No current openings

All franchises are filled.  

The Basics of the League

The Great Lakes Baseball League

·         The GLBL  brings together Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) owners to compete for its Championship with expectations of fair and honest play while demonstrating good sportsmanship.

·         The GLBL  will always use the most modern version of OOTP once it has been deemed 'stable'. 

Commissioner Requirements

·         The Commissioner will not be running/managing a team in this league.-edit 6/2/16

·         The Commissioner’s duties include:

·         Setting the league schedule

·         Running the in-OOTP game league

·         Following owners’ management instructions

·         Updating the league website

·         Running drafts

·         Resolving all disputes and questions

·         Encouraging league participation

·         Improving the league

·         Filling ownership vacancies.

·         Processing trades

GM Engagement Requirements:

• Export activity that indicates the franchise is actively managed 
• Monitor forum posts and respond when appropriate
• Reply promptly, within reason, to PM's
• Establish & maintain some level of presence in the League* 
• Voting on all Proposals - MANDATORY
• All Star Voting - MANDATORY
• HOF Voting - MANDATORY
• Awards Voting - MANDATORY
• Communicate when you are going to be absent for an extended time

*While it's impossible to formulate an exact protocol for the frequency and depth of your league participation the expectation is that you have a 'presence' and bring value to the league on some level(s).  We can be creative on this approach.  

League Settings overview

·         Financials ON

·         Designated hitter: NO

·         Fictional players

Franchises have Two levels of minors

·        AAA Reserve Grade

·         AA League 

Coaches:  NO 
Inaugural draft:  COMPLETE

Scouts are ON  High Accuracy
Rule V:  NO

Rating scale of 1-5  

Playoffs (no playoffs in the minor leagues)

·         The 2 league champions plus the two teams with the best records will qualify.  In the event of a time, an extra game will be added to determine the qualifying teams.  

·         The semi-finals will be a best of 7 series with League first place team  having home field  advantage over the runner up second place team. The series will be split 2H, 3A, 2H

·         · The semi-finals will be a best of 7 series with the League Champion having home field advantage over the Wild Card. The series will be split 2H, 3A, 2H

The GLBL Championship Series will be a best of 7 game series with thethe league champion always having home field advantage over the wild card.  In case of a tie between the league champs, or wild cards, the team with the most wins will get the home field advantage. The series will be split 2H, 3A, 2H 

edited on 2-23-17

Sim schedule:

·         4  days per regular season sim (this is subject to change but will never be more than 7 days)

·         Off season and pre-season sim lengths to be determined

·         Sims to occur everyday (M, T, W, T, F, ) unless commish provides advance notice of absence

·         Exports due no later than 7:30 am Eastern Standard Time – note the sim will be run anywhere between 7:35 AM am and 11:00 AM EST

V. Ballparks & Relocation

·         Franchise names and location will not change. 

·         Ballparks were designed by the inauguaral GM's. , GMs will be allowed to adjust ONE of the SIX park factors every 3 years. Each change cannot increase or decrease a park factor by more than 0.030

·         No park factor can go below 0.85 or above 1.15

·         Maximum capacity of stadiums is set to 40,000. 

Free Agents

·         3 service years required for salary arbitration

·         6 years service time minimum for free agency

·         Minor league free agency is active at 6 years

·         No compensation for lost FA’s

·         2012 CBA rules are not in effect

·         All free agent claims are made in game with the following rules in place:

·         Maximum contract length of 5 years for any player aged 24 or under

·         Maximum contract length of 8 years for any player aged 25 or older

·         No player shall earn less than a previous year in the same contract (i.e. year 3 cannot be for less salary than year 1 or year 2)

·         Player option years are allowed

·         Team option years are NOT allowed

·         The total of any bonuses in a contract must not exceed 20% of the total value of the lowest single year of salary

·         Free agents can only be signed during the regular season, off-season or pre-season window. FA’s cannot be signed during the playoffs by any teams.
*    For now policy of Opt Out Contracts:
     Do not heavily weight year 1 or 2 (in multiple year deals) with a player opt out option

     Opt outs with the same $ amount for each season are legal in any year.

VII. Trades

·         The commissioner may cancel a deal if it harms team or league integrity.  This will only happen in extremely lopsided deals, if at all. 

