1. Basics
Beta Baseball uses the Out of the Park Baseball 9 program as its simulation engine. It has a
fictional player pool, with a rating system using the ‘Talent Only’ setting,
which means that actual hitting and pitching ratings are hidden. The scale
used for talent ratings is 1-10.
There are two leagues, the Axelite League and the Bordurian League. Neither league uses a
Designated Hitter.
One team from each league advances to the playoffs, where they play a best-of-9 playoff
series to determine the league champion.
The league simulated three years prior to its initial draft in 2005, and those statistical
records are still available for players who were in the league at that time.
There aren't many left, but hey, it's there.
Owners must submit lineups before 3PM Eastern on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, the days of the sims, using the OOTP export function.
The commissioner will run two sims per game month, ending either on the
1st or the 16th of every month.
Minor
League free agency is in effect.
The
league settings are the following:
Relievers: very often
Closers: often
Endurance: normal
Rotation size: 4 man
PH for pitchers: very often
PH for players: normal
Defensive subs: normal
SB: normal
Hit and run: normal
Bunting: normal
2. Franchises and Members
Teams still cannot move nor build or edit a stadium. That will probably
change soon.
Naturally, nobody can own more than one team. If you’re caught, you will be removed
from the league.
The
amateur draft order is determined in the following way: in even years, the
BL teams get the even picks and the AL teams the odd picks, and in odd
years, the BL teams get the odd picks and the AL teams, the even picks.
The order of selection within a league is determined by the previous
year's regular season record.
3. Finances
Beta Baseball has no salary cap.
Teams are not allowed to be in debt (i.e.: have a negative cash amount) for more than one season
in a row. Teams that don't follow this rule will be punished somehow. Just
don't let it happen.
Teams cannot carry over more than 10 million dollars a year. For example, if a team has a surplus of 25 million dollars at the end of the year, 15 million will disappear and only 10 will be added to their cash amount. The reason for that is to encourage spending, pretty much.
4. Transactions
Trades must be confirmed on the message board, by both teams. The trade deadline is
August 1. No trades of any kind are allowed after that, no waivers nonsense is allowed
Once the FA period has started, you will be able to start threads for players you want to sign, and you will be able to put up bids for players with a thread already open. When you start a thread, please list the player's position and full name in the topic. Example: "MR Joe Grisham". When you make an offer, please write down the yearly salary (not the total value) and the number of years, and if there's an option attached, it's included in the number of years you listed, not added to it.
Offers must be at least 10% superior in yearly salary to the previous offer - the number of years is up to you. You have 48 hours after the last bid was made to submit a new one. Basically, if you sign in once every two days, you won't miss anything.
48 hours after the last offer was made, a player's thread will be closed, and will sign to the team with the best offer. In cases where all the offers are for the same number of years, it'll be easy to determine who gets the player, but in cases where the number of years differ, I will be the arbitrator determining what offer was the best, consulting other people if necessary. If Pierrefonds is one of the teams involved in the offers, Nick will be the arbitrator. If we're both involved, we'll ask someone else to determine who gets the player.
You cannot bid on players that you cannot afford, just as if we were in the game. If, for example, you have 10 million dollars to spare, you have to make sure that at the end of the FA period, you won't have signed for 11 million dollars' worth of players.
You are not allowed, under any circumstances, to withdraw bids or to edit any post made in the FA forum. That's done to prevent editing bids, which is forbidden - once you have made a bid, you're stuck with it. You can't edit nor remove it. Even if you just want to correct the player's name, don't do it.
You are not allowed to offer minor league contracts. These will be processed in-game after the FA period is over.
You are allowed to offer a contract structured the way you want it. For the 10% offer increase rule, the mean salary (excluding option years and bonuses) will be used. It would be great if you calculated it when making an offer, to save time for other bidders and myself happy.
Option years and incentive bonuses are allowed, but not no-trade clauses - since they can't be waved, they hurt both players and teams.
Draft
picks are available for trade, but only for the upcoming draft.
5. Incentives
Anyone who manages to bring a new owner to the league will get 250k, flat fee (although
they must specify it in their application form, or you must notice me that said person
will join the league prior to that person sending in the application form). In order for
the owner to get that money, the member he brings to the league must stay for at least one
complete season. The money will be added to his team's total at the start of the year
following the new member's first complete year.
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