Sun Feb 21, 2021 1:51 am
Want to repost this here as we prepare for another season. This is from page 264 when it was stated what rules would change to accommodate for the weird 2020 MLB season.
Here it is cut and pasted:
To answer a couple questions from before:
1. I have decided to do this: If your player chose to OPT-OUT of the MLB season, then you can retain him at no penalty, you just get to carry an extra guy. This is for guys who are on the OPT-OUT list now, not some guy that opts out after 30 games or some such....I am printing out the list NOW so that is what we will use.These players, listed below have already been highlighted in red on your roster on our website under rosters. they don't count as part of your 30 man roster. done on 2/20/2021
2. Stadium rules will stay the same. You will still have the chance to change stadiums if you are in the bottom 8 or your stadium values change by a total of +/- 15 or by +/- 5 in any one area
3. ALL prospects will have their "year drafted" bumped by 1 year. Thus if you have Joe Blow '19 he will become Joe Blow '20 and if you have Tommy Smith '20 he will become Tommy Smith '21. They will still get 2 years from this new date to be promoted or dropped.
This has been done on the league roster page as of 2/16/2021
4. Due to #3 above, all owners may carry 14 prospects for next year but then will have a tough call to make in the Spring of 2022 you will have to get back down to 10 again.
Here is the list of players that Opted Out of the 2020 season. If you have one of these guys, you can retain him and it doesn't count as one of your 30 roster spots. they will be highlighted in red on your team roster
Braves: Felix Hernandez
Brewers: Lorenzo Cain, Shelby Miller
Cardinals: Jordan Hicks
D'backs: Mike Leake
Dodgers: David Price
Giants: Buster Posey
Marlins: Isan Diaz
Mets: Yoenis Cespedes, Marcus Stroman
Nationals: Joe Ross, Ryan Zimmerman, Wellington Castillo
Orioles: Kohl Stewart
Pirates: Hector Noesi
Red Sox: Collin McHugh
Rockies: Ian Desmond, Tim Collins
White Sox: Michael Kopech
Free Agents: Tyson Ross, Francisco Liriano
**I know that Markakis opted out but has since opted back in and is playing. Cespedes had 30 at bats and then opted out. He counts as opted out as it occurred before my August 15th announcement. Anybody that opts out now is still considered active. Don't want to run into situations where a guy on a bad team that is out of it chooses to opt out after 40 games or some such. Therefore the list is as of 8/15. I got this from multiple sources online. If you see a guy is missing please let me know asap and I'll research it.
*** all this assumes that the 2021 baseball season is back to normal and minor league and major league baseball occur as usual.
