WWG1WGA! 30-Team, 10-Keeper League (FANTRAX) $125 Entry, H2H 10x10Categories, 28-Man Rosters, Auction Draft (Sun., Apr. 2 @ 3:30 pm)

New owners take over existing teams and may choose up to 10 players on a contract to keep on their team at their contract prices.

League Settings & Rules

**===QUICK LEAGUE SUMMARY=== ** **WWG1WGA! 30 Team Keeper League, Season 3 (2023) ** **KEY POINTS: **30 Teams, 20 Statistics (10 x 10 H2H Categories), 10 Keepers, Salary Cap Auction Draft ($260).

INSPIRATION: For Those Love Who God, Country, and our National Pastime.

VISION: Our vision is to build the ultimate MLB simulation league: a community of active, respectful, and talented owners interested in a long-term keeper league that mirrors the MLB in beneficial respects through the selection of settings and statistics that capture unique player value, maximize strategy, and impose realistic constraints.

ENTRY: $125 for 2023

**PAYMENT LINK (**Collected through LeagueSafe): https://leaguesafe.com/join/4084672

**DRAFT DATE: **Sunday, April 2, 2023 @ 3:30 pm ET (All season stats will count towards the first H2H matchup).

DRAFT FORMAT: Salary Cap Auction with $260 per team.*

*BONUS (NEW): For up to $5 extra Bonus Auction Dollars, go to the introduction forum and post your (1) preferred name, (2) contact info (email for fantasy baseball talk at least), (3) number of years or description of experience in fantasy baseball/sports, (4) hometown and/or current state, (5) an interesting additional point such as your personal connection to baseball or favorite baseball memory or player (current or historic) or favorite team (current or historic) or even your work or hobbies that you'd like to share. This will help build community and facilitate trade talks and other communications.

**STATISTICS / CATEGORIES USED (INCLUDING PREMIUM STATS): ** **10 HITTING: **AB, HR, *SNB3, RBI, R, AVG, *FPT, OBP, *TSB, SLG,

*SNB3 (Stolen Bases - Caught Stealing - Pickoffs)

*FPT (Fielding Points) = (Double Plays Fielded x 0.6) + (Assists x 1.8) + (Assists OF x 5) + (Putouts OF x 1.3) + (CS Against Catchers x 13) – (SB Against Catchers x 1) – (Passed Balls x 1) – (Errors x 5)

*TSB (Total + Stolen Bases) = BB + 1B + (2 x 2B) + (3 x 3B) + HBP + (SB-CS) - GDP

10 PITCHING: ER, ERA, IP, NS, NW (W-L), K, HLD+PO (Holds+Pickoffs), MWHIP, QSCS*, K/9

*MWHIP (Modified Whip: Walks+Hits+Hit Batsmen / IP)

*QSCS (Quality Starts + Complete Games + Shutouts)

ROSTER: 28-Man Roster (23 Active +5 Bench Reserve) +10 IL, +10 minors.

**Composition (UPDATED): **2 C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, MI, CI, 4 OF, UT, 13 P, 2 Bench (Revised Configuration for 2023).

Minimum Roster: teams are required to have at least 1 player in the active-slot for C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, and 3 OF to maintain an eligible roster.

**PRIZES 2023: Total Allocated: $3750 ($125 x 30 teams) **Playoffs: 1st - $1375, 2nd - $925, 3rd - $450, 4th - $250, 5th - $175, 6th - $100 Best Record: $125 Division Winners: $25 each (6 total recipients totalling $150) Fantrax Premium League Fee Budgeted: $200 ($100 for this year, $100 for next year, available to Commissioner to withdraw from LeagueSafe)

KEEPER RULES: 10 keepers per team. Players are signed at auction prices for up to 5 year contracts with the opportunity for 1 contract extension after year 5 for up to 10 years at $5 per year. Players acquired at auction and retained on rosters without ever clearing waivers may be kept from year to year.

FA KEEPERS (NEW): for the 2024 Auction and beyond, up to 2 FA keepers per year will be allowed as part of a team's 10 keepers. The player’s 2024 salary would be #AB/25 for hitters and #IP/10 for pitchers (from the 2023 season), and the greater of the two if there is a two-way player. A batter that has 400 AB, for example would be $16 (400 AB/25) and pitcher that pitches 150 innings would be $15 (150 IP / 10). This would further increase interest throughout the entire season, without becoming unrealistic, and act as a counter incentive to those quick add and drop FA moves.

**PLAYOFFS (UPDATED): **12-team per MLB rules. Added consolation bracket for the top 16 teams that miss playoffs- prize is +5 auction dollars for 2024.

**VETOES (UPDATED): **Trade Vetoes require 16 of 30 teams to reject.

FORUMS: Community forums for discussions and topics.

HELP: Commissioner reminds, monitors, informs, and corrects for ambiguities, cultivates discussions to fix issues, and offers rule votes for major issues. Feel free to answer questions in the chat and interact in all the forums. Always looking to improve and fine-tune the settings.

QUESTIONS: Matt (Commissioner) at mkyver@yahoo.com | 908-421-0761 (text first pref.)

**JOIN LINK: ** https://www.fantrax.com/newui/fantasy/joinLeague.go?leagueId=kebo4extl96blf29

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