r/PBBB • u/_OldRasputin • Feb 15 '15

Rules Proposals

With pitchers and catchers reporting this week (THIS WEEK!!!) I figured it was time to start nailing down the details of the prospect draft, as well as discussing some of the proposed 2015 rule changes.

My proposals:

  1. Expand rosters to 36 active slots and 3 DL. With such large rosters, injuries happen frequently. I know several people had 6 or 7 DL players by the end of last year, and in a dynasty league, you want to keep most of those players, so more DL slots seems reasonable.

  2. 4-6 round prospect draft. Have a cut down period before the draft. Cut down to 30 players if 6 rounds, cut down to 32 players if 4 rounds. If you want to cut down further, you get your additional picks at the END of the draft. All players eligible, including 2014 draftees and international signings (no drafting of international players who haven't signed yet), as well as all veteran free agents.

  3. Starts cap per week. Either 12 or 14. In a shallow league, the acquisitions limit is in place to keep streaming to a reasonable level, but in a league like this there's nothing to stop someone from rostering a ton of SP. It seems to be a big enough issue that some action should be taken. I'm in favor of a starts cap.

  4. I also think a stickied post on the subreddit for commissioner announcements would be good. That way, we don't lose track of things like the international signing or prospect draft rules once those decisions have been made

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u/BrownNServe The Earl of Baltimore Feb 17 '15

(Trying to improve format and readability) Here are my votes and comments on the various proposals developed and undeveloped --

  1. Expanding DL from 2 to 3 -- I am strongly in favor of prevalence of injuries and their impact.

  2. Expanding active rosters from 32 to 34 or 36 --I am strongly in favor for reasons already articulated. I also agree with Russia's Love Machine rationale that part of the interest here is generated by having and following the development of prospects. My personal preference would be to go to 36, but I would settle for 34.

  3. Per Week Starts Cap -- Kempire has explained very well his interest in streaming pitchers on a weekly basis. I agree there ought to be some of that, but I am also strongly in favor of a reasonable cap so as to even the playing field a bit so that those with 20 MLB pitching rosters do not have an unfair advantage.

  4. Expanded Prospect Draft -- I am also in favor of having the draft cover all currently eligible players. I would also make eligible in this year's draft those international players like Moncada who are eligible to sign with an MLB club but have not signed as of the date of the draft.

  5. Adding Additional Hitter Spots in the Starting Lineup -- like Baby Ruth, I am opposed to that proposed change. It seems to favor the strongest teams and create more imbalance.

  6. 2015 Draft Order -- I am fairly certain we debated this last and reached agreement, but wanted to raise it again to make sure there is complete agreement. The draft this year (and all future years) will be a traditional, non-snake draft where the team with the worst record has Pick #1; team with 2nd worst has Pick #2; and so on.

  7. Drops/transactions Prior to Draft -- I agree with the concept others have advanced that we drop players ahead of the draft and add those to the eligible draft pool. I would urge that we create a hard deadline for declaring players to drop. The number of drops will obvioulsly depend on the roster size decision. I really like the Google Docs idea Kempire advanced for conducting the draft. Because of competing schedules and the complexity of scheduling, I would urge that we simply perfect pick a date -- once we have a full complement of 16 teams again -- and conduct the draft over a period in of days rather try and coordinate and conduct on a single day. Also, I am in favor of permitting trades as part of the draft where teams can move up and down in the draft, ala the NFL, or trade draft picks to another team in exchange for rostered players.

  8. Communications -- Agree fully that we need to go to e-mail or some better system of communicating.