Rosters must be set by February 14

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Since the site crashed and we lost abuck's recent posts, just wanted to remind people that next Friday, February 14, is the deadline to have keeper rosters set. That means any trades you want to make to get close to or under 2000 points have to be completed by then and non-keepers have to be dropped by then. You get 10 major league keepers that totaled 2000 points in 2013 (including exempt and non-exempt players - 10 total in the majors) and 10 minor leaguers/prospects (players under the minor league limits or actually in the minors).

 

The rules sticky somehow survived the crash, but here's the breakdown of Exemptions and Minor Leagues/Prospects (note that Exemptions use PAs and Prospects use ABs).

 

Exemptions: Each player gets 3 exempt "years." Which means the prior season's stats don't count toward your 2000 points. As an example, Kyle Seager is exempt for the last time this year (he used his exemptions for his 2011 season, 2012 season, and now, for his 2013 season). So the 3 years looks backward, if that's helpful.

 

A "year" is a season in which a player has 50 or more plate appearances, 5 pitching starts, or 10 total appearances.

 

Prospects:

 

1. Players with more than 200 or more major league at-bats in a season are not eligible.

2. Players with 10 or more major league pitching starts in a season are not eligible.

3. Players with 25 or more total major league pitching appearances in one season are not eligible.

 

The rule has also been that if a player is actually in the minors but has exceeded the limits in any prior year, you can keep him as a prospect. BUT if he starts the year in the majors, you lose him from your roster.

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Gah, I need to pay and look at my roster. I've been really meh to baseball the past 6-8 months.

[Guest]

MR - I don't think players can "be in the minors" in the offseason - iirc they have to meet the eligibility. I'll defer if others think differently.

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Really? Huh, I thought guys in the minors could be on your prospect roster unless they broke camp with the major league club.

 

abuck here said that if a player is actually in the minors then they can be in the minors: viewtopic.php?p=2954063#p2954063

 

And during the draft in 2012, when I first joined, Quakers (and others) said if a guy doesn't break camp with the major league team, then you lose him from your roster: viewtopic.php?p=2762405#p2762405

 

Maybe those rules don't apply during the offseason. If so, sorry for the misinformaiton.

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Really? Huh, I thought guys in the minors could be on your prospect roster unless they broke camp with the major league club.

 

abuck here said that if a player is actually in the minors then they can be in the minors: viewtopic.php?p=2954063#p2954063

 

And during the draft in 2012, when I first joined, Quakers (and others) said if a guy doesn't break camp with the major league team, then you lose him from your roster: viewtopic.php?p=2762405#p2762405

 

Maybe those rules don't apply during the offseason. If so, sorry for the misinformaiton.

 

 

I didn't think they applied for the roster deadline but I could be wrong.

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Could be. It doesn't likely matter