Jesse’s Fantasy Baseball League

Established 1997

Constitution

Updated 03/24/2006

Entry Fees

The entry fee is $15 per team. The entry fees will be used for the draft expenses and plaques for regular season and playoff champions.

League Web Page

The league web page can be accessed by going to www.angelfire.com/ky/mindel/.

Rosters

Rosters will be filled at the league draft. Each team will be made up of 18 players. Each roster includes two additional spots reserved for players who are on the disabled list. By disabling a player who is on the disabled list, you can replace him on the regular roster with a free agent. Once a player comes off the disabled list, he must be returned to the regular roster. Rosters will be filled at the league draft.

Protected Players

Each season, returning league members will vote to protect 0, 1, or 2 players from their previous season roster. The vote is held at the beginning of the draft. If the vote is tied between returning teams, the lowest number involved in the tie will be used. If the returning players vote to protect 1 or 2 players, each returning team will have the option to choose that number of players from their previous year’s roster to protect. Each returning team does not have to protect players. If a team decides not to protect a player or players from their roster, they will enter an auxiliary round(s) held at the beginning of the draft between teams that did not protect a player. The order of each auxiliary round selection will be determined randomly. If the returning league members vote to protect 2 players, any team may protect one player and select their second player in an auxiliary round.

Draft

The draft order will be determined in one of two ways. If no one is protected, the draft order will be determined randomly. If the returning members elect to protect players, the draft order will be determined by the following method. The first group of picks will go to the returning teams who did not make the playoffs in the previous year The team with the worst record will receive the first pick, the team with the best record will receive the last pick. The next group of picks will be randomly awarded to new members to the league. The final group of picks will go the teams who made the playoffs from the previous year. The order will be determined by regular season record from the previous year. The team with the worst record will receive the first pick; the team with the best record will receive the last pick. The playoff champion from the previous year will receive the last pick, no matter what record they had in the previous regular season. The order of picks will reverse in each even numbered round of the draft.

Regular Season

The league consists of 12 teams divided equally into 3 divisions, the Red Division, the White Division, and the Blue Division.

Divisions are determined by the following method:

1)     Teams in draft positions 1, 4, 7, and 10 make up the Red Division.

2)     Teams in draft positions 2, 5, 8, and 11 make up the White Division.

3) Teams in draft positions 3, 6, 9, and 12 make up the Blue Division.

Each team will play a 22 game double round robin schedule during the regular season. Each game lasts from Monday to Sunday. In the event the season begins before the first Monday of the Major League regular schedule, the games played before Monday count during the first week. In addition, the All Star game in July does not count in our regular season.

Positions

Each team fields ten players each week. The positions consist of a first baseman, a second baseman, a third baseman, a short stop, a catcher, 4 outfielders, and a designated hitter. To be eligible at a position, a player must have played 20 games at that position in the previous season or five games at that position during the current season. All players are eligible to be designated hitters.

Lineups

Lineup changes can be made up to 1:00 PM each Monday for the week of games. You can, however, contact the commissioner to change your lineup after this time under these criteria:

The player being reserved first scheduled game time for the week has not started and the player being activated first scheduled game time for the week has not started.

Scoring

Players earn points each day of the week from their offensive statistics.

Categories and points earned include:

Hits                             2 Points

Doubles                      3 Points

Triples                        4 Points

Home Runs                5 Points

Runs                           2 Points

RBI’s                           3 Points

Walks                         1 Point

Stolen Bases             1 Point  

Sacrifices                   1 Point

Hit By Pitch                1 Point

Players also earn bonus points each day for having between 3 and 6 of any of the categories listed above. Bonus points are not awarded for any combination of categories. Bonuses are not awarded for the accumulation of statistics from different days. Bonus points are awarded, however, for the accumulation of statistics during a double header.

Bonus Points:

3 of any category            4 Points

4 of any category            8 Points

5 of any category            12 Points

6 of any category            16 Points

Roster Moves

Roster moves can be made in two ways:

1. Pickups: Each team may request to pickup free agents throughout each week until Sunday evening at 6 PM. At that time, pickups are processed according to league standings. The team with the worst record has all of his moves processed first. The process is repeated until the team with the best record has all of his moves processed last. Contingency moves may be made in the event a free agent is no longer available when your moves are processed. When more than 1 team has the same record, total points accumulated so far during the season is used to determine pickup order. If teams have the same record as well as the same amount of total points accumulated for the season, pickup order is determined randomly by TQ Stats. Once a player is picked up, he is eligible to be used during the following week after the pickup. Free agents may not be picked up until the end of the first week of the season. Pickup order for the end of week 1 is based on total points for each team after the Saturday night of the first week of the season. Pickups maybe made at the start of the playoffs but not after the playoffs begin. No team may have more than 18 players on their regular roster at any time.

