MWBL - PROPOSALS PAGE
These proposals will be posted until August 1st, 2005, in the League Manager
Schedule.
At that point we will vote on new rule proposals for 2006 MWBL Season.
To place a proposal you will need to send
an E-Mail with a
IDEA, REASON,
and your NAME to the Commissioners office at
mwbl@straybaseball.com
PROPOSAL 1 -
No more Ball Park Effects
Reason for the Proposal:
Often guys don't install them, especially if they have to re-install the
program.
Proposed by - Steve
Cutler - Hollywood Werewolves -
PASSED
PROPOSAL 2 - Position
players must have at least 5 starts at a position to start at that position
(exception would be an injury to the primary position player in the middle of a
series). 930 PR players would be an exception.
Reason for this Proposal: The fact that guys like
Sheffield (played a couple innings at 3B), AROD (played a couple innings at SS)
and Nevin (played a couple innings at C) opens up the possibility of them
playing that secondary position all year. It's not very realistic.
Proposed by - Steve
Cutler - Hollywood Werewolves -
FAILED
PROPOSAL 3 -
For Post Season play, increase the number
of innings pitchers must have from
at least pitched 20 innings in both the
MWBL Regular Season and the corresponding MLB Regular Season
to 30
innings.
Reason for this Proposal: Most
often, owners rely on a September call up in MLB to add to their playoff
roster. There are very few pitchers on Post Season rosters in MLB that tally
less than 30 innings during a season.
Proposed by - Steve
Cutler - Hollywood Werewolves -
FAILED
PROPOSAL 4 -
For Post Season play, a position player
must have at least a PR of 100 to be on a Post Season
roster.
Reason for the Proposal:
A position player with less than a PR of 100 could impact
the playoffs significantly after not playing very much during the season. This
would prevent owners from stock piling players with high RC/G and OBP for key
game situations.
Proposed by - Steve
Cutler - Hollywood Werewolves -
FAILED
PROPOSAL 5 -
For Post Season play, change the
League Guide
from "Starting Pitchers must
start at least 10 regular season games in both the MWBL Regular Season and
corresponding MLB season AND pitch 25 innings during the MWBL Regular Season in
order to be allowed to START in the post season"
to
at least 15 regular season games in either
MWBL Regular Season or corresponding MLB season AND pitch 50 innings during the
MWBL Regular Season in order to be allowed to START in the post season"
Reason for the Proposal:
Increasing the number of starts will decrease the
possibility of a little used pitcher from causing a high impact in the Post
Season.
Proposed by - Steve
Cutler - Hollywood Werewolves -
PASSED
PROPOSAL 6 -
A
MWBL can forfeit their first round pick in order to extend the minor league
contract of one uncarded player for one season. The draft pick must be their
own and cannot be one that they traded for [To prevent teams from trading down,
only to unload the pick for an uncarded player]. The uncarded player must also have
been originally drafted by the team in question.
(To
prevent a team from trading the top player to a team with a lower pick in the
first round and then only to trade him back or the team with the lower pick in
the first round gaining increased value for his 1st round pick that should not
be due him.)
Reason for the Proposal:
Let's
call this the Ryan Anderson clause. It seems to be a fair exchange and adds
another element of strategy to uncarded players. The additional rules for this
are to prevent teams from abusing this possible new rule.
Proposed by - Jason Kerns - Camarillo Quest -
FAILED
PROPOSAL 6A -
A MWBL can forfeit their first round pick in order to extend the minor league
contract of one uncarded player for one season. The draft pick must be their
own and cannot be one that they traded for
(To prevent teams from trading down, only to unload the pick for an uncarded
player).
The uncarded player must be rostered on the team invoking this option for at
least the preceding season, prior to Opening Day.
Reason for the Proposal:
Let's
call this the Ryan Anderson clause. It seems to be a fair exchange and adds
another element of strategy to uncarded players. The additional rules for this
are to prevent teams from abusing this possible new rule.
Proposed by - Brian Scantland - Kentucky Head Hunters -
FAILED
NOTES: -
This Proposal simply changes the restriction from "team
that drafted the player" to being "rostered on the team invoking this option for
at least the preceding season." This avoids monkey business while allowing
reasonable flexibility.
PROPOSAL
7 -
Draft picks
for the upcoming season can not be traded until the conclusion of the waiver
draft.
