakers
  • None

Prizes

  • This league does not use prizes (or they have not been configured yet)
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