FAQ - Information on Trades, Sending Lineups, Spring Training, Compensation,and more.

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Part 1- Lineups

First off, I will again repeat this, any player traded or acquired goes directly to AAA, so don't assume they are on the 25 man roster. Also some teams have more than 25 men due to the expanded rosters in September, make changes accordingly and be aware like always, not everyone will accept demotions.

Promotions
{Position Name then from current level to....whatever the level he is being promoted to}
3B E. Munson, AAA->MLB
LF L. Nix AAA->MLB
SP R. Freierbend A->AA

Demotions
{Position Name then from current level to....whatever the level he is being demoted to}
LF Todd Linden MLB->AAA

If you do your promotions and demotions correctly, there really is no need to write up a 25 man roster. It's a pain for me to check and like mentioned, if the promotions and demotions are done correctly everything should be fine.

Rotation
{If you want your rotation to be a strict order rotation or a start the most rested, please specify and the changes will be made}
1) Foppert
2) Beckett
3) Bonderman
4) D. Willis
5) Threets

Spot Starter
{If wanted, please specify the percent you would want him to start, IE 10%, 25% etc}
1. Robertson

Mop-up
1) R B. Baisley
2)

Middle Relief
1) R D. Kolb
2) L J. Beimel
3) R B. Baisley
4)

Set-up
1) R F. German
2) L A. Burnside

Closer
1) R M. Koplove

Lineups
{If you want for instance vs. LHP and RHP to be the same, specify that to make it easier and quicker for me to do.}

LINEUP VS RHP Pos
1) A. Soriano 2B
2) J. Mauer C
3) J. Crede 3B
4) A. Dunn LF
5) C. Ross CF
6) X. Nady RF
7) J. Stokes 1B
8) M. Cabrera SS
9) Pitcher

LINEUP VS RHP+DH Pos
1) A. Soriano 2B
2) J. Mauer C
3) J. Crede 3B
4) A. Dunn LF
5) C. Ross DH
6) X. Nady RF
7) J. Stokes 1B
8) M. Cabrera SS
9) C. Snelling CF

LINEUP VS LHP Pos
1) A. Soriano 2B
2) J. Phillips C
3) X. Nady RF
4) C. Ross CF
5) J. Crede 3B
6) A. Dunn LF
7) M. Cabrera SS
8) J. Stokes 1B
9) Pitcher

LINEUP VS LHP+DH Pos
1) A. Soriano 2B
2) C. Snelling CF
3) X. Nady RF
4) C. Ross DH
5) J. Crede 3B
6) A. Dunn LF
7) J. Phillips C
8) M. Cabrera SS
9) J. Stokes 1B


Questions or any additional small changes
{IE, position changes}
Change AAA LF Todd Linden's position from LF to RF.

Part 2 – Trades
When sending me trades, it helps me the most if you send me to them in this format:
Team 1 trades:
(player name), (player star rating), (salary)
Total Salary: $x
Team 2 trades:
(player name), (player star rating), (salary)
Total Salary: $x
For example:
Philadelphia trades:
2B Chase Utley 2.5 stars, $830,000
Total: $830,000

New York (N) trades:
RF Kenny Kelly, 2.0 spec, $435,000
MR Heath Bell, 1.0 stars, MLC
Total: $435,000

*Important Rule: You may only rework a trade twice for a total of 3 tries in the Trade Council. The Trade Council will determine if a trade is an attempt at a rework or if it qualifies as a new deal.*

When it comes to trading Future Draft Picks:

If you trade a Future Draft pick
1) It loses all protection (so if its a top 10 pick its still moved)
2) If you are not normally protected (11th pick or worse) You are not eligible to offer Class A FAs... this is because you don't have a 1st rounder to give up as comp
Teams without a 1st round pick Will be able to offer to Type A's in Round 5 (They will give up a 2nd rounder if signed)
Examples:

A)
ATL Trades 2013 pick to MIN
ATL finishes season in playoffs and gets #23 pick
MIN recieves #23 pick in draft
ATL not eligible to offer to Type A's til round 5

B)
ATL trades 2013 pick to MIN
ATL implodes and finishes with #9 pick
MIN recieves #9 pick in 2013 draft
ATL can offer Type A FA's

Sign and Trades are allowed but understand they will be evaluated strictly, if you are unsure, agree to a deal BEFORE offering the player and get pending TC approval

The one thing PLEASE avoid is typing this:
Team 1 receives:
That format is confusing because then that tells me I have to go to the other team, and it gets rough.
TRADING CASH:
In this league, you may compensate for a players’ salary as much as you would like FOR THIS YEAR’S SALARY. You may not cover a players’ salary past the year you are trading him in.
You also may trade as much straight cash as you would like, as long as you have it.
A few other trading notes:
-You MAY do multiple team trades. However, you can not do circle trades. A circle trade is the following:
Team A gives a player to Team B, Team B gives a player to Team C, Team C gives a player to Team A.
The following 3 player trade IS allowed:
Team A gives a player to Team B, Team B turns that player around to Team C
You may send me those as 2 separate trades, but inform me they are contingent upon each other. Such as if the deal where Team A gives the player to Team B passes, but the trade saying that player going to Team C fails, the whole deal will fail. Otherwise Team B will be stuck with a player they may not want.

Part 3: Team Strategies and Promotions

I stole this from TPSL, sorry Nick!!
Promotional days are days that increase fan interest, but cost money to schedule. You must have team cash to be able to schedule one, and it has to be during a home game.

