Post by Easy Freese on Mar 27, 2019 17:29:16 GMT -5
With the season set to begin tomorrow, just wanted to remind everyone about some new rules set to come into effect this season.
Streaming:
Any player who is sent down to waivers or are recalled from waivers cannot be recalled/sent down for 48 hours. Please note that this only applies to the manager who owns the players contract. Once that player is placed on waivers, he can, still, immediately be claimed by another manager.
Salary Cap:
The salary cap will continue to be $160. Managers will be allowed to trade for/away up to $40. This means that, via trades, a manager can have an available cap of $120 to $200. This does not mean that a teams total salary needs to be in that range. A teams salary can be less then $120. If a team can support a full starting roster on a regular basis for less then $120, that is allowed. However, please note, that at no point during a season can a team ever have a salary greater than $200.
From the time starting at the end of the championship game until roster rollover, you will be allowed to trade for retro cap of any amount. This will be the only time during a calendar year that a manager will be allowed to have an available salary of under $120 or over $200. However, once rollover happens, all teams must be cap compliant again.
* Just want to clarify that this rule will essentially be using the "Current Cap" section of your team page.
** Also important to note that the 120 and 200 cap thresholds will be affected by buyouts. If you are sitting at 160 cap, you cannot buy out a $43 player on a two year deal since that will be a cap hit of $43 and thus reduce you to an available cap of 117, below the 120 floor of current cap.
Injured List rule:
This isnt a new rule as it is increasing flexibility to allow managers to place more players on the injured list who are out for a prolonged period of time who may not be placed on the 60 day IL by their respective MLB teams.
Managers can now place players on the 60 day IL with accompanying evidence regardless of their status on their MLB team. Only evidence from MLB.com or official team websites will be accepted. Any documentation must state that the injured player is out for a minimum of 60 days, 2 months, or 10 weeks. (players said to be out for 8-10 weeks or 1-2 months would not be permitted). Players said to be "out for the year" will only be permitted to be put on IR if said designation is provided prior to August 1st. The reason for this being that many players are often said to be "out for the year" in September when only a few weeks remain, and thus this does not follow the spirit of the rule which is to give roster space for players out long term. In addition to to accepting evidence from the MLB website or individual team website, I have also decided to accept tweets coming from official MLB.com team reporters. Managers choosing to use evidence to place a player on IL must post a link to the source within their posting of the player on IL, otherwise it will not be accepted. Also, please make sure the information provided is specifically from the sources I outlined as acceptable, and include a specific period of time also deemed acceptable. This rule will be narrowly enforced so make sure your source and information fits the acceptable criteria. If you have any questions or there is some doubt about whether a player or source qualifies as acceptable, please reach out to me prior to posting. It is important to note that this new rule is in addition to the current one. If any player is placed on 60 day DL on yahoo, managers are not required to supply proof.
Good Luck everyone!
Streaming:
Any player who is sent down to waivers or are recalled from waivers cannot be recalled/sent down for 48 hours. Please note that this only applies to the manager who owns the players contract. Once that player is placed on waivers, he can, still, immediately be claimed by another manager.
Salary Cap:
The salary cap will continue to be $160. Managers will be allowed to trade for/away up to $40. This means that, via trades, a manager can have an available cap of $120 to $200. This does not mean that a teams total salary needs to be in that range. A teams salary can be less then $120. If a team can support a full starting roster on a regular basis for less then $120, that is allowed. However, please note, that at no point during a season can a team ever have a salary greater than $200.
From the time starting at the end of the championship game until roster rollover, you will be allowed to trade for retro cap of any amount. This will be the only time during a calendar year that a manager will be allowed to have an available salary of under $120 or over $200. However, once rollover happens, all teams must be cap compliant again.
* Just want to clarify that this rule will essentially be using the "Current Cap" section of your team page.
** Also important to note that the 120 and 200 cap thresholds will be affected by buyouts. If you are sitting at 160 cap, you cannot buy out a $43 player on a two year deal since that will be a cap hit of $43 and thus reduce you to an available cap of 117, below the 120 floor of current cap.
Injured List rule:
This isnt a new rule as it is increasing flexibility to allow managers to place more players on the injured list who are out for a prolonged period of time who may not be placed on the 60 day IL by their respective MLB teams.
Managers can now place players on the 60 day IL with accompanying evidence regardless of their status on their MLB team. Only evidence from MLB.com or official team websites will be accepted. Any documentation must state that the injured player is out for a minimum of 60 days, 2 months, or 10 weeks. (players said to be out for 8-10 weeks or 1-2 months would not be permitted). Players said to be "out for the year" will only be permitted to be put on IR if said designation is provided prior to August 1st. The reason for this being that many players are often said to be "out for the year" in September when only a few weeks remain, and thus this does not follow the spirit of the rule which is to give roster space for players out long term. In addition to to accepting evidence from the MLB website or individual team website, I have also decided to accept tweets coming from official MLB.com team reporters. Managers choosing to use evidence to place a player on IL must post a link to the source within their posting of the player on IL, otherwise it will not be accepted. Also, please make sure the information provided is specifically from the sources I outlined as acceptable, and include a specific period of time also deemed acceptable. This rule will be narrowly enforced so make sure your source and information fits the acceptable criteria. If you have any questions or there is some doubt about whether a player or source qualifies as acceptable, please reach out to me prior to posting. It is important to note that this new rule is in addition to the current one. If any player is placed on 60 day DL on yahoo, managers are not required to supply proof.
Good Luck everyone!