 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).
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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 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 = 5 SPs, 4 RPs
- 6 bench spots with no positional 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: 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 at their primary position (as dictated by CBS Sportsline) as well
any positions they've played 15 games last year or this year.
- 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 1 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 CBS 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 CBS,
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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| 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 $100 to the commish PRIOR to the draft. This
money (minus $150 Sportsline charges as of 2009) will go into a prize pool for
the top 4 finishers as well as a "2nd half prize" awarded to the best
roto total for the 2nd half of the season by a team NOT finishing in the
top 4.
- If you don't have your money in one week prior to the draft, you'll
be replaced. None of this money will be kept - it will all go back to the winner(s).
- End of season payouts for 2009 are as follows:
1st = $625
2nd = $300
3rd = $175
4th = $100
2nd half = $50
- Note that monthly prizes have been eliminated
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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.
- Except under special circumstances, rules will NEVER be changed during a season
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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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