Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:01 pm
Rules:
1. Salary Cap - $225 Million. DH: allowed. Waivers: Yes. Drops: 5%/10%/20%.
2. No NEL players cards allowed, with the exception of two (2) NEL players allocated to NL Easy Division. Also, Satchel Paige's Cleveland card can be used by the AL Central Manager.
3. High Card Determines Ownership Thru Draft - for example, Mark McGwire is owned by the NL Central (St. Louis Cardinals) manager. If he is not selected during the initial draft, he may be picked up thru waivers or after by the AL West Manager.
4. A Manager can only use a player's card that represents a team in the respective division, For example, the NL Central Manager could not use a Mark McGwire A's card. Exception: any pre-1900 players acquired thru Rule 11 below.
5. All prior teams of a franchise belong to the respective division manager. For example, the NL West Dodgers include the Brooklyn Dodgers, the AL West Oakland A's include the Philadelphia A's, etc.
6. The National League East (Washington Nationals) will get allocated the Washington db pre- and post- franchises, as well as the Montreal Expos.
7. The St. Louis Browns belong to the AL East (Baltimore Orioles).
8. A Manager may not drop a starting Pitcher, choose one of his different cards, and then pitch him again in the following series. For example, Greg Maddux cannot start in Series 1 with one card, then get dropped and another Maddux card is used in Series 2.
9. If a player is injured, a Manager is allowed to drop that player's card and pick up a different card (as long as it belongs to a team in that division) for that same player. For example, the AL West Manager can drop an injured Al Simmons and pick up a different Al Simmons. However, such Manager could not drop an injured Nap Lajoie and pick up a different Nap Lajoie - since his other cards are for Cleveland (different division).
10. Ross Barnes is assigned to the National League East Division.
11. For any other pre-1900 players not on a specific franchise roster list (i.e., the roster of a deadball team from the drop-down menu), the league will utilize Baseball Reference as the guideline for which team/division has the rights to such player. If a pre-1900 player is not referenced by Baseball Reference to any specific franchise, such player may be acquired (drafted, thru waivers, etc.) by any division.
