New for 2009, we'll be adding 2 optional minor league roster spots.
Prior to 2013 the minor league roster was expanded
to 3 players. Here are the rules (subject to refinement)
Prior to the 2014 season, the format of the minor
league draft and the details of keeping minor league players were
changed.
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Qualification: In order to qualify to be placed in a minor league roster spot, a player CANNOT have met accumulated 130 AB or 50 IP total in a single season or 45 days on an active major league roster (the MLB definition of rooke). |
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Three Minor League Spots: Minor
leaguers roster spots will be filled via a 3 round
draft held BEFORE the standard / "free agent" draft.
The draft order for the minor league draft will be the
inverse of the previous year standings and will NOT
snake. |
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Contract Immunity: There are no
restrictions on how long a player can be kept in a
minor league roster spot UNTIL they achieve MLB rookie
of year eligibility (130 AB or 50 IP in a single
season). Once this happens, a player MUST be signed to
a contract regardless of whether they have been on
your active roster or not. Special bonus years are
applied for players signed after being drafted as
minor leaguer - if you sign a ML player 1 year, you
get to keep him for 2; 2 gets you 4 years and 3 gets
you 6 keeper years. The bonus is phased out at that
point but you can add additional years to the contract
if you wish (i.e. 4 year contract allows you to keep
for 7, 5 for 8, etc). |
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Transactions: Minor leaguers can called up to your regular DBBL roster, dropped or traded to another DBBL team but free agent minor leaguers can ONLY be added to minor league rosters during the minor league draft. That is to say if you drop or trade away a minor league roster player, the ONLY way you can replace him prior to the next minor league draft is by acquiring another player currently on some other DBBL team's minor league roster. Also, once a minor league player is "called up" to a regular DBBL roster, he cannot be moved back to any minor league roster spot (even for another team) unless he is dropped and drafted again in the next minor league draft. |
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Minor Leaguers on Regular Roster: None of the rules above apply to minor leaguers on your regular roster. So there is no restriction on keeping minor leaguers on your regular DBBL roster but contract immunity obviously does not apply in this case and those players cannot be "sent down" to your minor leaguer roster after spending time on your regular roster. |
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Miscellaneous: Existence on CBS (or whatever site we may be using) is NOT required in order for a player to be placed on a minor league roster - we'll just use place holders in that case. |
Last updated: February 15, 2014