DSB League Members

DC Salary Leagues are all free leagues. Hoops, Baseball, Football

All members must be active and able to check into the league forum daily.

Members must be able to make a long term commitment.Team names must have a location (city/state) and nickname

e.g. New York SpinnersAll members must use AIM/Email regularly. Inactivity or tanking games is grounds for immediate removal,

no questions asked. Inactivity includes not signing into the forum, keeping up with your team in yahoo for any period of time, not using AIM/returning emails, or not voting on league matters.

 Yahoo Settings

16 or 12 teams (4 or 3 divisions)Head to HeadHosted by Yahoo!Playoffs: Division winners advance but are seeded according

to overall standings: The winners of each division will advance to the playoffs and all other playoff teams will be determined by overall standings. Playoff seeds will be determined by overall standings regardless of division results.

 Statistics

DSB: [9x9]Hitters: R 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVGPitchers: W L QS HLD SV K ERA WHIP HRMinimum Innings Pitched: 25

 Team Salary

Team Salary: At the beginning of each season, when free agency opens, all teams will be allotted their salary. All salary is accounted for and at no point will it be rounded up or down. 

DSB: $200 Million

  Rollover Salary: Any money remaining from the previous season can be used toward the next season.

DSB: (War Chest) Teams will have a "war chest" which will keep their rolled over money in it. Teams can only make deposits after the season ends, but can withdraw any amount at any time. The max a team can deposit into their "war chest" is $70M (after each season) and the max the war chest can be at any time is $200M.

  Team Bonuses:DSB: Division Champion $2.5M, Wild card $1M, and the

WS Champ will get an extra $3M. The team with the AL & NL MVP and Cy Young will receive $400k for each player.

  Team Fines:Illegal roster - $2M fine and $500k each day after.

DSB: Not activating a minor leaguer within 72 hours - $1M and $500k each day after.

 Player's Contracts & Salaries

  About Contracts: All players must be under contract to play on a team. All contracts are guaranteed. Owners can assign the following contract lengths:

DSB: 1-5 years (RFA’s – 6 years)

  Contract Length/Minimum Salary Scale (when signing free agents):

Length of Contract

DSB

1 year $400k

2 years $800k per

3 years $2M per

4 years $3M per

5 years $4M per

6 years$25M per(RFA

Only)

Max Salary $25M per

 

 Contract Buyouts and Voids

About Contract Buyouts: Teams can buyout player's contracts before the trade deadline. The team will pay 50% of the players Avg salary for all years remaining and the player will go to free agency. After a season ends the next season's buyout will be available to use immediately.

Number of Buyouts per season:DSB:  2 players

Contract Buyout Eligibility: Players must be on the team's roster for a minimum of 2 FULL match-ups to be eligible for a contract buyout. Buyouts cannot be used on the following players:

DSB: Age 38+

Contract Buyout Settlement: A team has the option of settling the contract in a lump sum or if the player has more than one season left on his contract the buy-out money can be distributed over the remaining seasons (50% off each

season remaining). If money is owed (because of Avg Salary) the team can distribute the money over any guaranteed years remaining. If any cash is credited it will come off the player's remaining salary.

No set-off: If a player's contract is bought out by a team, and the player is signed through free agency, the player’s original team cannot set-off the difference of contracts.

Resigning: After a player has been released and a team's buyout was used, the releasing team cannot bid on the player in free agency for 21 days.

Contract Voids: If a player retires or his contract is voided by his "real" team for any reason, an owner has the option to void the player’s contract within 14 days of the official retirement/void announcement. Once a player’s contract is voided the team no longer has any rights to the player and the player is now a F/A. The releasing team cannot resign the player in free agency for 90 days.

Retired Players Clause: Each years salary that is voided will be the players avg season salary and any  remaining money will be owed. The following is a list of the number of years that can be voided for a players age:

DSB29 and under - All yearsPlayers 30-32 - 2 yearsPlayers 33-37 - 1 yearPlayers 38+ - 0 years

Note: Once a player retires a team buyout cannot be used. The team must use the retirement scale. If a player retires within 90 days of a team using their buyout, the buyout will be rescinded and the team must use the buyout scale if they want to void a contract.