Here is a picture of the options you have for the promotional days:



Team Strategies is a section within the OOTP game:

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The first link is to a picture of the options for the team offense & defense tendencies. The second link shows the individual options for pitchers and hitters.

If you have a team strategy change, want to schedule promotion day, or have any other note that you need to make, place this part of your change at the top or bottom of your PM. In the case that you are making a team strategy change, unless you are maxing out a category, please indicate how many clicks from the center you would like me to move the bar. This is the most practical way to do this since it's hard to judge otherwise.

Part 4: Spring Training:

Every player has 20 points you can allocate to different sections to direct a player's focus during spring training. There are 4 sections for any player, hitter or pitcher, so naturally the average points allocated to each section is 5. Any higher than 5, and that area has a chance to increase. Any lower, and it has a chance to decrease.

The hitter categories are: Contact, Power, Eye, and Defense
The pitcher categories are: Stuff, Control, Movement, Endurance

Here's how I'd like you to post:

You have 2 options. You can either simply say "coaches suggestions" and they will tell the players what is best for them (generally this is the low risk-low reward option), or you can move the sliders yourself. If you're going to do that, here's how you want to post:

LF Carlos Lee: 5-8-2-5
SP Roy Halladay: 10-2-2-6

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Part 5: FA Compensation Rules


Type A free agents will net a first round pick as well as a 1st round sandwich pick. The top 10 picks are protected. If a top 10 pick team signs a Type A free agent, the comp team will instead get their 2nd round pick, along with the sandwich pick still. The players must be signed before the FA scraps period in order to be eligible for comp.

Type B free agents will net a second round pick.The top 10 picks are protected. If a top 10 pick team signs a Type B free agent, the comp team will instead get their 3rd round pick No sandwich pick will be given for Type B free agents.

New Rule edit: If you are slated to receive a 3rd rounder or worse for a Type A, or a 4th rounder or worse for a Type B due to one team signing multiple comp eligible FA's, you will in addition get a sandwich pick after the 1st round for Type A's, or after the 2nd round for Type B's.

Teams signing more than 1 Type A or B free agent will give away their picks depending on the following formula:

Order of picks goes by FA Type, then Date signed

To qualify for compensation:

Hitter: 470 AB's
Pitcher: 170 IP or 17 starts or 65 appearances

Type A must have:

Hitter: .850 OPS or .370 OBP
Pitcher (if qualified with 170 IP or 17 starts): 3.60 ERA
Pitcher (if qualified with 65 appearances): 3.30 ERA

Type B must have:

Hitter: .775 OPS or .340 OBP
Pitcher (if qualified with 170 IP or 17 starts): 4.20 ERA
Pitcher (if qualified with 65 appearances): 3.90 ERA

Note the commishes in VERY RARE cases can give injury exempt or comp status to a player

FA's receive comp for 1st 4 periods (Periods go 5 days, 5 days, 10 days, 10 days)

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Maybe in the Future Plans way down the line (aka Part 9 3/4)

TBSL Bank

Inspired by a joke post by KoZ, we here at TBSL are pleased to introduce the opening of the TBSL Bank!!!

This Bank will allow teams to take loans to get that one extra player they need for a WS run. The catch of course is that the teams will have to repay the loans WITH INTEREST. Failure to do so will cause the owners of the bank (Commish’s) to take your players off your team and sell them to the highest bidder , and we will take any players (including prospects) to get our money back! Obviously, failure to pay will cause an interest rate increase or refusal to be accepted for a loan.

Regulations/Rules:

• The TBSL Bank will start with 80 Million dollars.
• Teams wishing to apply for a loan should PM cjkalt with the following information:

A)How much you would like to loan
B)What the loan will be used for (FA offer, Trade to get big SP etc…)
C)How many years you want to repay the loan in (2 or 3 years)
D)Are you willing to accept a partial loan if the Bank can’t give you a full loan?
E)Quick Plan on how you expect to repay loan? (Expiring Contracts, Increased Revenues)

• Teams with extra money MAY choose to invest in the bank. Based on when you want to be repaid you will receive your money + interest (Interest Rates shown on below chart) Again PM cjkalt with the following:

A)How much you will be giving to the Bank
B)When you want to be repaid (2 or 3 years)

Interest Charts

Loans/Giving Totaling (Less than 5 million)

Years of Loan | Loans from Bank | Giving to Bank
2 Years | 3% | 2%
3 Years | 5% | 4%

Loans/Giving Totaling (5 mil- 15 mil)

Years of Loan | Loans from Bank | Giving to Bank
2 Years | 5% | 4%
3 Years | 7.5% | 6%

Loans/Giving Totaling (15- 30 mil)
Years of Loan | Loans from Bank | Giving to Bank
2 Years | 10% | 8%
3 Years | 12.5% | 10%

Loans/Giving Totaling (30 mil+)
Years of Loan | Loans from Bank | Giving to Bank
2 Years | 15% | 12.5%
3 Years | 20% | 15%

Notes:
1)Interest Rates are not compounded (If the Bank loans you 3.33 mil x 3 years (Loan Totaling 10 mil), you will owe the back 10.75 mil)
2)You can repay the loan over the time ( Can pay 4 mil after year 1, 3 mil after year 2, 3.75 after year 3)
3)All Loans will be Public Information and Kept in a Thread inside the Extensions Thread
4)If you have 2 10 million dollar loans, you are only charged the 10 mil loan rate for each loan


If there are more loans than money:
1) We will try to do partial loans
2) If people don't want them, we will go First Come, First Serve