[font size="2"]starting Positions:[/font]

Catcher (C) - 1
1st Base (1B) - 1
2nd Base (2B) - 1
3rd Base (3B) - 1
Shortstop (SS) - 1
Outfield (OF) - 3
Utility (Any Hitter) (UT) - 1
Starting Pitcher (SP) - 5
Relief Pitcher (RP)- 5

[font size="2"]Position Eligibility[/font]

Games needed from previous season for a player to qualify at a specific hitting position : 1
Games needed from current season for a player to qualify at a specific hitting position: 1
Starts needed from previous season for a player to qualify as a starter : 5
Starts needed from current season for a player to qualify as a starter : 5
Relief appearances needed from previous season for a player to qualify as a reliever : 5
Relief appearances needed from current season for a player to qualify as a reliever: 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.
Other Roster Preferences
Allow players to play at an ineligible position without making the roster illegal: Yes
Before the roster deadline, rosters are viewable to: All Teams


Scoring


Hitting

At Bats (AB). 0.5
Errors (E).  -1
Hits (H). 2
Home Runs (HR).  2
Runs Batted In (RBI).  2
Runs Scored (R).  2
Stolen Bases (SB).   1.5
Walks (BB).  2
Fielding Percentage (FLD%).  1
Total Bases (TB).   1.5

Pitching

Blown Saves (BS).   -10
Earned Runs Allowed (ER).  -3
Games Played (GP).  2
Hits Allowed (H).  -1.5
Holds (HLD).   5
Innings Pitched (IP).  6
Quality Starts (QS).   10
Saves (SV).   10
Strikeouts Pitched (K).   3
Walks Allowed (BB).   -1.5
Wins (W).   10
Fielding Percentage (FLD%).   1

[font size="2"][font color="e62d19"]Team Minimum and Maximum Requirements per Scoring Period[/font][/font]

Innings Pitched - Pitching - 78

If a maximum has been met or exceeded: All hitters or pitchers, depending on the scoring category exceeded, will stop accumulating stats for the rest of the scoring period. 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 lost for the scoring period for Relief Pitchers (RP) as well as Starting Pitchers (SP).</span>
If a minimum has not been met by end of scoring period: Do nothing.
Prorate Min/Max according to period length: Yes
Other Scoring Preferences
Score Flex positions by the players' actual positions: No
Count 0-0 scores as wins, losses or ties: 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

[font size="2"]Free Agency[/font]

[font color="e6192d"].500K > 4m = 1 year contract
4.1m > 9m = 1 or 2 year contract
9.1m > 21m = 1 to 3 year contract
21.1m > 50m = 1 to 4 year contract
51.1m > = 1 to 5 year contract[/font]

MLB & International players:

Free agents consist of MLB, Minor League and International players.   When posting a MLB or International player you will create a new thread in the Open Transactions with the following.
1.  name the thread the players name and team he plays for or if he is a free agent in MLB then use NA
2.  Bid amount in the body of the thread.   
3.  Opening bid amount must be a minimum amount of .500K for MLB or International Players

[font color="193ee6"]No more than 5 open high bids by any GM at any time.[/font]

When bidding on players any additional bid must be in increments of .100K.   Once the bid stands for 24 hours then the bid will be sticky and the winning GM will have 24 hours to offer contract.   If after 24 hours no contract has been offered the player will either

A. offered to the next highest bid.
B. Be returned to free agency.

Minor League players

Minor league players will be posted in the same manner as MLB and International and all rules will apply as posted above.   
A.  Any player that is eligible to be in the minor leagues is considered a P contract, or Rookie contract.   There are two contracts.  First are players that have no major league experience.   Those contracts are automatically a five year contact.   
B.  All rookies receive a contract of .300K
C.  When replying or upping a minor league bid this is considered a 1 time bonus paid to the player.   All increments must be in .100K. 
example.   Player X winning bid is P plus 3.5 million the 3.5m is paid in the current year only and you must have the budget for that player.   This can not be spread out.  If the player is dropped then the salary is only paid by the team that won the bid.   If the player is traded the money follows the player to the new team treaded too.
D.  All minor league players with any major league experience can only be signed year to year and will only have a 1 year contract.   

Contract extensions

Contract extensions can be offered to any player on a MLB or a Minor league contract between November 1st and November 30th by midnight EST.   Any player not offered extensions will be removed from rosters by the commissioner or his representatives on December 1st and players will be considered free agents.

Posting of Free Agents

On September 1st and Before November 1st the commissioner or his representatives will post in a new thread all teams pending free agents.   

