Post by Rockies GM (Joey) on Nov 22, 2022 19:42:51 GMT -6
1. Lottery for draft (discussion)
* Recently real life MLB implemented a draft lottery involving the non-playoff teams. The top 6 picks would be determined via lottery instead of record. This would help us curtail some tanking issues potentially.
* I am not sure if we should go this direction or not but I think it's something that we should discuss and if enough people think it's worth voting on then we should do so after we discuss it. I do believe tanking has been a bit of an issue here and this might be the easiest way to address that situation without making rule changes.
2. Potential Penalty for teams who leave guys on IL longer than 2 days beyond the stats ding as this has been a repeat issue that should not be an issue considering you are sent an email and it shows up on your fantrax roster page.
* This has continued to be a reoccurring issue for teams and honestly I am not sure why. You get a 2 day buffer period as it is to make a move to get a guy off IL yet some teams leaving guys on their beyond affecting not only them but their opponent and potentially the rest of the league via standings. One idea would be you get 1 warning then next time it happens you drop a draft spot each time it happens. Open to other potential penalties as well so if you have any suggest them as part of the discussion phase.
3. Minors - this continues to be an issue and if I have to come up with some kind of draft penalty for teams to have better minors it will be considered. Everyone at bare minimum should have some kind of draft history as well as players gained/lost.
* See #2 about 1 warning then some kind of penalty for it not being done.
4. Expanded Playoffs (discussion) - this is much more complex than yes or no.
* If we were to expand playoffs adding another round that would mean we would likely have to add some type of double matchup week in order to maintain our current balanced schedules. Currently we have 4 schedules that were created for our league that we rotate each year.
5. All-Star Week: Short Vs Long
* We have always done short all-star week but if we wanted to make it a long all-star week it would be similar to expanded playoffs which would likely require a double week somewhere (likely at start of year or in middle of year but not final week of season). We generally do a long first week then the World Series can also go longer than 7 days depending on when the season ends.
6. Opening Day Roster - What you have listed on OPENING DAY on fantrax is what will be marked on spreadsheet as your opening day roster this includes players on IL so if you do not want those guys listed as being on IL on roster page PUT THEM IN MINORS otherwise once they come off IL you will have to make a roster move to create a roster spot for them or demote them via normal channels (waivers, waiver pass or rookie rule). This also goes for guys who you want in paid minors not on roster page they need to be put in minors (if they qualify) BEFORE opening day they are not allowed to be freely moved after opening day NO EXCEPTION.
* This will be a straight acknowledgement once we move to that phrase.
7. World Series End Date should we discuss this? Options would be 7 days only or until end of season.
8. Anything others would like to bring up to be added
These are all discussion topics. If there is enough interest in them we would move to a vote or acknowledging changes moving forward whichever was decided.
Deadline to discuss will be Nov 30th. After that we will either do nothing, vote on changes or acknowledge changes (or some combo of these).
* Recently real life MLB implemented a draft lottery involving the non-playoff teams. The top 6 picks would be determined via lottery instead of record. This would help us curtail some tanking issues potentially.
* I am not sure if we should go this direction or not but I think it's something that we should discuss and if enough people think it's worth voting on then we should do so after we discuss it. I do believe tanking has been a bit of an issue here and this might be the easiest way to address that situation without making rule changes.
2. Potential Penalty for teams who leave guys on IL longer than 2 days beyond the stats ding as this has been a repeat issue that should not be an issue considering you are sent an email and it shows up on your fantrax roster page.
* This has continued to be a reoccurring issue for teams and honestly I am not sure why. You get a 2 day buffer period as it is to make a move to get a guy off IL yet some teams leaving guys on their beyond affecting not only them but their opponent and potentially the rest of the league via standings. One idea would be you get 1 warning then next time it happens you drop a draft spot each time it happens. Open to other potential penalties as well so if you have any suggest them as part of the discussion phase.
3. Minors - this continues to be an issue and if I have to come up with some kind of draft penalty for teams to have better minors it will be considered. Everyone at bare minimum should have some kind of draft history as well as players gained/lost.
* See #2 about 1 warning then some kind of penalty for it not being done.
4. Expanded Playoffs (discussion) - this is much more complex than yes or no.
* If we were to expand playoffs adding another round that would mean we would likely have to add some type of double matchup week in order to maintain our current balanced schedules. Currently we have 4 schedules that were created for our league that we rotate each year.
5. All-Star Week: Short Vs Long
* We have always done short all-star week but if we wanted to make it a long all-star week it would be similar to expanded playoffs which would likely require a double week somewhere (likely at start of year or in middle of year but not final week of season). We generally do a long first week then the World Series can also go longer than 7 days depending on when the season ends.
6. Opening Day Roster - What you have listed on OPENING DAY on fantrax is what will be marked on spreadsheet as your opening day roster this includes players on IL so if you do not want those guys listed as being on IL on roster page PUT THEM IN MINORS otherwise once they come off IL you will have to make a roster move to create a roster spot for them or demote them via normal channels (waivers, waiver pass or rookie rule). This also goes for guys who you want in paid minors not on roster page they need to be put in minors (if they qualify) BEFORE opening day they are not allowed to be freely moved after opening day NO EXCEPTION.
* This will be a straight acknowledgement once we move to that phrase.
7. World Series End Date should we discuss this? Options would be 7 days only or until end of season.
8. Anything others would like to bring up to be added
These are all discussion topics. If there is enough interest in them we would move to a vote or acknowledging changes moving forward whichever was decided.
Deadline to discuss will be Nov 30th. After that we will either do nothing, vote on changes or acknowledge changes (or some combo of these).
