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Old 01-26-2018, 03:45 PM   #1
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Default Keeper Champions- Official Fantasy Thread

Members
1. 7jacfire - paid
2. Cornerstore - paid
3. crossdog - paid
4. Chittychitty844 - paid
5. Eckstein197 - paid
6. Hollywood42 - paid
7. jstasyk1121 - paid
8. ksmith31 - paid
9. Poonchka - paid
10. Ray27Ray52 - paid
11. seanbros55 - paid
12. Viking6 - paid

Draft order and history can be found here

2025 key dates
Payments due: March 2
Keepers due: March 2
Draft begins: March 3
Opening day: March 27

Basic settings
-12 teams
-Hosted on ESPN
-$50 buy in
-Points league
-Weekly head to head matchups
-Daily roster locks, each player locks individually at their game's start time

Rosters

Breakdown:

C
1B
2B
3B
SS
Corner infielder
Middle infielder
OF x3
Utility
SP x6
RP x2

That's 19 slots for starters, and we'll add 5 bench slots for a grand total of 24 roster slots.

Scoring

Hitters
Total bases: +1 (1 point per base)
Runs: +1
SB: +1
CS: -1
BB: +1
RBI: +1
SO: -1
Cycle: +5

Pitchers
IP: +3
L: -5
QS: +4
H: -1
Shutout: +5
ER: -2
K: +1
BB: -1
Complete game: +3
No hitter: +20
Perfect game: +40
Save: +5
Blown save: -3

Transactions/Matchup limits

Each team will get 3 acquisitions per matchup, and 12 SP starts per matchup.

After the final matchup of the season, acquisitions will be locked over the offseason until the conclusion of the next draft.

Waivers/Trades

If a player is dropped from a roster, they will be placed on waivers. Waiver period is 1 day, during which teams can make claims on the player. If a team successfully makes a waiver claim, they will be moved to last in waiver order. The waiver order will initially be set by reverse order of the most recent draft. The draft order will never reset during the season.

There will be no limit on how many trades a team can make each year. The trade deadline will be in mid-August each year. Please refer to our league for the exact dates each season. After the trade deadline, no trades will be allowed until the conclusion of the season. After that, trades are allowed up until keepers are due in March. Upon a trade being accepted, the trade will have a review period of 2 days, during which time teams may vote to veto the trade. It will take 6 votes to veto a trade. Vetos should only be used in the case of collusion, not bad trades.

Playoffs

The 6 teams with the best regular season record will make the playoffs each season. The top 2 teams will receive a first round bye. Each playoff matchup will span 1 week with the winner moving on to the next round.

Draft

We will discuss as a league each season when the draft will take place, but will target a day in mid-March each year. It will be a snake format. The first 6 picks will be determined by reverse order of regular season standings (last place in regular season gets first pick). This is to prevent teams from tanking in the consolation bracket to try to get a better pick. Picks 7-12 will be determined by reverse order of final standings after playoffs (first place gets last pick).

Draft picks are eligible to be traded, but only after the draft order has been set (after the conclusion of the season). Draft picks may not be included in trades during the regular season.

Any player in our league's player pool is eligible to be drafted, no matter how much or how little MLB experience they have.

Keepers

Each team may keep up to 5 players from their team each year. Keepers will cost a draft pick in order to keep, which is based on the number of consecutive years a player has been kept. The first year a player is kept, they will cost a pick in 1 round higher than they were taken in the previous year's draft. The second year cost will be 2 rounds higher than the previous draft. And the third and all following consecutive years will be 3 rounds higher than the previous draft. There is no limit to how long a player can be kept, but if/when escalators raise keeper cost higher than a 1st round pick, that player is no longer keeper eligible. For example, if I draft Mike Trout in the 10th round in 2021, his keeper cost would be a 9th round pick in 2022. If he is again kept in 2023, his keeper cost would be a 7th round pick. And if kept again in 2024, his keeper cost would be in the 4th round. Finally, his keeper cost in 2025 would be a 1st round pick, and that would be the final year he could be kept.

These keeper escalators do *not* reset when a player is traded, nor when a player is dropped midseason. The only time keeper cost resets back to +1 round is when a player is not kept and returned to the draft pool.

If at any time a team wishes to keep 2 players due to cost a pick in the same round, the player that scored more points between the two of them will escalate one additional round. In the event the 2 players scored the same number of points, the player whose last name comes first alphabetically will be escalated one additional round. For example, if I want to keep Clayton Kershaw and Bryce Harper and they both are slated to have 5th round cost, whoever scored more points in the prior season would be bumped up to 4th round cost. If they scored the same number of points, Harper would become 4th round cost due to the alphabetical rule. Alternatively, if I acquire a second pick in the 5th round, both players may still be kept in the 5th round, each using one of my two picks that round. This same logic applies for if 3, 4, or 5 players are due to be kept in the same round.

