Hitter's paradise - Offense only points league

[Hollywood42]

Are you tired of drafting a pitcher only for them to tear a ligament a week later? Frustrated trying to reconcile traditional fantasy baseball pitching categories with modern day realities of how pitchers are now used? Why not ditch the pitchers entirely and have a league that is only based on offense?

Members
1. 7jacfire
2. Chittychitty844
3. Dbacksbaseball
4. Eckstein197
5. Hollywood42
6. Ksmith31
7. Ray27Ray52
8. Seanbros55
9. SethMurphy
10. Todderfield

Rosters
C x2
1B
2B
3B
SS
MI
CI
OF x4
Util x2
Bench x4
IL x3

Total of 18 active slots, plus 3 IL slots

Scoring

Total Bases: 1
Walks: 1
Runs Scored: 1.5
Runs Batted In: 1.5
Stolen Bases: 1.5
Strikeouts: -1
Caught Stealing: -1
Hitting for the Cycle: 5

Matchups and acquisitions

Head to head weekly matchups, where every team is matched up against every other team in the league. You receive a win for every team you outscore that week, a loss for every team that outscores you, and a tie for every team you score the same number of points as in that week. With 9 total teams in the league, this means you will receive a combined 8 wins/losses/ties from each weekly matchup. This format removes some of the randomness of traditional 1v1 head to head, while still being more interesting week to week than going to total season points.

Lineups will be set weekly, with roster slots locking individually at each game's first pitch.

The free agent pool will be permanently on waivers. Waiver claims process on Wednesday and Sunday mornings. There is no weekly acquisition limit. The waiver order will be reset after each matchup to be in the reverse order of the current standings.

Trades

Trades will be allowed, up until a midseason trade deadline each year. You may trade draft picks prior to each season's draft, but there will be no in-season trades of players for draft picks. This is to prevent a team from mass trading their future picks for top end players and then abandoning their team while leaving a new owner with poor draft capital.

Playoffs and tiebreakers

There will not a traditional playoff bracket. The final standings at the end of the regular season will determine who wins.

There will be no tiebreakers for each individual weekly matchup - if 2 teams score the same number of points as each other, the both receive a tie.

The following tiebreakers will be used to break ties in final record at the end of the season for purposes of determining final standings:

1. Total points scored over the full season
2. Head to head record against all teams tied
3. Coin flip (generated automatically through Fantrax's software)

Draft

Draft will be held online on Fantrax each year. This will be a slow draft, with a 24-hour pick clock. You will be able to set up email or smartphone app alerts to get notified when it is your turn to pick. Autodraft will kick in if you allow the 24 hour clock to expire. If this happens for 2 consecutive picks from the same owner, that owner will be set on autodraft for the remainder of the draft until they get in touch for the league manager.

Draft will be snake format, with a random order for year 1. For all following years, the draft order will be the reverse of the final standings from the prior season. Draft picks may be traded, but only for the current draft - no trading future picks for now.

This league will be a full redraft league, no keepers.

Buy-ins and payouts

There will be a $25 buy-in each season, collected through Fantrax. Payouts will be awarded to the top 3 finishers:

First place: $150
Second place: $50
Third place: $25

The above is based off having 9 teams in the league and a $225 prize pool. This can be adjusted if teams are added or removed over time.