It's okay, DHowser. We've been down this road in other posts. It's been a little bit confusing of a year as the published rules for this year's tournament never made it to the tourney homepage.
On May 19, 2021, Mr. Baseball World published this year's rules here:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=649874As much as I'd also like to believe our finals round would again be a full 8-round non-serpentine draft like it was last year, it's just three rounds this year. As you know, the semifinals this year were a new and unique non-serpentine three round draft with a 3rd player (and ballpark choice option) in round 3. The same holds for this year's finals. You'll see that here, too, where this year's rules say in part:
Playoffs
Semi-Finals
Top 36 Managers play in three leagues of 12
(All 12 playoff qualifiers advance to Tour Champions League)
Start Date: Around November 15
Salary Cap: $80,000,000 (standard)
DH Rule: Yes (standard)
Free Agent Drop Penalty: 5/10/20
There will be a three round non-serpentine draft. Round 3 will be a player and also a unique ballpark to be done on the forum boards. Players will have the option in Round 3 to defer their ballpark pick if anyone feels there is an advantage to picking last so in essence the top seed could be last to select a ballpark, 2nd could be last or just before(depending on whether top seed waited etc The draft order will be the order of finish in tour points. Since each semi-finalist will have already used five different ballparks in Events I-V, they may not re-use those ballparks in the semi-finals. So, if a manager is picking 12th for the live ballpark draft in the semi-finals, he will have to choose from one of the 14 remaining ballparks (30 minus 5, minus 11 ballparks already drafted in that semi-final event).
Champions League
The 12 Semi-Finals playoffs qualifiers in a single 12-team league
Start Date Early February
Salary Cap: $80,000,000 (standard)
DH Rule: Yes (standard)
Free Agent Drop Penalty: 5/10/20
There will be an three round live draft for the Tour Championship, same as the SemiFinals, to be done on the forum boards. The draft will NOT be serpentine for the finals - i.e., the draft order will be repeated in each round. These "seeding" rules for the draft order provide an incentive and a reward for the managers who finish with the highest scores in Events I-V.
Reference is made to the slight change in the point system, adding points accumulated in the semi-finals round to the manager's points total from the qualifying rounds. This will effect the final overall standings, impacting the order of picks in the live draft for the Champions League.
Hope that helps.