Instructions on how to pickup players using the TQ Stats free agent system are as follows:

1.      Select "Free Agent Bids" from the "Make Moves" menu.

2.      Select either "Replace Player In Starting Lineup With Free Agent" or "Replace Bench Player With Free Agent.

3.      Select player to replace from either your starting lineup or bench. The player you replace

4.      Select free agent from list of free agents.

5.      Select "Submit Claim" from top of page.

If you want to select additional free agents, repeat the same process using

If you want to make contingent picks, (i.e. If you do not receive player A, then you would add Player B instead, and so on), select a second player and choose the same player to drop. You can use as many contingent picks as you want. The program will stop as soon as you are awarded the first person you select for each slot.

You can change your contingency order for each slot by selecting "Change Move Priority" from the "Free Agent Bidding" screen.

You can delete your free agent bids by selecting "Delete Moves" from the "Free Agent Bidding Screen".

Remember, your roster can not exceed more than 18 players. You can release players in one of two ways.

1.      Once you sign on, select "Make Transaction". Change the player you want to drop status from reserve or active to release.

2.      Once you sign on, select "Free Agent Bidding". Select Make "Contingent Releases". You can select players to be released from this screen. The program will automatically release these players as you pick up free agents. You can also change the order of these selections by selecting "Change Waive/Release Priority" from the "Free Agent Bidding" screen. You can delete these selections by selecting "Delete Contingent Releases/Waives" from the "Free Agent Bidding" screen.

2. Trades: Teams may make trades between the start of the draft and the end of week 17 of the regular season. The end of each week is at 11:59 PM Sunday night. All trades take effect at the start of the following week after the trade is made. Trades may only involve players or future draft picks. No conditional trades are allowed. Once a player is traded from a roster, the traded player may not be traded back to the original roster for a period of 12 months. The player may, however, be claimed as a free agent or drafted in the following draft. No team may have more than 18 players on their roster at any time.

Playoffs

Eight teams reach the playoffs. In the Quarterfinals, Game 1 will be Seed 1 vs. Seed 8. Game 2 will be Seed 2 vs. Seed 7. Game 3 will be Seed 3 vs. Seed 6. Game 4 will be Seed 4 vs. Seed 5. Division champions get the first two seeds. The division champion with he best record receives Seed 1; the division champion with the second best record will receive Seed 2; the division champion with the third best record will receive Seed 3. Seeds 4 to 8 will be awarded to the 5 teams among the remaining nine teams in the league with the best records. In the event of a tie, see the procedures on a tie-breaker listed below. The winners of each quarterfinal game will advance to the semifinals. The winner between Seeds 1 & 8 will play the winner between Seeds 4 & 5. The winner between Seeds 2 & 7 will play the winner between Seeds 3 & 6. The winners of each semifinal game will meet the following week to decide which team is the grand master of Fantasy Baseball!

Tie Breakers

If more than one team is tied for a playoff seed or draft position, the higher seed or draft position will be awarded to the team who won head-to-head games between the tied teams during the regular season. If head-to-head records can not break a tiebreaker, the higher seed or draft position will be awarded to the team with the most points scored head-to-head between the tied teams during the regular season.

Awards

Each division champion will receive a trophy. The playoff champion will also receive a trophy. Each week the active player with the most points will receive the player of the week award. The final week of the major league season is our all-star game. The commissioner chooses the all stars based on total points throughout the season. Each league team will have at least one all-star representative. The player with the most points throughout the season from each division will receive the MVP award.

Winter Meetings

Each year, the commissioner will hold an electronic winter meeting by e-mail from January 1 to February 15. Each league member will receive e-mails concerning information and updates to our league. If a league member does not respond to topics discussed during the meeting, the commissioner will assume the member has no comment regarding that issue. The commissioner encourages all league members to make suggestions throughout the entire year.