 Contract Structuring

About Structuring Contracts (Optional): When a team signs a contract that is more than 1 year, team owners can structure the contract. The contract must ascend or descend. Consecutive seasons can have the same salary amount. The way a contract is structured cannot change for any reason.

25% Rule: The Max/Min from season to season in the contract cannot be more than 25% of the Avg salary. If 25% of the Avg salary is less than $1M, $1M may be used.

Maximum and Minimum Salary: The salary per season cannot exceed the league maximum salary. No salary can be less than the 1 year minimum in any of the structured years.

Example: 5 years/$10M per ($50M total). Salary from year to year cannot be more than a $2.5M increase or decrease (25% of $10M (Avg salary) = $2.5M). year-1:$6M, year-2:$7.5M, year-3:$10M, year-4:$12.5M, year-5:$12.5M.

 Team Options

Team Options: Team Options can be offered when signing free agents. If a team does not pick up a player's option the team will pay the player a $500k buyout and he'll become an unrestricted free agent. Team Options will not lengthen an original contract for RFA status or any other reason.

Team Option Amounts: Option years will have a base salary using the player's highest single season or Avg season salary (whichever is highest) plus an additional 25%. The 25% of salary will have a minimum of $1M and maximum of $4M when adding to the player's base salary.

Bidding Options: When a team uses a team option -only- to outbid, the buyout will increase $500k each time the team matches the bid with an option on that free agent.

 Rosters - DSB

  40-Man Roster (Major League)

30 man rosters in Yahoo: C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF INF OF UTIL, 5-SP, 5-RP, 2-P, and 7 BN

Match-up Roster Size: All teams can have a minimum of 25 and maximum of 30 players for each match-up.

Max Pitchers on Roster: Teams cannot have more than 16 pitchers active on their 30-man roster.

Mandatory Players: Teams are required to fill all their active roster spots during match-ups. Any team that has an inactive player/injured player/empty spot for 7 days will be issued illegal roster fines.

  40-Man Roster ( AAA Minor League Roster)

About Optioned Players: When a player is on the 40-man roster but not on the active 30-man roster, he is on an optional assignment. During an option year, the team may freely move the player between the major league team (30-man in yahoo) and their minor league AAA team (10 players not in yahoo).

Eligible Players: any player that has less than 5 MLB years (1 game is considered a year), listed on the 15-Day DL, or a player with 5+ MLB years that has cleared waivers.

Active/Inactive Moves: Each Sunday by 11:59 pm EST, owners must post on the forum any changes for their 40-man roster and update the IR-List.

Injuries: During a match-up if a player gets injured and has a DL next to his name, teams may immediately call up a

player in their minors (A or AAA) to replace him.

Player Suspensions: If a player is suspended for six or less days, he must remain on the active 30-man roster or he can be waived. If the player is already on a minor league team he does not have to be called up.***For A and AA Minor League Roster rules refer to the "Minor Leagues and Rookie Draft Section"***

  Disabled List

15-Day DL: Players on the 15-day disabled list can be removed from the 30-man roster, but are still a part of the 40-man roster. Once a player is removed from the real 15-day DL, teams must activate the player within 48 hours if he is not eligible to stay in the minors.

60-Day DL: Any player on the 60-Day DL frees an additional spot on the 40-man roster. A team may call up a minor leaguer or sign a free agent to replace this player. When the injured player comes off the real 60-day DL, the team must make room and cut back to a 40-man roster within 48 hours. Players on the 60-Day DL will still use team salary. There is no limit on the number of players on the 60-Day DL per club.

 Free Agency

About Free Agency: There is no limit to how many free agents a team can sign as long as there is enough money to pay the player for all future seasons. To sign a player, you must place a bid on the player you want to add in the forum. The minimum bid is based on contract length (see "Contract Length/Minimum Salary Scale)". All other teams are free to place a higher bid on that player. You can bid on free agents while your roster is full, but you must make room once the bid is won. Players must be listed in Yahoo! to be eligible for free agency.

F/A Deadline: The Trade Deadline is also the free agent deadline. At 12:00 AM EST after the deadline date, all bids will be final and awarded to the last team to post a bid.

Note: DSH has an exception for the deadline. See DSH Rosters/ Free Agent Deadline Exception.

