Post by philliesgm on Jul 18, 2019 5:56:11 GMT
Tanking is in full force in MLB, and it is also in force in this league. I totally understand tanking, and that everyone has a different way to win in a league like this. However, I've also noticed the shoutbox messages and posts in the trade block thread alluding to inactive owners. So here is my idea for next season to (hopefully) get owners to check in more often. And that is, to enforce a full lineup of MLB players. We can do this one of two ways:
1.) Enforce just the starters, meaning C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF, DH, SPx5, RPx5
Enforcing the starters means that 19 roster spots are taken by active MLB players. That leaves six roster spots for minor league prospects, in addition to the 15 prospect slots that we currently have. The only qualification on the "starters" are that they are on an active, 25 man roster. At what level, the tanking owner can decide, but it still gets them to check in from time to time. That hopefully trickles down to more waiver and trade activity.
Also, this closes a loophole that I saw at least one team exploiting while I was looking through rosters for the Springer sweepstakes, and that was avoiding starting a catcher to not take the hit on stats such as AVG and OPS
2.) Enforce this for the entire 25 man roster
If we were to do this, I would recommend making the minor league roster 20-21 players versus the current 15 that we have right now.
Personally, I am more inclined to the first rather than the second. When I ran a league like this and we also involved salaries, it was also a rule that we have at least the starters covered for our 25 man roster. Of course, we also had full minor league systems, but the principle still stood.
I would also like to see if there would be any consideration for a "Prospect Injured List." The rule I would suggest with that is that you can IL 2-3 prospects who have long-term injuries, such as Tommy John, rotator cuff, torn achilles, torn ACLs, etc. To qualify, the prospect has to be on your roster/minor leagues before the injury, and you can not add an injured player to your roster just to IL them.
1.) Enforce just the starters, meaning C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF, DH, SPx5, RPx5
Enforcing the starters means that 19 roster spots are taken by active MLB players. That leaves six roster spots for minor league prospects, in addition to the 15 prospect slots that we currently have. The only qualification on the "starters" are that they are on an active, 25 man roster. At what level, the tanking owner can decide, but it still gets them to check in from time to time. That hopefully trickles down to more waiver and trade activity.
Also, this closes a loophole that I saw at least one team exploiting while I was looking through rosters for the Springer sweepstakes, and that was avoiding starting a catcher to not take the hit on stats such as AVG and OPS
2.) Enforce this for the entire 25 man roster
If we were to do this, I would recommend making the minor league roster 20-21 players versus the current 15 that we have right now.
Personally, I am more inclined to the first rather than the second. When I ran a league like this and we also involved salaries, it was also a rule that we have at least the starters covered for our 25 man roster. Of course, we also had full minor league systems, but the principle still stood.
I would also like to see if there would be any consideration for a "Prospect Injured List." The rule I would suggest with that is that you can IL 2-3 prospects who have long-term injuries, such as Tommy John, rotator cuff, torn achilles, torn ACLs, etc. To qualify, the prospect has to be on your roster/minor leagues before the injury, and you can not add an injured player to your roster just to IL them.