Thursday, July 30, 2020
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Monday, July 27, 2020
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Friday, July 24, 2020
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
2020 (in to 2021) ADDITIONAL RULES AND FORMAT
In addition to the abbreviated and alternative scheduling format, here are the other rules/changes for this year and heading in to next year.
TRADES:
Trades will be allowed immediately through the abbreviated regular season. So, you can make trades through August 27 with the playoffs starting the next day August 28. ***However, this year (only) there will not be trades involving draft picks for next year allowed.
PAYOUTS:
With the entry fee changing from $150 to $100 for this year only, the payouts will be as followed:
1st: $700
2nd: $300
Most Regular Season Points: $200
KEEPERS FOR 2021:
To try and be fair to owners that tried to load up on draft picks for this year, for 2021 ONLY, we will increase the number of keepers from two to either four or five. If you only keep four, you will have the opportunity to draft in a supplemental draft with other owners only keeping 4 before the official draft begins thereafter.
For example, lets say everyone keeps five players except seed number 7,10, and 12 the draft will look like this at the beginning:
12
10
7
---
12 ***Can start drafting pitching here.
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
2
3, etc.
Also, for 2021 ONLY you cannot keep Starting Pitching or Relief Pitching as one of your 4/5 keepers. I feel like if this rule wasn't included, we could have only 10 pitching staffs or so left before the draft even starts. You will also not be able to draft pitching in the supplemental round if there are any teams in that. Once the regular (official) draft starts, you can draft anyone including pitching as normal. (SEE ABOVE)
If there are any questions or concerns, please let me know. I'm trying to come up with the best way to do things until we (hopefully) get back to normal for 2021 season.
TRADES:
Trades will be allowed immediately through the abbreviated regular season. So, you can make trades through August 27 with the playoffs starting the next day August 28. ***However, this year (only) there will not be trades involving draft picks for next year allowed.
PAYOUTS:
With the entry fee changing from $150 to $100 for this year only, the payouts will be as followed:
1st: $700
2nd: $300
Most Regular Season Points: $200
KEEPERS FOR 2021:
To try and be fair to owners that tried to load up on draft picks for this year, for 2021 ONLY, we will increase the number of keepers from two to either four or five. If you only keep four, you will have the opportunity to draft in a supplemental draft with other owners only keeping 4 before the official draft begins thereafter.
For example, lets say everyone keeps five players except seed number 7,10, and 12 the draft will look like this at the beginning:
12
10
7
---
12 ***Can start drafting pitching here.
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
2
3, etc.
Also, for 2021 ONLY you cannot keep Starting Pitching or Relief Pitching as one of your 4/5 keepers. I feel like if this rule wasn't included, we could have only 10 pitching staffs or so left before the draft even starts. You will also not be able to draft pitching in the supplemental round if there are any teams in that. Once the regular (official) draft starts, you can draft anyone including pitching as normal. (SEE ABOVE)
If there are any questions or concerns, please let me know. I'm trying to come up with the best way to do things until we (hopefully) get back to normal for 2021 season.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
2020 SEASON SCHEDULE
I will lay out the rest of the changes/amendments for this season (and ultimately next for a few issues) in another post. I'm doing the best I can to salvage at least a couple months of fantasy baseball fun. But here will be the format and schedule:
REGULAR SEASON
The regular season will start Thursday July 23 and continue through Thursday August 27. We will be playing everyday. You can field a full lineup everyday, or not, that will be up to you. But the players in your Yahoo lineup will be counted for points on every day. It will not be head to head. A running points total will be used to determine standings 1-12 in the regular season.
I imagine there will times when some are going to be upset when you may not have a pitching staff or a Catcher etc. on a particular day. The sort answer to this issue is...sorry. You can make moves to add players needed to fill out a lineup. You can trade to get a full lineup. But if you for whatever reason cannot on a particular day when not every team plays, please don't bitch and moan about it. This is what some of you guys wanted, so we will deal with the hand given to us for this abbreviated season.
