2018 Rule Changes/Suggestions

[Tigers GM (Max)]

It's about that time of year where we should begin discussing potential 2018 rule changes. Please feel free to chime in on these and/or come up with some of your own for the league to discuss. The best ones will be put to league vote (unless it becomes clear that enough people support it and the LM's decide to push it through themselves) and we will be making MLB Central Dynasty stronger and better!

[Tigers GM (Max)]

I'll start with my own:

1. Move an NL Central team to the AL East
This one is happening. Just wanted to make it public and official. The two teams who finish 3rd and 4th in the NLC will be the candidates, and the candidate(s) from the ALE are to be determined. This will be a swap of team names and nothing else. The GM will retain his players, just change the name of his franchise (thereby switching divisions). This is necessary for competitive balance and will strengthen the league as a whole.

2. Lower the RFA Primary Tag Discount from 20%
I believe that a 20% discount is too high for this. I'd be okay with a few of different formats. One would be simply keeping the system we have and lowering the 20% down to 5-10% to make it more fair and more realistic. The other would be totally getting rid of the PT discount and solely applying the Hometown Discount (right now our system applies only the better one, which is always the PT discount). The third would be some kind of tiered system, like the HTD, where you get a larger percentage discount on your primary player depending on how large the contract of your secondary player is.

3. Prevent players years 2-6 from being sent to Minors
You would still be able to DFA players in year 1 to the Minors under this rule. However, it feels a little cheap and strange having more established players in the Minors. It's also both a way to tank and stash players, both of which we would prefer to discourage.

4. Forced call-up of players in MLB if the 25-man roster is not full
This is to prevent tanking and further employ a competitive atmosphere. This would prevent guys from being hidden by non-competitive teams in the Minors which prevents them from winning categories (i.e., a form of tanking which we would prefer to eliminate).

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3. Prevent players years 2-6 from being sent to Minors


No.

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I'd say maybe 3-6 or 4-6 would be ok. I don't see how two year players should have to be DFA.

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2. Lower the RFA Primary Tag Discount from 20%
I believe that a 20% discount is too high for this. I'd be okay with a few of different formats. One would be simply keeping the system we have and lowering the 20% down to 5-10% to make it more fair and more realistic. The other would be totally getting rid of the PT discount and solely applying the Hometown Discount (right now our system applies only the better one, which is always the PT discount). The third would be some kind of tiered system, like the HTD, where you get a larger percentage discount on your primary player depending on how large the contract of your secondary player is.

Not a big fan of this one. Since there has to a 2nd RFA tagged player getting above 5M AAS (I believe) I think the primary should stay at 20%. Owners want to keep the homegrown talent, not auctioned off cause one team has 90m free and no roster spots filled.

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International Free Agency: We can follow MLB on this and only allow a team to trade for no more than 75% of their allotment pool. To me this is a big one for this leagues parity since we have so many owners that are willing to forego International Free Agency.


With Max's suggestions:
1) Moving a team. I don't think this really the solution to a problem. This is a game that requires participation and it really works well when the league is filled with competent owners. If an owner(s) isn't willing to put in the effort, find a replacement.

2) Lower the RFA Discount tag. I would much rather have a better chance at being able to keep homegrown talent.

3) Preventing players 2-6 from being moved to minors. I suppose we could have this be a thing, but established MLB players are scattered throughout the minors in real life, I don't really see a need to add this as a rule.

4) Force MLB players to be called up if 25 man roster is not full. Sure, but if moves are being forced, maybe it's time to replace that owner to make room for an owner that doesn't need so much supervision.

We have a nice collection of talented owners with different processes of building and running their teams, I'd like to see this league thrive with competition. I would be thrilled if there was a rule and/or penalties that would prevent teams from tanking to the point that they can't field a team. That way we can avoid having to figure out how to get owners that are already here to actually play this game.