If a team added a player off waivers or free agency during the year and wants to keep them, the player will cost them a 15th round draft pick, but only if they were not drafted that season. For example, if I add Carlos Correa from the free agent pool and he was not drafted by anyone at the start of the year, it would cost me a 15th round pick to keep him for 2021

These described costs follow a player even if they are dropped, claimed, added, or traded during the season. For example, if someone drafts Ronald Acuna in the third round and drops them several weeks into the year, and then I add him to my team, he would still cost a second round pick for me to keep the following season. He does NOT revert to free agent cost since someone drafted him that season. Anyone that is drafted automatically has their keeper cost set in stone for the year, regardless if they stay on a roster for the entire season.

This is the case even if a player was originally drafted last year but later dropped by a team. For example, if I added Carlos Correa from the free agency pool and wanted to keep him, he would cost me a draft pick in the 15th round. If a team elects to keep 2 players acquired via free agency or waivers, they same logic applies as described above.

No player without MLB experience is eligible to be kept.

Keeper selections will be due in late February or early March each season. We will announce a specific date each year.

Buy-ins

There will be a buy-in of $50 per team each season. There will be a due date of March 1st to submit a buy-in without a $20 late fee each year ($10 of that late fee goes to LeagueSafe, the other $10 will be split evenly between our payouts). If you do not submit your buy-in by this date, you will be subject to being replaced.

The payout structure will be as follows. $50 per team x 12 teams = $600 in total prize money

1st: $300
2nd: $150
3rd: $100
4th: $50

All buy-ins and payouts will be handled through LeagueSafe so no member ever has the funds in their possession. Hollywood42 will distribute the funds at the end up the year, but it will require half of the teams to approve the distribution (to approve the money is going to the correct teams). This can be done on our league page on LeagueSafe. PM reminders will be sent out to everyone each year after approval is available.

Tiebreakers

In the event that two teams have the same number of points after a regular season matchup, both teams will recieve a tie for that week. If two teams have the same number of points after a playoff matchup, our league's tiebreakers will determine who gets the win for the week. This applies for all playoff matchups, including the final matchups of the year. Tiebreakers will also break any ties in record for playoff seeding. Our league's tiebreakers are as follows:

1. Head to head record
2. Most regular season points scored
3. Coin flip

Special COVID rules for 2020

For historical purposes, the following list is a set of rules that were temporarily adapted during the shortened 2020 season. These rules are no longer applicable.
  • $20 entry fee, $30 applies towards next year's payment (the $30 can also be refunded if you so choose)
  • 1 team in the MLB must reach 40 full games played for our season to count. If no teach reaches 40 complete games, the full $50 applied to next year (or refunded)
    • I am not 100% sure how the rolling over will work logistically, but we will figure it out. Worst comes to worst I can refund everyone and we can do our usual collections in February
  • Scoring format- Head to head but roto style. Everyone is matched up against everyone for the week-long matchup, you get a win for all team you finish with more points than, and a loss for everyone you finish with less points than. Standard rules for SP limits still apply. I will keep track of results in our draft spreadsheet as I don't believe ESPN can handle it outright
  • Final standings will be determined by W/L. Tiebreaker is total points scored over the full season, second tiebreaker is a random. The top 3 teams finish in the money ($120/$80/$40)
  • Keeper values will not escalate next season. Costs will be the round they were drafted in this season, NOT +1. Prices will escalate again as usual the following season (2022) assuming next season is back to normal
  • Teams still get 5 keepers next season
    • Normal MLB experience rules still apply, only players with MLB experience are eligible to be kept
  • Trade deadline will be August 26, 33 days into the season
  • All adds, drops, and trades are final. If we get a week into the season and you trade Mike Trout for Max Scherzer, and the next day the rest of the season is canceled, you still have Scherzer. This also means that if you drop someone sitting this season out, you do not get them back in the offseason as a keeper option. You must hold them for the full season
  • To account for opt outs and potential positive COVID tests, we will increase the available bench slots on each team by 2 spaces and add 2 more DL slots
    • We will do 2 quick additional rounds of draft picks to fill the 2 bench slots for all teams that wish to participate, picking up the draft order where it left off. No trades of these extra picks, please
    • Players drafted in these 2 fill-in rounds will start off as round 24 costs to keep, should that scenario arise

League History

League history including draft results, final standings, and more will be edited into this post as we move forward in this league.