Formula for player extensions

Minor League Player extensions

If you have a minor league player that is on his final year of his minor league contract he must follow under the following rules and guidelines.   The player must still be eligible to remain in the minor leagues on Fantrax.   If he is eligible then he can only be extended for a max of 1 year at time.   His cost is a flat .500K for the year.   Once he maxed out his minor league 5 year contract and is not eligible to remain on Fantrax minor league system he must be extended using the major league guidelines.

Major League Player extensions

1.  MLB contract extensions can not exceed 3 years.   
2.  Hitters are all lumpted together and not separated by position
3.  SP are only for players marked as SP and SP/RP on Fantrax
4   RP pitchers are only for pitchers that have holds and saves

The maximum dollar amount that players can make is is $13m and the minimum $1m.  For scoring ranking go to Fantrax > Players > select your team > current year and get the number and then the prior year and get that number.   Add both numbers together and divide by 2 >. Use the divided number to determine salary

For extensions you look at the current year rankings and the prior year rankings.   If this year the player ranked number 47 in his position and the prior year he ranked 22 then you add for total of 69.  Divide 69 / 2 = 34.5.  Go to the rankings below and find the years and salary for 34.5

[font color="1979e6"]Examples:  [/font]

Hitting example: Lets say Max Muncy Dodgers is in the last year of his contact and you want to extend him.   You can extend him for 1 to 3 years.  In 2022 his score was 1193 and in 2021 it was 1529.  Add the 2 numbers / 2 = 1361.  Go to the hitters below and look for the salary associated with 69.2.  So you can extend him for 1 to 3 years and he will make $10m per year.

SP example:  Lets say Sandy Alcantra MIA in 2022 scored 1947 in 2021 was 1692.   add the two numbers / 2 for a number of 1819.50.  So you can extend him 1 to 3 years for $13m per year.

RP example.  I will use Chris Martin ATL.   In 2022 scored 631 and in 2021 371. Take the last two years.  add the two numbers / 2 for a number of 501.  So you can extend him 1 to 3 years for $5m per year.



Years & Salary

Hitters

[font color="1979e6"]Salary  Score  Number of Years[/font]

$9m   17000 >  1-3
$8m   1551-1699   1-3
$7m   1400-1550   1-3
$6m   1300-1399   1-3
$5m    12000-1299   1-3
$4m    1100-1199   1-3
$3.5m    1000-1099   1-3
$3m    900-999   1-3
$2.5m    800-899   1-3
$2m    700-799   1-3
$1.5m    600-699   1-3
$1m    501-599   1-3
$500K    <-500    1-3

Starters

[font color="1979e6"]Salary  Rank  Number of Years[/font]

$9m   17000 >  1-3
$8m   1551-1699   1-3
$7m   1400-1550   1-3
$6m   1300-1399   1-3
$5m    12000-1299   1-3
$4m    1100-1199   1-3
$3.5m    1000-1099   1-3
$3m    900-999   1-3
$2.5m    800-899   1-3
$2m    700-799   1-3
$1.5m    600-699   1-3
$1m    501-599   1-3
$500k    <-500    1-3

Relief Pitchers

[font color="1979e6"]Salary  Rank  Number of Years[/font]

$3.5m 800-> 1-3
$3m 700-799  1-3
$2.5m 600-699 1-3
$2m 500-599 1-3
$1.5m 400-499  1-3
$1m 300-399 1-3
$500k < - 299 1-3

Hello everyone,

I wanted to make everyone aware that our rosters have moved to google docs.   This will allow us to better track payroll.   I am also asking that if anyone has more experience than I with the google docs that would like to help me continue to improve the spreadsheet please let me know.   I just need your email address.   

you will notice that up top next to league rules on the right corner is a link to the sheets.   I am also sharing the link in case for any reason you don't see it.   Thanks

Jon

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjzJKExrVEB5dFpuVHFXR3RxcHRvMkJDWWs0N21kVmc&usp=sharing

ABL will have an annual 5 round Amateur Entry Draft.  This draft will likely be done in the first week of November.  No players may be selected who have not signed a MLB contract.  Also newly drafted players in the MLB draft are not eligible via free agency until after our entry draft is complete. 

Commissioner will post a list of avialable players to be selected and only those players can be selected.

Trading Draft Picks
Trading of draft picks is allowed however as soon as the draft starts there is no more trading of draft picks.

How Draft Will Be Conducted
If a team is not present for the draft / times out, and did not provide a proxy pick, they'll be awarded the next highest ranked player that they can afford, and then placed on auto-draft.
The players ranking list is of the same order of Baseball America followed by the actual draft order.
The Entry Draft will only have players who are eligible for the real life MLB Entry Draft.

Draft Order
Draft order will be based off of record.  The worst team by record gets the first pick all the way to the top team getting the last pick.  Tiebreakers will be determined by last years record.  If two teams have identical records the previous years record will be looked at and the team with the worse record will have higher priority.