thanks a ton Jake. Can you take a quick look at the scoring system below and let me know if it's fairly standard? I'm getting in my 1st money league and feel kind of overwhelmed.
Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, DH, SP and RP.
Eligibility: Players are eligible at their primary position, plus positions they've played 20 games last year or 5 games this year.
Everyone is eligible at DH.
Transactions:
• Lineups are set once for the start of each period.
Deadline is 30 minutes before gametime on the first day of the period.
• Owners may set lineups and change players' positions from a list of their eligible positions.
• Only players who are on the disabled list may be placed into Injured status.
• Only players in the minor leagues may be placed into Minors status.
• Owners may do add/drops.
• Trades must be approved by the commissioner.
• No trades can be made after the trade deadline of 11:59 PM ET 8/21/08.
(Click Here to set a reminder)
• Owners may make trades during the offseason.
Schedule: Weekly scoring periods, starting on Mondays.
Playoffs start in Period 24 and last for 2 Periods.
Fees:
League Entry Fee: $150
Scoring: Head-to-Head, Points Based System.
Ties go to the team with more points from Reserves.
Scoring based on total stats each period.
Ties in the standings are resolved in this order: Winning Percentage, Total Points.
Scoring for Batting Categories
1B - Singles 1 point
2B - Doubles 2 points
3B - Triples 3 points
BB - Walks (Batters) 1 point
CS - Caught Stealing -2 points
CYC - Hitting for the Cycle 10 points
GDP - Ground Into Double Plays -1 point
GSHR - Grand Slam Home Runs 4 points
HP - Hit by Pitch 1 point
HR - Home Runs 4 points
HRISP - Hits Runners in Sco. Pos. 1 point
IB - Intentional Walks 1 point
KO - Strikeouts (Batter) -1 point
LOB - Left On Base -1 point
R - Runs 1 point
RBI - Runs Batted In 1 point
SB - Stolen Bases 2 points
SF - Sacrifice Flies 1 point
SH - Sacrifice Hits 1 point
Scoring for Pitching Categories
B - Balks -1 point
BBI - Walks Issued (Pitchers) -1 point
BS - Blown Saves -2 points
CG - Complete Games 10 points
CGL - Complete Game Loss 3 points
ER - Earned Runs -1 point
HA - Hits Allowed -1 point
HB - Hit Batsmen -1 point
INN - Innings 3 points
IRS - Inherited Runners Scored -1 point
K - Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point
L - Losses -5 points
NH - No-Hitters 25 points
NHL - No-Hitter Loss 10 points
PG - Perfect Games 50 points
PKO - Pick Offs 1 point
S - Saves 5 points
SO - Shutouts 10 points
W - Wins 10 points
WP - Wild Pitches -1 point
Status Min Max
Active Players 18 27
Reserve Players 9 9
Injured Players 0 3
Minors Players 0 2
Total Players 0 32
Position Min Max Tot
Active C 1 1 3
Active 1B 1 1 4
Active 2B 1 1 4
Active 3B 1 1 4
Active SS 1 1 4
Active OF 5 5 9
Active DH 2 2 10
Active SP 4 4 10
Active RP 2 2 8
Illegal rosters score zero
points in standings.
Injured players do not count against positional roster limits.
Minor league players do not count against positional roster limits.