 Misson Statement |
The DBBL is a league for people who are fantasy
addicts and tend to be drunk bums with beer guts (although the
latter is not a requirement). The goal is to have an extremely
competitive and fun league, where all owners actively
participate by continually maintaining as competitive of a
roster as possible and taking part in league goings-on (i.e.
responding to ALL emails, polls, trade offers, etc). |
| Anti-competitive
Behavior |
Anti and / or non competitive behavior will not be
permitted or tolerated. In other words, dropping a guy with 50
hrs in order to tank it for the 1st pick ain't gonna fly. And
fielding a lineup / roster with a bunch of bums / injured guys
when there are clearly better guys available on waivers may be
grounds to start the process of replacing you with a new, more
active owner. And if you continually fail to answer emails /
trade offers, it's a safe bet you're not long for the DBBL
though I do understand we all have lives that do take precedence
over fantasy. |
| Player Pool |
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| Roster & Starting
Lineup |
- 9 hitters = C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, 3 OFs, Util
- 9 pitchers (no specific requirements)
- 7 bench spots with no positional requirements
- 3 minor league roster spots (see section below for
requirements)
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| Scoring |
- Straight rotisserie system
- Maximum number of points you can get for hitting and
pitching are equal
- 6 hitting stat: R, TB, RBI, SB, OBP, KO
- 6 pitching stats: QS, SV, HD, KO, ERA, WHIP
- For the 2024 season these will change to QS, W, SV + HD,
KO, ERA, WHIP
- Breaking ties in the standings:
- 1st tie breaker: number of statistical categories won
vs the other team(s) in the tie
- 2nd tie breaker: a point total based ONLY on batter
runs and pitcher ERA is calculated for the teams
involved - the team with the higher scoring total in
those 2 stats wins since those would seem to be the most
indicative stats of "winning" baseball
- 3rd tie breaker: batter home runs (b/c chicks dig the
long ball)
- 4th and final tie breaker: WHIP (will calculate to as
many digits necessary to break any tie)
- MLB tie breaker games: any games beyond the standard 162
regular season games do NOT count towards DBBL standings.
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| Minimums &
Maximums |
- In order to be eligible for prize contention you must
accumulate a minimum of 3500 at bats and 800 innings pitched
by end of year
- Each of the 9 starting hitter position is limited to 162
games played.
- Your 9 active pitching slots cannot total more than 162
games started and 280 relief appearances. (An average of 33
starts for each SP and 70 appearances for each RP).
- Once you have reached the maximum number of games for a
given position, you will no longer accumulate stats for that
position.
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| Eligibility |
- Hitters are eligible for use only at the slots which ESPN
deems them eligible (see ESPN rules)
- Everyone is eligible at UT but note some players can ONLY
play UT (i.e. true DHs like Frank Thomas)
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| Transactions and
Trades |
- Lineups may be set daily.
- There are no limits on the number of transactions made.
- Dropped players remain on waivers for at least 2 day(s).
If they are not claimed during this time they become
unrestricted free agents and are first come, first serve
- Trades are subject to a 2-day voting period. If a majority
of non-involved owners formally protest the trade (via the
protest feature on the ESPN site), the trade will
automatically be vetoed. Note: posting "this trade is BS" on
the site does NOT count as a protest - you have to click the
veto / protest button on the trade page!
- "Team Physical" - just like MLB trades, there is a "team
physical" before a trade is finalized. In other words, if a
player involved in a trade gets hurt anytime BEFORE the
trade is actually processed by ESPN, the party receiving
damaged goods may back out of the deal.
- No trades can be made after the trade deadline of 8/31
until after the season has ended at which time limited
trading is allowed (see below)
- Off or pre season trading is limited to contract players
and draft picks. If you don't award a player a contract, you
can't trade him once the regular sesaon trade deadline
passes.
- Note that if you trade away a draft pick, your prize money
for next season immediately becomes due and must be received
within 2 weeks of making the trade. If you're going to trade
away next season's picks we gotta ensure you don't quit and
leave a dead team with no draft picks behind!
- If payment is not made in the required time, your team
will be come INELIGIBLE for any prize money
- Trading of draft picks is forbidden between the completion
of the annual DBBL draft and June 15th. That is, in season
trades cannot include draft picks until AFTER June 15th.
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| Drafts |
DBBL rosters will be drafted in two separate
drafts.
- Minor league draft: a 3 round draft held prior to the
"free agent draft". Only available players who have NOT
reached major league rookie eligibility (meaning they have
less than 130 AB or 50 IP and less than 45 days on an active
roster). The order for this draft is
the reverse of the previous season's standings.
- Free agent draft: consists of as
many rounds as necessary to fill all rosters. Any
available player is eligible but they MUST exist in the
system of whatever league management site we are using.
The order is determined according to the lottery section
directly below. The order does NOT snake.
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Fred Agent Draft
Order Lottery
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Starting with the 2014 draft, the order of
selection among non money winning teams will be determined by
lottery. The lottery will give slightly better chance of winning
the higher you finished the previous season - see table below.
Hence it behooves you to participate the entire season and go
for the highest finish.
Teams that win money (currently 1st thru 3rd) will draft in the
usual reverse of standings order (so 3rd place team will draft
12th, ..., 1st place team drafts 14th)
| Finish |
%AGE |
RANGE |
| 4 |
14 |
87-100 |
| 5 |
13 |
74-86 |
| 6 |
12 |
62-73 |
| 7 |
11 |
51-61 |
| 8 |
10 |
41-50 |
| 9 |
9 |
32-40 |
| 10 |
8 |
24-31 |
| 11 |
7 |
17-23 |
| 12 |
6 |
11-16 |
| 13 |
5 |
6-10 |
| 14 |
5 |
1-5 |
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| Contract Keeper
League |
- This is a "keeper" league. Please refer to the contract
rules for more info
- There is also a minor league roster. The rules
are explained here
- Anyone LATE submitting new contracts, will be penalized.
They will lose 1 contract year for every day their list is
late.
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| Anti-competitive
Behavior |
- Anti and / or non competitive behavior will not be
permitted or tolerated. In other words, dropping a guy with
50 hrs in order to tank it for the 1st pick ain't gonna fly.
And fielding a lineup / roster with a bunch of bums /
injured guys when there are clearly better guys available on
waivers may be grounds to start the process of replacing you
with a new, more active owner. And if you continually fail
to answer emails / trade offers, it's a safe bet you're not
long for the DBBL.
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| Prize / Entry Fee |
- EVERY owner will be required to hand over $150 to the
commish PRIOR to the draft. This money is split among the
top 3 at end of season
- End of season payouts are as follows:
1st = $1200
2nd = $600
3rd = $300
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| Rule Changes |
- We're always open to adding new rules / modifying existing
ones.
- Any rule changes will always be conducted via majority
vote but for certain high impact changes the commish can
require a 70% majority for something to pass
- Except under special circumstances, rules will NEVER be
changed during a season and rules that materially affect
scoring are announced 1 full season before going into effect
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| Errors and Omissions |
- If something comes up that isn't covered here, or is just
plain wrong here, we will attempt to resolve the issue via a
majority vote.
- Failing that, the all powerful and benovelent commish has
the final say.
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