Post by Chris - D-Town Diamond Dusters on Jan 12, 2014 23:21:34 GMT -8
Article 16. Keepers
A. Teams are allowed to keep any number of Major League players for the next season, so long as the following guidelines are met:
1. The cumulative Point Value (Salary) of all players being kept does not exceed 250 (for the 2014 season. A salary cap reduction is currently under review for future seasons).
2. A player may not be kept for more than 2 consecutive years, counting the year in which they were drafted (This rule does not come into play if a player has his contract extended, as outlined in Article 12).
3. A team has enough eligible draft picks to keep the players they wish to keep (As will be outlined in Sect. IV).
B. Any minor leaguer who maintains his rookie eligibility, and has an M contract, may be kept for the next season as a minor league keeper, without a penalty against the MLB keeper cap. There is no minor league keeper cap.
C. No more than 5 rookie-eligible players may be kept as minor league keepers.
D. Post season extensions (i.e. $5 per year) will be due to Commish no later than a to-be-determined date between January 31st and February 14th. Failure to provide a keeper list will result in all 0 year contract players being dropped. All players receiving a post season extension will be required to remain on the extending team’s roster until Opening Day of the next MLB season (regardless of injury, suspensions, or MLB contract status).
E. All other keepers (regular $3 per year as well as minor league keepers with an M in their contract) will be due to the Commish no later than one week prior to the draft (CHOOSE A DATE) to allow for setup of the league. Keepers from each team will be made public at least 5 days prior to the draft.
F. Failure to provide a list of keepers may be considered as abandoning the team and the Commish may, at his discretion, find a replacement owner for the team. For every day a keeper list is late (assuming the Commish does not revoke ownership), one draft pick will be forfeited for each day late starting with the last available pick and working up to higher picks.
Article 17. Draft Picks Forfeited for Keepers
A. Owners shall forfeit draft picks in the following season’s major league or minor league portion of the draft in exchange for keeping players from the previous season.
B. If a player with a Point Value (Salary) of 35 is kept, the owner will forfeit their 1st round pick. If a player worth 34 is kept, the owner will forfeit their 2nd round pick, and so on, down to a player worth 6 points, which would forfeit the 30th round pick. Any players with a salary of less than 6 (IE: minor league draftee being kept on the MLB roster) would forfeit the lowest available draft pick.
C. If an owner chooses to keep two or more players who possess the same value, the owner would then forfeit the next lowest eligible pick(s).
IE- Owner A decides to keep two players who have a value of 30. The owner would then forfeit their 6th round pick, as well as the next available pick. This may be a 7th round pick, but could possibly be lower if the owner is also keeping a player worth 29 points.
D. If an owner has traded a draft pick that is tied to the value of one of his requested keepers, the next lower eligible pick would then be forfeited.
IE- An owner wants to keep a 35 point player, but had previously traded his first round draft pick. The next unaccounted for draft pick would then be forfeited.
E. The next higher draft pick may be forfeited by keeping multiple players with the same value under the following circumstance:
1. The owner does not possess a lower eligible draft pick.
IE- An owner keeps 3 players that are worth 7 points. Since the draft pick worth 7 points (29th round) would be used as well as the next lower pick, there would be none remaining for the 3rd player being kept. It would then be necessary to forfeit the next highest available pick (28th round or higher).
F. An owner may only keep as many players as they have draft picks. If an owner has traded away 10 draft picks for the next year’s draft, then the maximum amount of players that could be kept would be 20.
G. Players who are kept as minors keepers also require the forfeiture of draft picks from the five-round minors draft, following the format outlined above.
A. Teams are allowed to keep any number of Major League players for the next season, so long as the following guidelines are met:
1. The cumulative Point Value (Salary) of all players being kept does not exceed 250 (for the 2014 season. A salary cap reduction is currently under review for future seasons).
2. A player may not be kept for more than 2 consecutive years, counting the year in which they were drafted (This rule does not come into play if a player has his contract extended, as outlined in Article 12).
3. A team has enough eligible draft picks to keep the players they wish to keep (As will be outlined in Sect. IV).
B. Any minor leaguer who maintains his rookie eligibility, and has an M contract, may be kept for the next season as a minor league keeper, without a penalty against the MLB keeper cap. There is no minor league keeper cap.
C. No more than 5 rookie-eligible players may be kept as minor league keepers.
D. Post season extensions (i.e. $5 per year) will be due to Commish no later than a to-be-determined date between January 31st and February 14th. Failure to provide a keeper list will result in all 0 year contract players being dropped. All players receiving a post season extension will be required to remain on the extending team’s roster until Opening Day of the next MLB season (regardless of injury, suspensions, or MLB contract status).
E. All other keepers (regular $3 per year as well as minor league keepers with an M in their contract) will be due to the Commish no later than one week prior to the draft (CHOOSE A DATE) to allow for setup of the league. Keepers from each team will be made public at least 5 days prior to the draft.
F. Failure to provide a list of keepers may be considered as abandoning the team and the Commish may, at his discretion, find a replacement owner for the team. For every day a keeper list is late (assuming the Commish does not revoke ownership), one draft pick will be forfeited for each day late starting with the last available pick and working up to higher picks.
Article 17. Draft Picks Forfeited for Keepers
A. Owners shall forfeit draft picks in the following season’s major league or minor league portion of the draft in exchange for keeping players from the previous season.
B. If a player with a Point Value (Salary) of 35 is kept, the owner will forfeit their 1st round pick. If a player worth 34 is kept, the owner will forfeit their 2nd round pick, and so on, down to a player worth 6 points, which would forfeit the 30th round pick. Any players with a salary of less than 6 (IE: minor league draftee being kept on the MLB roster) would forfeit the lowest available draft pick.
C. If an owner chooses to keep two or more players who possess the same value, the owner would then forfeit the next lowest eligible pick(s).
IE- Owner A decides to keep two players who have a value of 30. The owner would then forfeit their 6th round pick, as well as the next available pick. This may be a 7th round pick, but could possibly be lower if the owner is also keeping a player worth 29 points.
D. If an owner has traded a draft pick that is tied to the value of one of his requested keepers, the next lower eligible pick would then be forfeited.
IE- An owner wants to keep a 35 point player, but had previously traded his first round draft pick. The next unaccounted for draft pick would then be forfeited.
E. The next higher draft pick may be forfeited by keeping multiple players with the same value under the following circumstance:
1. The owner does not possess a lower eligible draft pick.
IE- An owner keeps 3 players that are worth 7 points. Since the draft pick worth 7 points (29th round) would be used as well as the next lower pick, there would be none remaining for the 3rd player being kept. It would then be necessary to forfeit the next highest available pick (28th round or higher).
F. An owner may only keep as many players as they have draft picks. If an owner has traded away 10 draft picks for the next year’s draft, then the maximum amount of players that could be kept would be 20.
G. Players who are kept as minors keepers also require the forfeiture of draft picks from the five-round minors draft, following the format outlined above.