Posting a Bid: When bidding, you must post the players name, team, and position in the "Title of the topic". Post with  length of contract, total of contract, contract structure, and if you’re offering a club option.

Bidding on F/A's: When bidding on a posted f/a, teams are allowed to bid a Max of 3 times per player. The original post or illegal bids do not count as bids.

Bidding Equal Years: Minimum of $1M more Avg salary per season.

Adding Years: When adding years to a contract the players avg salary per season can drop up to (but not more than) 10%.

Reducing Years: Teams can reduce a Max of 2 years off the current bid. Teams can match the current total contract with less years or use the following formula:

When reducing the current bid by 1 year, the players avg salary per year must increase by 60%.

When reducing the current bid by 2 years, the players avg salary per year must increase by 75%.

Illegal Bids: If a bid closes and the last bid is illegal, the team with the last legal bid has the option to either take the player at the bid, or pass on the player. If the team chooses to pass, that team cannot bid on the player for 21 days and the player becomes a free agent again.

Max Contracts: Max contracts are offers of a maximum length and salary (containing no team options) to a player. If more than one team bids a Max contract, the team with the worst record is awarded the player. In the off-season and first 3 match-ups of a season, preference is determined using the previous year's standings.

Adding a Team Option: If a team has posted a bid with no team option, another team may bid the same contract with a team option added. When doing so the team option's buyout will increase $500K each time this happens.

Example: Team A bids 1y/$1M. Team B bids 1y/$1M w/opt. Because the team bid the same contract and only added the option, the buyout will be $1M (The initial $500k plus an additional $500k). If Team A bids 2y/$1M per and Team B bids again with 2y/$1M per w/option, the buyout will be $1.5M (The initial $500k plus an additional $1M for matching the contract twice with team options added).

Winning a Bid: In order to win a bid a team must remain the highest bidder for 24 hours. Once a bid is won the team is responsible for that player’s contract (No exception). Teams can wait up to 72 hours if needed after a bid is won to make room for the player.

 Waivers & DFA Waivers

About Waivers: Any player under contract (on the 40-man roster) may be placed on waivers at any time. Teams must place players on waivers when they want to release a player or option a player that has 5+ MLB years to their minor league AAA team. While the player is on waivers, the player will use a roster spot and the team will still pay the salary. Once a player is placed on waivers, he must stay there for a minimum of 48 hours. The player cannot be traded during this time. If a player is put on waivers, he can be claimed by any team. 

Player is Claimed: If a team claims a player off waivers, his team may choose one of the following:

arrange a trade with the new team for that player within 48 hours of the claim

do nothing and allow the claiming team to assume the player's existing contract

rescind the request and keep the player on their 30-man roster for 2 full match-ups, effectively canceling the waiver

Note: If a player is claimed and the option to rescind is used, this option to rescind may not be used again for that player in that season.

Multiple Claims: If more than one team claims a player, the team with the worst record at that time will get preference. In the off-season and first 3 weeks of the season, preference is determined using the previous year's standings.

Player is NOT Claimed: If no team claims a player from waivers in 48 hours, the player has "cleared waivers" and may be kept on the active 30 man roster, optioned to AAA, or released outright.

About 5+ Players: If a 5+ year experienced player (that is not on the DL) spends 3 full match-ups on the AAA roster, that player must clear waivers again to remain there. The player must be posted on waivers by Friday  to clear waivers (48 hours) on the Sunday before the fourth match-up. Teams are allowed to send 5+ players to the minors a Max of 3 times per season. Players with 5+ years experience can only be sent to AAA 1 week before the first match-up up until the trade deadline.

Trade/Waiver Rule: If a team trades a player and the player is subsequently waived by the new team, the player's past team will not be permitted to sign the player to a new contract (or claim him off of waivers) until at least 21 days have passed following the date the trade was made (or 14 days for trades that occur during the off-season).

Designated for Assignment (DFA) Waivers

About DFA: A player who is designated for assignment is immediately and permanently removed from the 40-man roster and the team continues to pay his salary. This gives the team time to decide what to do with the player while

freeing up a roster spot for another transaction, if needed. Once a player is designated for assignment, the team has 7 days to do one of the following things:

%6%. post a trade%6%. a team can claim the player and take over the existing

contract%6%. outright release

Note: if a player clears DFA waivers he cannot be optioned to a team's AAA team.

