League Rules Summary

2018 The Dugout Dynasty League

General

  • League Name: The Dugout Dynasty League
  • Duplicate Player Allowance: Not Used
  • Scoring System: Head-to-Head Each Category
  • Maximum # of teams: 24
  • League Creator Username:
  • Commissioner Team Name: New York Yankees
  • League ID: uhex7zkgjb9n7zm5

Schedule

  • Your league stats begin accumulating on: Thu Mar 29, 2018
  • Your league stats end accumulating on: Sun Sep 30, 2018
  • Merge first n periods of season: 2
  • Merge last two periods of season: No
Playoffs
  • Playoffs will begin in this Scoring Period: 23 (Sep 10/18 - Sep 16/18) and last for 3 periods (rounds).
  • Number of teams qualifying for playoffs: 8
  • Playoff Seeding:: Division winners get top playoff seeds
  • Reseed each playoff round: Yes
* To view the playoff bracket, go to the Standings screen and click on the Playoffs tab.

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: 25
  • Minimum Active Players: 0
  • Maximum Active Players: 18
  • Maximum Reserve Players: 25
  • Maximum Injury Reserve Players: Unlimited
  • Maximum Minor League Players: 20
  • 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: Yes
  • Minor League players count toward roster limitation rules: No
  • Injured Reserve Enforcement type: None
  • Prorate Min/Max according to period length: No

Pos

Min Active

Max Active

Total Max

Catcher (C)

0

1

1st Base (1B)

0

1

2nd Base (2B)

0

1

3rd Base (3B)

0

1

Shortstop (SS)

0

1

Outfield (OF)

0

3

Utility (Any Hitter) (UT)

0

1

Starting Pitcher (SP)

0

4

Relief Pitcher (RP)

0

4

Pitcher (P)

0

1

Minor League Eligibility Options
  • Minors roster slot eligibility type: None - any player can be put into a Minors roster slot
  • Prevent moving players out of Minors slots: Never
  • Minors Enforcement type: None
  • Number of Lineup Periods until Minors Enforcement takes effect:
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

Weight

Hitting

Home Runs (HR)

1

Hitting

Runs Batted In (RBI)

1

Hitting

Runs Scored (R)

1

Hitting

Stolen Bases (SB)

1

Hitting

On Base Percentage (OBP)

1

Pitching

Quality Starts (QS)

1

Pitching

Strikeouts Pitched (K)

1

Pitching

Earned Run Average (ERA)

1

Pitching

Saves + Holds (SVH)

1

Pitching

WHIP Ratio (WHIP)

1

Team Minimum and Maximum Requirements per Scoring Period

Scoring Category

Min

Max

Games Started - Pitching

5

None

  • If a maximum has been met or exceeded: Do nothing.
  • If a minimum has not been met by end of scoring period: The team will get a loss for each averaged hitting (e.g. Avg, Slg, etc.) or pitching stat (e.g. ERA, WHIP, etc.), depending on the scoring category whose minimum has not been met, for the scoring period.
  • Prorate Min/Max according to period length: No
Other Scoring Preferences
  • Players will accumulate all stats in all scoring category groups: No
  • Only 2-way players (i.e. Ohtani) will accumulate all stats in all scoring category groups (Beta): No
  • Stat Correction Handling: All Official Scoring changes will be automatically reflected retroactively in your league stats/scores and standings, regardless of when the stat corrections come in. Please note that it is not unusual for an Official Scoring change to be made several weeks after an event, or even more.

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: Managers propose their own trades
  • Trading Period: All Year
  • Maximum Trades per Team: Unlimited
  • Trade Deadline Date: Tue Aug 7, 2018 11:59 PM EDT
  • Trade Voting System: Managers
  • Days to Vote: 1
  • # of Objections Required: 12
  • Allow trading of claim budget: No
  • Allow trading of salary cap space: No
  • Allow trading of draft Picks: Yes
  • Number of future years for draft pick trading: 0
    Number of rounds available for draft pick trading: 45
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: Yes
  • 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: 3:00 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 Jan 07, 7:00 AM EST
  • Draft Type: Live Online Standard (Slow)
  • # of rounds: 45
  • Draft Date: Sun Jan 7 2018, 7:00AM EST
  • Time limit per pick: 1 hours
  • Live draft sleep time start: 11:00 pm EDT
  • Live draft sleep time end: 7:00 am EDT
  • 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: Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, Detroit Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics
  • Undrafted players go to the: Waiver Wire

Miscellaneous

Tie Breakers
Standings Tie Breakers

1. Head-to-head record vs. all teams tied with

2. Most wins in entire season

3. Best division record for entire season

Matchup Tie Breakers

1. Home team gets the win

Playoff Tie Breakers

1. Head-to-head record vs. all teams tied with

Keeper League
  • Keeper league Type: Dynasty

Prizes

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