Dates:
1st
Supplemental Draft: Starts May
1st (Monday)
2nd
Supplemental Draft: Draft order is set by the update of July
7th. The draft
begins Monday July 10th.
Trading
deadline: August 15th (11:59 PM.)
Set
Roster: September 15th
(11:59 PM.)
Rules:
1st
supplemental draft is 2 rounds "snaking" in reverse order of the original draft
(Bill, Don, Mike, Walter, Tom, Joe, Ron, Casey, Garritys, Terry, Terry, Garritys,
etc.)
2nd
supplemental draft is 1 round in reverse order of the standings as of July 7th.
Any ties will be settled by a coin flip.
Procedures for both supplemental drafts: Make your pick by posting it on the message board. You have 24 hours from the time of the previous posting to make your pick. If the person before you does not post a pick within his time, you are free to pick (and encouraged to do so to keep the draft moving.) Someone missing a time limit has not lost his pick—make it whenever you can. Try to give a phone call to the person following you when you have made your pick.
If you run
into computer trouble, call Tom at (xxx)xxx-xxxx with your pick (or anyone who
can post it for you) and then definitely phone the next person.
Try to keep a close eye on things since several picks can be made in a
day.
If you will be away and out of touch, please let us know since people might be trying to contact you about a trade that is time-sensitive based on a draft pick. The commissioner or anyone else can help you make your pick—leave a list in advance.
Eligibility: In both supplemental drafts, a player must have played 20% or more of his games in the current season at a position to be eligible there. Note that the web site designations don’t always match this requirement—don't go by them.
The
20% limit applies to DH's as well. If a DH does not hit the 20% limit at
any position in the field, then he is a first baseman. (If a DH does reach
the 20% limit for a position other than 1st
but does NOT reach the 20% limit as a 1st baseman,
do his DH games still make him eligible as a 1st
baseman too???).
Pitchers: Regardless of how he is drafted, once a pitcher starts 15
games he automatically beomes a starter. If
a pitcher has not started 15 games AND has more than 5 more relief appearance
than starts, be becomes a reliever. A
pitcher who does not fit either case remains where he was drafted (starter or
reliever.) Any automatic changes these
rules would cause will only be made before teh rosters are set; after Sept. 15 a
pitcher stays where he is regardless of these rules.
Final
Roster: Minimum
at bats or innings pitched do not apply this year.
By Sept. 15th you can pick your roster or it will be frozen as
the computer picked the starters on that day if you didn't request anything
different. No more changes will be
made. The final standings are
determined by the end of the regular season stats for your Sept 15th
starting lineup. Playoff stats do
not count but regular season make-up games do.
Trades: Try to respond to all serious trade inquiries; good communication is important to fair trading!
Once two (or more) teams have agreed to a deal, post it on the message board (but be sure everyone has agreed that it is a final deal.) Draft picks may be traded. It is assumed that everyone will try in good faith to advance his own team and look out for his own interests in a deal.
The commissioner does have the power to veto a
trade especially if collusion is evident (but potentially for other reasons,
too).
Someone should post an objection soon after a trade if he expects the
commissioner to consider a veto. In
such a case, the owners involved will get a chance to make an explanation.
WHIP
(walks plus hits per inning pitched) This
now counts as a half point category for all pitchers. It is weighted
according to innings pitched.