Trading a player that is DFA: When a player has been DFA, the team has 72 hours to post a trade for the Trade Committee to approve/veto. When a player is DFA, trades will always supersede waiver claims.

 Waiver Claimed DFA Player: While a player is DFA, all teams can post a waiver claim. If no trade is made and a claim is posted, the claiming team will assume the player's existing contract after 72 hours. If more than one team claims a player, the team with the worst record at that time will get preference. In the off-season and first 3 weeks of the season, preference is determined using the previous year's standings.

NON-Claimed DFA Player: All players that have been DFA and have not been traded or claimed by another team will be outright released.

 Releasing Players

Releasing Waived Players: If no team claims a player from waivers the player has "cleared waivers" and the team may release him. The player's contract still continues to be included in the team's payroll.

Right to Set-Off: If a team signs a player who is still under contract (as long as the player cleared waivers and was released), the player's original team is allowed to reduce

the amount of money they still owe the player by the right of set-off. The original team gets to set off the difference between the player's new salary and the player’s old salary minus a 1 time transaction fee.

Transaction Fees: DSB: S400k

 Trading

About Trades: All trades must be posted on the forum and accepted by both owners. Owners can trade players, draft picks, and cash.

Deadline: The Trade Deadline will be set to the yahoo default. Subject to change.

Deadline Extension: If teams are working a deal and notify the President before the deadline, an extension for the teams involved to complete the deal may be granted.

Trading Cash: Cash cannot be traded in any season but the current one. Teams are allowed to pay on player's contracts in all future seasons.

Trade Review: All trades will be reviewed and approved/vetoed by the TC.

Player to be Named Later: A transaction including a player to be named later must be completed within 60 days. The player may not be on a DSB 40-Man during the interval between the trade and the date the player is named. As a result, players to be named later are minor leaguers. At the time of a trade, clubs agree on a list of players from which the player to be named will be selected. They also may agree on an amount of money to be exchanged in lieu of a player or eligible draft picks.

First Round Picks: All teams must have at least one 1st round pick (any teams pick) between the next 2 drafts.

 Off-Season Transactions

Off-Season order of transactions:After the season ends players under contract, cash, and

eligible draft picks can be traded.

Offer all team options, salary arbitration, and contract extensions to eligible players (DSB) (Jan. 10th)

Rookie DraftTeams must cut to salary limitRFA offers are submittedFree Agency opens for all playersTeams must sign or renounce their draft picksTeams must cut to roster limit (2 weeks before the 1st

match-up)Season begins

Off-Season Roster: In the off-season, each team can have an unlimited amount of players on their team. Before the start of the season, teams will be required to cut to the required roster size.

DSB: When all final rosters are submitted, teams cannot submit a roster with players on the 60-Day DL (it is considered an in-season list)

Off-Season Salary: Salary will not be used in the off-season. Teams can go over the salary cap, but must cut back to the cap amount by a date set by the league (right before free agency opens).

 Restricted Free Agents

About Free Agents: There are two types of free agents, unrestricted and restricted. An unrestricted free agent is free to sign with any team and there's nothing the player's original team can do to prevent it. Restricted free agency gives the player's original team the right to keep the player by matching an offer from another team.

Restricted Free Agent Eligibility (Veterans):

Completed a 3-6 year Pro contract (not including options).

Spent a minimum of 2 full consecutive seasons with the current team.

Never been listed on waivers.Had any club options picked up.

Restricted Free Agent Eligibility (Drafted Rookies): After a player has completed a rookie contract (all options offered), the player will become a free agent. 

DSB: For players to be eligible they must have completed their 6 years of a rookie contract, offered all arbitration, and never listed on waivers.

Submitting Offers: Teams must make their eligible restricted free agents an offer if they want matching rights. Offers must be a minimum of 2 years (not including option years), follow the contract minimum scale, and cannot be less than 50% of the past contracts Avg salary.

Submitting Maximum Offers: A maximum offer is for the Max years at the maximum salary and contains no options. If a team offers one of their RFA’s a maximum contract the player will not see free agency and the max contract becomes official (one of the RFA matches is still used). 