PLAYOFFS
Unlike the abbreviated regular season, the playoffs WILL BE HEAD TO HEAD as we do normally. The top 8 teams will make the playoffs this year with an extra Wild Card round added. The top 2 seeds will receive byes until the Semi Final round as normal. Here will be the playoff schedule:
WILD CARD round (BEST OF 3: 5 vs. 8; 6 vs. 7)
GAME 1: Friday 8/28
GAME 2: Saturday 8/29
GAME 3: Sunday 8/30
DIVISIONAL ROUND (BEST OF 5: **RESEEDED** 3 vs. Lowest Seed; 4 vs. Remaining Seed)
GAME 1: Monday 8/31 (****Padres and Angels ONLY); TUESDAY 9/1
GAME 2: Wednesday 9/2
GAME 3: Friday 9/4
GAME 4: Saturday 9/5
GAME 5: Sunday 9/6
SEMI FINALS (BEST OF 7: **RESEEDED** 1 vs. Lowest Remaining Seed; 2 vs. Remaining Seed)
GAME 1: Tuesday 9/8
GAME 2: Thursday 9/10 (***Dodgers, Astros ONLY); FRIDAY 9/11
GAME 3: Saturday 9/12
GAME 4: Sunday 9/13
GAME 5: Tuesday 9/15
GAME 6: Wednesday 9/16
GAME 7: Friday 9/18
CAN O CORN SERIES (BEST OF 7)
GAME 1: Saturday 9/19
GAME 2: Sunday 9/20
GAME 3: Tuesday 9/22
GAME 4: Wednesday 9/23
GAME 5: Friday 9/25
GAME 6: Saturday 9/26
GAME 7: Sunday 9/27
MORE CHANGES/RULES/PAYOUTS TO COME
REGULAR SEASON
The regular season will start Thursday July 23 and continue through Thursday August 27. We will be playing everyday. You can field a full lineup everyday, or not, that will be up to you. But the players in your Yahoo lineup will be counted for points on every day. It will not be head to head. A running points total will be used to determine standings 1-12 in the regular season.
I imagine there will times when some are going to be upset when you may not have a pitching staff or a Catcher etc. on a particular day. The sort answer to this issue is...sorry. You can make moves to add players needed to fill out a lineup. You can trade to get a full lineup. But if you for whatever reason cannot on a particular day when not every team plays, please don't bitch and moan about it. This is what some of you guys wanted, so we will deal with the hand given to us for this abbreviated season.
PLAYOFFS
Unlike the abbreviated regular season, the playoffs WILL BE HEAD TO HEAD as we do normally. The top 8 teams will make the playoffs this year with an extra Wild Card round added. The top 2 seeds will receive byes until the Semi Final round as normal. Here will be the playoff schedule:
WILD CARD round (BEST OF 3: 5 vs. 8; 6 vs. 7)
GAME 1: Friday 8/28
GAME 2: Saturday 8/29
GAME 3: Sunday 8/30
DIVISIONAL ROUND (BEST OF 5: **RESEEDED** 3 vs. Lowest Seed; 4 vs. Remaining Seed)
GAME 1: Monday 8/31 (****Padres and Angels ONLY); TUESDAY 9/1
GAME 2: Wednesday 9/2
GAME 3: Friday 9/4
GAME 4: Saturday 9/5
GAME 5: Sunday 9/6
SEMI FINALS (BEST OF 7: **RESEEDED** 1 vs. Lowest Remaining Seed; 2 vs. Remaining Seed)
GAME 1: Tuesday 9/8
GAME 2: Thursday 9/10 (***Dodgers, Astros ONLY); FRIDAY 9/11
GAME 3: Saturday 9/12
GAME 4: Sunday 9/13
GAME 5: Tuesday 9/15
GAME 6: Wednesday 9/16
GAME 7: Friday 9/18
CAN O CORN SERIES (BEST OF 7)
GAME 1: Saturday 9/19
GAME 2: Sunday 9/20
GAME 3: Tuesday 9/22
GAME 4: Wednesday 9/23
GAME 5: Friday 9/25
GAME 6: Saturday 9/26
GAME 7: Sunday 9/27
MORE CHANGES/RULES/PAYOUTS TO COME
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