Year Seven (2024)

Final standings

Playoff bracket
1. Hollywood42
2. Ksmith31
3. Poonchka
4. Viking6
5. Jstasyk1121
6. Seanbros

Consolation bracket
7. Chittychitty844
8. Eckstein197
9. Cornerstore
10. Crossdog
11. 7jacfire
12. Ray27Ray52

Regular season standings
1. Ksmith31 17-5
2. Viking6 17-5
3. Hollywood42 17-5
4. Poonchka 12-10
5. Jstasyk1121 12-10
6. Seanbros 10-12
7. Cornerstore 10-12
8. Eckstein197 10-12
9. Crossdog 9-13
10. Chittychitty844 9-13
11. 7jacfire 6-16
12. Ray27Ray52 3-19

Year Six (2023)

Final standings
1. Poonchka
2. Jstasyk1121
3. Hollywood42
4. Crossdog
5. Viking6
6. 7jacfire
7. Seanbros
8. Eckstein197
9. Chittychitty844
10. Ray27Ray52
11. Cornerstore
12. Ksmith31

Regular season standings
1. Jstasyk112115-7
2. Poonchka 14-8
3. Crossdog 14-8
4. 7jacfire 14-8
5. Hollywood 13-9
6. Viking6 13-9
7. Seanbros 11-11
8. Eckstein197 10-12
9. Chittychitty844 9-12-1
10. Ray27Ray52 8-13-1
11. Cornerstore 6-16
12. Ksmith31 4-18

Year Five (2022)

Final standings
1. Viking6
2. Ksmith31
3. Seanbros55
4. Chittychitty844
5. Cornerstore
6. Ray27Ray52
7. Hollywood42
8. Bn2cardz
9. 7jacfire
10. Jstasyk1121
11. Eckstein197
12. Poonchka

Regular season standings
1. Viking6 (16-4)
2. Ksmith31 (14-6)
3. Ray27Ray52 (12-8)
4. Seanbros55 (12-8)
5. Cornerstore (11-9)
6. Chittychitty844 (11-9)
7. Hollywood42 (11-9)
8. Bn2cardz (10-10)
9. 7jacfire (7-13)
10. Jstasyk1121 (6-14)
11. Eckstein197 (5-15)
12. Poonchka (5-15)

Year Four (2021)

Final standings
1. Viking6
2. Jstasyk1121
3. Ksmith31
4. Hollywood42
5. Ray27Ray52
6. 7jacfire
7. Seanbros55
8. Diem926
9. Cornerstore
10. Eckstein197
11. Bn2cardz
12. Poonchka

Regular season standings
1. Viking6 (19-2)
2. Jstasyk1121 (17-4)
3. Ksmith31 (14-7)
4. Hollywood42 (14-7)
5. Ray27Ray52 (14-7)
6. 7jacfire (12-9)
7. Bn2cardz (9-12)
8. Seanbros55 (8-13)
9. Eckstein197 (7-14)
10. Poonchka (6-15)
11. Diem926 (5-16)
12. Cornerstore (1-20)

Year Three (2020)

Final standings
Modified scheduling format due to covid
1. Seanbros55 (75-24)
2. Hollywood42 (66-32-1)
3. Ksmith31 (65-34)
4. Eckstein197 (63-36)
5. Jstasyk1121 (62-37)
6. 7jacfire (60-39)
7. Texmcpherson (51-47-1)
8. Viking6 (46-53)
9. Poonchka (37-61-1)
10. Cornerstore (28-70-1)
11. Ray27Ray52 (27-70-2)
12. Diem926 (11-88)

Year Two (2019)

Final standings (including playoffs)
1. ksmith31
2. jstasyk1121
3. ksemmel
4. Viking6
5. seanbros
6. Poonchka
7. Diem926
8. Cornerstore
9. Ray27Ray52
10. 7jacfire
11. Hollywood42
12. mike1870

Regular season final standings
1. ksmith31 (19-2)
2. jstasyk1121 (15-6)
3. ksemmel (14-7)
4. seanbros (14-7)
5. Viking6 (13-8)
6. Poonchka (10-11)
7. Diem926 (10-11)
8. Cornerstore (8-13)
9. 7jacfire (8-13)
10. mike1870 (7-14)
11. Hollywood42 (5-16)
12. Ray27Ray52 (3-18)


Year One (2018)

Final standings (including playoffs)
1. ksmith31
2. ksemmel
3. Cornerstore
4. 7jacfire
5. nateyad
6. Hollywood42
7. seanbros
8. Poonchka
9. Viking6
10. Diem926
11. Firerunner4
12. Ray27Ray52

Regular season final standings
1. ksmith31(15-4)
2. 7jacfire (14-5)
3. ksemmel (12-6-1)
4. Hollywood42 (12-7)
5. Cornerstore (11-8)
6. nateyad (10-9)
7. Viking6 (9-10)
8. Ray27Ray52 (9-10)
9. seanbros (8-11)
10. Firerunner4 (5-13-1)
11. Poonchka (4-15)
12. Diem926(4-15)
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