Reason for the Proposal:
The trading of players
(that would have to be cut to reduce a team's carded roster down to 38) for
draft picks defeats the purpose and integrity of the waiver draft. If everyone
did as many teams are doing, there would not be any value to the waiver draft.
Let's close this loophole and preserve the integrity of the waiver draft and its
original purpose.
Proposed by - Jason Kerns - Camarillo Quest -
FAILED
PROPOSAL
8 -
Waiver Draft picks
must use 75% of their MLB usage from the previous MLB Season in order for the
Waiver Draft Player to be retained by your team or any team at the end of the
current MWBL Season. If they do not accumulate these numbers the will be
lost to the Free Agent Pool. Also, any player / pitcher with less than 50
PA, 25 IP, or 10 Games as a reliever must for the upcoming season accumulate all
of their MLB Totals, or they will be lost to the Free Agent Pool at the end of
the MWBL Season in which they were a waiver claim.
Reason for the Proposal:
This will eliminate
teams stacking up on waiver players in order to "Get Lucky" and hold a player
for a year without much usage limits, in hopes of that player having a stellar
season in MLB for the up coming year.
Let's close this loophole and preserve the integrity of the waiver draft players and
their
original purpose.
Proposed by - John (STRAY) Corrado - Chicago Mobsters -
FAILED
PROPOSAL
9 -
Change playoff format for
a seven game series:
From Two Games, (off day), Three Games (off day), Two Games
To a Two Games, (off day), Two Games , One Game, (off day), One Game, One
Game.
Reason for the Proposal:
The team with the better
record should always have the advantage in a playoff series. If the better
record team loses one of the first 2 games at home, they are now at a
disadvantage because they become visitors 3 straight games
Proposed by - Steve
Cutler - Hollywood Werewolves -
PASSED
PROPOSAL
10 - The Ultimate Wild Card
The 3 division winners (in each league) automatically make
the playoffs (better record has home field advantage). The non-division winner
with the best record is dubbed Wild Card #1 (in each league).
All teams trim down to a 27 man roster, then the other 8 teams (in each league)
play a "1-and-done" play-in bracket (5 v.12, 6 v.11, 7 v.10, 8 v.9) to be Wild
Card #2, with the higher seeded team always getting the home field. The teams
are re-seeded after the winners are announced, so that the higher seeded team
always gets the lowest seed team. Any ties for seeds would be settled by head to
head record and then a coin flip. The "Wild Card #2" playoff would start the day
after the regular season ends as an add-on to the regular season, with no off
day in between. Usage would be added on a game by game scenario. During the
"Wild Card #2" 8 team playoff, all games are back-to-back with no off days. Wild
Card #2 winner would then play Wild Card #1 in a 5 game series (with 1 off day
between games 2 & 3) for the right to be the true Wild Card; Wild Card #1 would
have home field advantage. Division Winners and Wild Card #1 owners have
the rights to have all "Itchy" players on their playoff roster changed back to
"Ready" (position players) & "Rested" (pitchers) if they were not "Itchy" on the
last day of the 162 game regular season.
Reason for the Proposal:
Promotes more involvement down the stretch by owners whose team may not make the
playoffs. Possible more head-to-head play by owners during this playoff
atmosphere would lead to higher league synergy. This also makes an owner re-look
at their team before trading away a guy before the trade deadline. It should be
pointed out that the odds of a Wild Card #2 team winning the World Series are
extremely small. They would have to win 3 straight games in the 8 team
tournament and then win 3 more games just to make it to the standard playoffs.
They would only have one rest day from the start of the 8 team playoff to the
end of the Wild card playoff. That is a potential of 8 games in 9 days if the
Wild card series went the full five games. The Wild Card #1 would have at least
an additional 3 games rested giving them a big advantage and the 3 Division
winners could have as many as 9 days off, if the Wild Card 5 game series went
the distance.
Proposed by - Steve
Cutler - Hollywood Werewolves -
FAILED
PROPOSAL
11 -
Players with 0% R-USE may not be traded.
Reason for the Proposal:
Players and pitchers who have
reached 0% R-Use should not be traded, because playoff teams will stockpile
these players or especially pitchers and upgrade there bullpen by a considerable
amount for a player who never plays a regular season game for their team.
Teams have been know to upgrade there bullpen and only give up something small
for a player who statistics in MLB the following season are weak, but who's card
for the current season is very solid, but is out of R-Use.
Proposed by - John (STRAY) Corrado - Chicago Mobsters -
FAILED