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I agree with Das. The only recommendation I would make is having DP's who make a certain amount on the Arbitration Calc ineligible for demotion to the Minors unless on the 60 Day DL (i.e. If the ceiling is $4.00 and a 4th year player is signed for $4.25, he would need to be on the owning team's 40-Man).

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3. Prevent players years 2-6 from being sent to Minors

This is the problem right here, those damn owners sending scale players to the minors...



My suggestion is to cap this bullshit from destroying the league like it does every season, Detroits roster on the spreadsheet as an example:

25 man roster = $210.55
40 man roster = $31.30

Another 12M in cap out towards other owners players.

Its a payroll that combined is 2.5 teams worth.

Fuckin joke.

The other day i made a trade with LAA and right as he was about to post he mentioned he needed it to be cap even, I asked how much did you need (Thats gonna cost ya lolz) He needed 0.7 total, no biggy but I decided to check to see how bad could it be oh another team with a payroll at 240mil.

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@kansas im confused for how those things are related

IMO players years 2-6 should be able to be sent to the minors, but they keep their current contract while in the minors

as for the Detroit example,
he traded for all that cash to pay down his contracts to stay below the salary cap

are you suggesting we stop allowing contracts to be paid down for any player?
thats a pretty radical change to implement

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Apologies i tried to leave a big enough space seperating those 2 things. Clearly not related... sarcasm on the first point.

Suggestion is to have a limit of incoming outgoing cap per player/trade. Slapshot has a great max% system. Maybe beamer can copy paste it here for us.

[Tigers GM (Max)]

Mariners GM (Beamer)

[Mariners GM (Beamer)]

I'll look into it tomorrow or the next day when I can get my hands on a laptop (on vacation at the outlaws

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In an unrelated topic, can something be done about the way the schedule is formatted? I'm facing the Angels 3 times, and the Yankees once. As much as I enjoy spending time with Matt, The Yankees are in my division. It would make more sense for me to face them 3 times instead.

[Tigers GM (Max)]

Jun 24, 2017 17:38:03 GMT -6 @haterader said:

In an unrelated topic, can something be done about the way the schedule is formatted? I'm facing the Angels 3 times, and the Yankees once. As much as I enjoy spending time with Matt, The Yankees are in my division. It would make more sense for me to face them 3 times instead.

Absolutely. I tried to create a format this year but with the unbalanced number of teams in each division and league, it was hard to do a week before the season. But I will set aside a time in the offseason to do this and create a formula we can use for every season that varies and makes sense

[Mariners GM (Beamer)]

Tigers GM (Max)
Here's what SCD has for it's trading rules (one team open looking for a GM...ahem)

Trading:

• All Players, Prospects and Draft Picks can be traded (CAP space CANNOT be traded)

• Retaining Salary on players is allowed; the trading team may only retain 10% of a player’s salary at the most and for a maximum of 2 years.
Example: A player has a cap hit of $5.00M, only $0.50M can be covered by the team trading the player away. The other $4.50M would be covered by the team receiving the player

• Post a Team Trade Block Thread to identify assets you wish to move or acquire

• Use PMs, CHATANGO, and or forms of correspondence to negotiate and complete a deal

• Ensure the following is stated in a trade when posted in the Trade Thread:

o The teams involved in the trade

o The full player name(s), position(s) and salary (include both dollar value and term)

o If a draft pick is involved, identify the original owner of pick, as well as the draft year

o State the reason why the trade was made and of what benefit it is to your franchise

• ALL GMs in the SCD can veto on any trade (i.e. there is no TAB (Trade Approval Board))

o A trade must pass by four (4) favorable votes

o If there is four (4) vetoes, the deal is officially dead

o All voting GMs should include a brief justification as to why you approve/veto a trade

• The trading period is set by League Moderators and is frozen at certain points during the calendar year (e.g. Trade Deadline prior to SCD Playoffs)


Read more: slapshotcentral.proboards.com/thread/1859/scd-league-rules#ixzz4l1ZVjMbM