Max Offers for each league:DSB: 6 years/$25M per for RFA’s. 5 years/$25M

per for UFA’s.

Bidding on RFA's: When a team wants to sign another teams restricted free agent, the team must make a higher offer than the original team. The offer must be a minimum of 3 years (not including option years). After a bid closes on a player (24 hours), the team with the restricted free agent has 48 hours to match the offer. If the player's original team does not exercise its matching rights within 48 hours, the offer becomes an official contract with the new team.

RFA Matches: Each team can match on the maximum amount of players (per off-season) listed below. When matching,

teams can post a re-structure of the salary. The total contract, years, and any options must stay the same. After a team has matched, the players cannot be released or traded until after the date listed below.

DSB: 3 players - June 1

Off-Season Max Contract Priority List: If more than 1 team offers a max contract to a RFA or UFA (and the player's original team does not match for RFA's), the teams will refer to the "Off-Season Max Contract Priority List". The list will be based on the past season's standings. Once a team signs a Max contract, the team will go the bottom of the list. If a team with matching rights matches on a RFA with a Max contract, that team will go to the end of the list. If a team offers one of their RFA's a max contract on the original offer sheet, the team will stay at their position on the priority list.

 Minor Leagues and Rookie Draft - DSB

  Minor League Roster (AA and Single A Team)

About Minor Leaguers: Each team has an optional minor league roster. Drafted minor leaguers will not count against a team's salary cap until they are called up. All contracts will start once the minor leaguer is activated to the 40-man roster. Players have to be affiliated and under contract with a MLB team or listed in Yahoo to be eligible to be on your minor league team. Drafting players is the only way a player can be issued a non-guaranteed rookie contract.

When to Activate (Single A): Once a player reaches 130 AB’s or 50 IP (career stats) and are on their real life MLB 40-man roster, they are no longer eligible to be in single A. If any player reaches the AB/IP limit and is not on the real life MLB 40-man (must have 4 or less MLB years), he does not have to be promoted to AA or a team's 40-man. Once a player is no longer minor league eligible, teams have 72 hours to add him to their 40-man roster or drop him outright. Teams will be fined or lose the player (the team’s choice) if they do not

activate him within 72 hours.

AA Team Eligibility: 0-2 years MLB experience (1 game is considered 1 year)or 3 years MLB exp with less than 250AB or 80IP (career stats)

Cutting Drafted Minor Leaguers: Teams can release drafted minor league players at no cost if (1) the player’s contract is non-guaranteed, and (2) the player was never on your 40-man roster. If the player was on the 40-Man at one point in the season, the team must pay that seasons contract. If a team cuts a drafted minor leaguer they cannot draft that player in the next season's rookie draft.

Signing Minor Leaguers in F/A: Teams cannot have more than 2 undrafted players inAA and/or Single A at any given time. Players signed to major league contracts will start to use team salary immediately.

Sent Back to the Minors: If a player is called up to a team’s 40-man and sent back to the minor league team (he still has to be eligible), the player’s contract will still count toward the team's salary for that season.

6-Year Minor Leaguers: Any player with 6 seasons in the minors is considered a 6-Year Minor League Free-Agent. The original team will have no rights to the player anymore.

  Contracts for a Minor League Call-Up

Drafted Minor League Contract: Once a drafted minor leaguer is activated to a team’s 40-man roster, he will be given the following NON-Guaranteed contract.

1st year - $400k2nd year - $600k3rd year - $800k4th year - $1M5th year - $1.2M6th year - $1.5MNote: After the 6th year of a minor league contract, the player

will become an unrestricted free agent.

  Salary Arbitration for Minor Leaguers

Becoming Salary Arbitration Eligible: All drafted minor leaguers under rookie contracts that have played 2 or more seasons on a DSB roster will be eligible for salary arbitration each season.

