Post by CardsGM (Mat) on Jun 16, 2015 12:45:41 GMT -5
INITIAL FIELD OF DREAMS DRAFT RULES
1.The randomized draft order will be posted prior to the draft and will be decided randomly at the following site:
www.draftordergenerator.com
Results will be automatically e-mailed to owners from the site.
2. There will be a different order for each the Major League Draft and the Minor League Draft.
3.The draft will consist of 40 rounds for the Majors and Reserve roster, and 40 rounds for the Minor league roster.
4. The draft order will invert (snake style).
5. Participants have 12 hrs after the previous player's pick to make their selection.
6. Failure to meet the 12 hr deadline results in your turn being passed. Skipped owners may make picks any time after turns are passed.
7. Any players left undrafted at the conclusion of the draft will be considered free agents.
8. All teams must have full rosters once the draft is completed.
9. Remember that players that begin on the reserve roster must be eligible (under 1800AB/750IP/250GP) and will automatically use 1 option when the season begins if they are still on the reserve roster at that time. Reserve players taken in the initial draft will receive the following salary (using up one option valid for entire 2016 season in shown by the *):
$400,000 (6 years) ARB($200K per season) OPT(3)*
Total cost for Reserve Roster initial season's start will be $5,200,000. This assumes reserves are chosen rounds 28 through 40. It will be higher if selected in other rounds.
For each ARB year, owners will get to decide whether or not they want to pay that amount during the Year-End Process. If they decide to release the player to FA, they have no financial obligation to the player.
10. Active roster players will all receive the following contracts:
Rounds 1 to 3: $6M (X years) ARB(-) OPT( depends whether below the 1800AB/750IP/250GP threshold) (total cost $18M)
Rounds 4 to 10: $3M (X years) ARB(-) OPT( depends whether below the 1800AB/750IP/250GP threshold) (total cost $21M)
Rounds 11 to 20: $1M (X years) ARB(-) OPT(depends whether below the 1800AB/750IP/250GP threshold) (total cost $10M)
Rounds 21 to 27: $500K (X years) ARB(-) OPT(depends whether below the 1800AB/750IP/250GP threshold) (total cost $3.5M)
Total cost for Active Roster initial season will be $52,500,000
Owners will get to decide how many years they want to allocate to each player (Max 6). Once decided upon, the decision will be final.
11. Each team must enter the contract being assigned to each player in their transaction page which will then be verified by a Commissioner when ready to do so, but before February 1st 2016.
12. Once the draft is completed and Free Agency / Waivers is opened, any player can be waived.
13. Minor league players may be chosen must be under the 130AB/50IP Thresholds and must have been drafted or signed by an MLB team when the draft began.
14. Once both the Major and Minor draft have been completed, the league will revert to an auction style process using the Free Agency rules of the respective roster portions.
15. The total roster costs of the initial season ($52.5M active + $5.2M reserve) allow for $42.3M of auction style spending throughout the season based on our $100M cap.
16. Following a league poll where 12 (60%) of the league voted in favour of an alteration to Constitution, Anyone with a Major League appearance at the Draft start date is eligible for the Major League draft.
1.The randomized draft order will be posted prior to the draft and will be decided randomly at the following site:
www.draftordergenerator.com
Results will be automatically e-mailed to owners from the site.
2. There will be a different order for each the Major League Draft and the Minor League Draft.
3.The draft will consist of 40 rounds for the Majors and Reserve roster, and 40 rounds for the Minor league roster.
4. The draft order will invert (snake style).
5. Participants have 12 hrs after the previous player's pick to make their selection.
6. Failure to meet the 12 hr deadline results in your turn being passed. Skipped owners may make picks any time after turns are passed.
7. Any players left undrafted at the conclusion of the draft will be considered free agents.
8. All teams must have full rosters once the draft is completed.
9. Remember that players that begin on the reserve roster must be eligible (under 1800AB/750IP/250GP) and will automatically use 1 option when the season begins if they are still on the reserve roster at that time. Reserve players taken in the initial draft will receive the following salary (using up one option valid for entire 2016 season in shown by the *):
$400,000 (6 years) ARB($200K per season) OPT(3)*
Total cost for Reserve Roster initial season's start will be $5,200,000. This assumes reserves are chosen rounds 28 through 40. It will be higher if selected in other rounds.
For each ARB year, owners will get to decide whether or not they want to pay that amount during the Year-End Process. If they decide to release the player to FA, they have no financial obligation to the player.
10. Active roster players will all receive the following contracts:
Rounds 1 to 3: $6M (X years) ARB(-) OPT( depends whether below the 1800AB/750IP/250GP threshold) (total cost $18M)
Rounds 4 to 10: $3M (X years) ARB(-) OPT( depends whether below the 1800AB/750IP/250GP threshold) (total cost $21M)
Rounds 11 to 20: $1M (X years) ARB(-) OPT(depends whether below the 1800AB/750IP/250GP threshold) (total cost $10M)
Rounds 21 to 27: $500K (X years) ARB(-) OPT(depends whether below the 1800AB/750IP/250GP threshold) (total cost $3.5M)
Total cost for Active Roster initial season will be $52,500,000
Owners will get to decide how many years they want to allocate to each player (Max 6). Once decided upon, the decision will be final.
11. Each team must enter the contract being assigned to each player in their transaction page which will then be verified by a Commissioner when ready to do so, but before February 1st 2016.
12. Once the draft is completed and Free Agency / Waivers is opened, any player can be waived.
13. Minor league players may be chosen must be under the 130AB/50IP Thresholds and must have been drafted or signed by an MLB team when the draft began.
14. Once both the Major and Minor draft have been completed, the league will revert to an auction style process using the Free Agency rules of the respective roster portions.
15. The total roster costs of the initial season ($52.5M active + $5.2M reserve) allow for $42.3M of auction style spending throughout the season based on our $100M cap.
16. Following a league poll where 12 (60%) of the league voted in favour of an alteration to Constitution, Anyone with a Major League appearance at the Draft start date is eligible for the Major League draft.