Proposed Rule Change - Service Time - Feedback Required

[kenny]

EXISTING RULES:
1. All players on 40 man roster accrue service time.
2. Service time in accrued in units of years, not days.
3. Unlimited option years. Players can be on 40 man roster and in the minors for as many years as he is under control by the organization.
4. Player transactions for promotions and demotions between 25 man roster and 40 man roster not tracked by AFB.

PROPOSED RULES:
1. All players on 25 man roster accrue service time.
2. Service time is accrued in units of days.
3. Unchanged.
4. All organizations must report any player promotion or demotion between the 25 man roster and the 40 man roster. This will allow for the Commissioner’s Office to track service time.

REASON:
This is more in line with MLB rules. This wasn’t done previously because I had no way of tracking service time for the MLB players for the 2011 season, so I had to use 1 full service year for anybody on the 40 man roster. Now that we control everything, it is easier for me to track service time the way it was meant to be tracked.

This will require minimally more work.

Since I’m considering this to be a minor rule change and it will not affect anything that has been done so far, I will not require a full league vote. However, I will listen to any feedback you guys may have on this.

[Orange Country]

1. I agree with this rule change as minors guys should only accrue time if they are in the majors.

2. I think years would be easier to track and I'd like to see that over days. Days can be tougher to track since there's 363 of them.

3. I love this idea. That is something managers in here will love as they will get to keep their young guns for as long as possible.

4. I think its absolutely necessary for the CO to track every move made considering how deep this league is going to be.


This league is gonna be awesome! 

[SpiritWind]

Hi all :

Proposed Rule Change #1 seems ok . However, I am not in favor of Service Time
being accrued in units of days; seems overly complex and for a minimal effect,
which effects the necessity of having to "report" every transaction between
the 25 and 40 man rosters . For my Angels that would most likely be almost
every day, the way their organization seems to continually move players
between the Majors and the Minors.

[jackdaniels]

PROPOSED RULES:
1. All players on 25 man roster accrue service time.
FEEDBACK: Agree. Nice to not start the clock on the 40-man roster. 

2. Service time is accrued in units of days.
FEEDBACK: Question to clarify, does "days" mean games played? If so, sounds good.

3. Unchanged.
FEEDBACK: I was thinking options years should be limited to 3-5yrs to allow more player movement down the line since they won't be locked up by current owner for extended periods.

4. All organizations must report any player promotion or demotion between the 25 man roster and the 40 man roster. This will allow for the Commissioner’s Office to track service time.
FEEDBACK: Yes, good change!

[kenny]

Mike, days actually does means days. It's easier for me to track that than games played, plate appearances or innings pitched.

[sdobelman21]

EXISTING RULES:
1. All players on 40 man roster accrue service time.
2. Service time in accrued in units of years, not days.
3. Unlimited option years. Players can be on 40 man roster and in the minors for as many years as he is under control by the organization.
4. Player transactions for promotions and demotions between 25 man roster and 40 man roster not tracked by AFB.

PROPOSED RULES:
1. All players on 25 man roster accrue service time.
2. Service time is accrued in units of days.
3. Unchanged.
4. All organizations must report any player promotion or demotion between the 25 man roster and the 40 man roster. This will allow for the Commissioner’s Office to track service time.

REASON:
This is more in line with MLB rules. This wasn’t done previously because I had no way of tracking service time for the MLB players for the 2011 season, so I had to use 1 full service year for anybody on the 40 man roster. Now that we control everything, it is easier for me to track service time the way it was meant to be tracked.

   I like the proposed rules better, it seems like a more realistic system.

[Cedd024]

I think that It would be better if we went by years instead of days because I see it being easier than keeping up with days

[BrewCrew]

isn't Kenny the one that has to handle how many days they are in the majors for?

I like all the changes, great work man!

[kenny]

I would handle calculating how many days of service time a player accumulates on the AFB 25 man roster. However, each team would have to let me know when they promote/demote a player between their 25 man roster and 40 man roster by posting on the forum.

[Shelby]

Like proposed rules, nice ideas and great work Kenny !