Salary Arbitration Pay Scale: DSB will use the stats on www.baseball-reference.com

100-109 R = $3M110+ R = $4M80-89 R = $1M90-99 R =

$2M

15-24 HR = $1M25-34 HR = $2M35-44

HR = $3M45+ HR = $4M

80-89 RBI = $1M90-99 RBI = $2M100-109

RBI = $3M110+ RBI =

$4M

15-24 SB = $1M25-34 SB = $2M35-49

SB = $3M50+ SB = $4M

.280-.289 Avg = $1M

.290-.299 Avg = $2M

.300-.309 Avg = $3M.310+ Avg = $4M

14-15 Wins = $1M16-17

Wins = $2M18-19 Wins = $3M

20+ Wins = $4M

170-179 K = $1M180-199 K = $2M200-214 K = $3M215+

K = $4M

20-29 SV = $1M30-39 SV = $2M40-44

SV = $3M 45+ SV = $4M

3.00-3.30 ERA=$1M2.50-2.99 ERA=$2M

2.0-2.49 ERA=$3M1.99-

ERA=$4M

1.20-1.29WHIP=$1

M1.10-1.19WHIP=$2

M1.00-1.09WHIP=$3

M0.99- WHIP=$4M

Calculating Arbitration: Using the player's stats from the past season, add up the player's salary from the pay scale above. Use the scale below to figure out the players next season salary.

3rd year- 50% of salary, Max $5M, and Min of $800k ("Super 2 ONLY") See Below.

4th year- 60% of salary, Max $7M, and Min of $1M5th year- 80% of salary, Max $10M, and Min of $1.2M6th year- 100% of salary, Max $12M, and Min of $1.5M

Note: A team's salary offer to a player may not be less than 80% of the player's salary the previous year or less than 70% of his salary from 2 years earlier.

Super 2: To qualify, players must play in the following amount of games in their 2nd season.

%6%. Hitters- 86+ games%6%. Starters- 22+ games started%6%. Relievers- 40+ games total%6%.

Teams NOT offering Arbitration: At any winter cutoff date in a drafted player's six year rookie period, a team can opt not to tender a contract to a player, allowing the player to become an unrestricted free agent. If a team does not offer a player salary arbitration, the team cannot acquire the player in any way for 1 full season.

  Contract Extensions for Minor Leaguers

Contract Extensions: After each season, teams can give 1 player a contract extension. The length of the extension must be 4-6 years. The salary will be the player's highest arbitrary salary (paid at 100%) including the past season. Once the initial salary is determined each following year there will be a 20% salary increase from the previous year.

Contract Extension Eligibility: For a player to be eligible for a contract extension, he must meet the following requirements:

Drafted in a rookie draft, NOT signed through free agency.Spent the past 2 seasons with the same DSB team.The extension must be offered after the 4th or 5th season. Not

the 6th.The player must have 2 MLB seasons with 135+ games for

hitters, 28+ games started for SP, or 45+ games for RP.The player must never been listed on waivers.

  Rookie Drafts

About the Draft: Before each season there will be a round rookie draft held for all players drafted in the past MLB draft. Also eligible are players that are Single A eligible, affiliated with a MLB team, and are free agents in DSB.

Draft Order: The draft will be a non-snaking draft. The draft order is the reverse order of the previous year's standings.

Trading Picks: Teams are permitted to trade picks for the next two drafts.

2012 Rookie Draft

Minor League Expansion: After this season we will be expanding our minor league roster from 10 to 20 players.

About the Draft:  Teams can draft in as many rounds as they need to until 20 players is reached. Once a team skips a pick that teams draft is over. Teams cannot release any players during the draft.

Trading Picks: All teams are permitted to trade their 1st-5th round picks.

Team Roster Limits (2012 Season): AA:up to 5 Single A: up to 20 (unlimited once the 2012 season begins)

2013 Rookie Draft

Rounds in Draft: 10 rounds

Picks allowed to be traded: Rounds 1-2 up until the completion of the 2012 draft. Rounds 1-10 after  the completion of the 2012 draft up until and during the 2013 draft.

Team Roster Limits (2013 Season): AA:up to 5 A: unlimited

2014 Rookie Draft

Rounds in Draft: 10 rounds

Picks allowed to be traded: Rounds 1-10 after the completion of the 2012 draft up until and during the 2014 draft.

Team Roster Limits (2013 Season): AA:up to 10 A: unlimited

2015 Rookie Draft

Rounds in Draft: To be determined at a later date. Team Roster Limits (2015 Season): AA: up to 10 A: unlimited