·         All trades must be posted on the league message board.

·         Both parties must agree to the deal before it is processed.

·         Draft picks CANNOT be traded.

·         Recently drafted players CAN be traded.

·         Trading is closed between the trade deadline July 31 and the last game of the GLBC  Grand Final.

·         Veterans cannot veto trades

·         Cash can be included in trades

VIII. Roster Rules

·         25 man limit on ML roster, 30 man limit for both Reserve Grade and Youth League teams

o        The active roster will be extended to a limit of 30 for Spring Training, the roster must be down to 25 men for the opening day sim of each season. A special ‘roster moves’ sim will be scheduled between the end of Spring Training and opening day

·         AA Youth  League team had the maximum age waived on 12-8-16.

·         No ‘September’ call up options

·         No secondary roster

·         ‘International Complex’ limited to 20 players

·         Minimum of 4 man rotation for regular season games and 3 man for playoffs

·         All pitchers set to start in the rotation must be set to SP, MR/CL can only start if set to ‘Emergency starter’ and the AI has them replace an SP injured during a sim

IX. Amateur Draft

·         During each off season after January there will be an Amateur Draft

·         The draft will consist of ten rounds with players for 12 rounds generated

·         Draft Order

o        The non-playoff teams will draft in inverse order of winning percentage.  Ties will be broken based on head-to-head record (better record drafts first), then a coin flip if required

o        The playoff teams that do not reach the GLBL Grand Final will draft in inverse order of winning percentage.  Tiebreakers remain the same as above

o        The GLBC Grand Final loser picks 11th

o        The GLBC Grand Final winner picks 12th

·         B. The league will hold the Amateur Draft using the Statslab utility. The draft pool will be released approximately 75 days prior to the Draft to allow lists to allow drafting to begin in the utility. All picks must be made through the Draft Utility or by emailing the Commissioner detailed instructions

Contract Extensions & Free Agent Guidelines

·         All game created contracts in the first year of play will be honored

·         Contract extensions

·         Maximum contract length of 5 years for any player aged 24 or under

·         Maximum contract length of 8 years for any player aged 25 or older

·         Player option years are allowed

·         Team option years are NOT allowed; Vesting years with reasonable criteria are allowed in the final year of the contract

·         The total of any bonuses in a contract must not exceed 20% of the total value of the lowest single year of salary
*    Vesting Option in final year allowed.  * The amount of the vesting year contract cannot be more than the year preceding it. (changed 6-24-17)

Ticket Prices:  GM's set

Teams & Leagues

One Canadian League/Division with SIX Canadian Franchises
   

One American League with SIX American Franchises:
   
    

League Settings

·         Scouting Accuracy ‘High’

·         Monthly scouting reports

·         Suspensions/Injuries/Fatigue

·         Suspensions ON

·         Drug suspensions ON

·         Injury frequency LOW 


CEI Reversal for Players LESS than 27 years of age at the time of injury CEI injuries may be reduced at the GM's discretion to a period of ONE year from the final injury diagnosis.  In other words, if your player has a torn labrum and is estimated to be lost for 1 year recovery time and 3 month's later the final diagnosis is 'career over' the one year clock begins after the 3 month diagnosis.  

·         Injury rating HIDDEN

·         Position player fatigue LOW

Ratings

·         Ratings and Potential 1-5

·         Show ratings > Max NO

·         Show Potential <Max  No adjust

·         Overall/Potential Rating STARS

·         Overall rating based on ALL players, not positions

Financials  Note:  
            Average attendance 40,000 (will adjust as time progresses)

·         Average ticket price $25.00 fixed for all teams 

·         Visiting team’s gate share 20%

·         4. Fixed national media contract $35M 

·         5. Average local media contract $24M 

·         6. Average merchandise revenue $13.5M baseline   

·         7. Owner does NOT control budget, all revenue available

·         8. 20% revenue sharing

·         9. Cash maximum $1,000,000

·         10. Average player development budget $3.6M

·         11. Average scouting budget $3.6M

International and Amateur Free Agents

·         International amateur free agents (few 4)

·         International amateur signing cap N/a at this time

·         International scouting discoveries per team (few 3)

·         International established free agents (few 1)

·         Free agents from independent leagues (default 2)

Schedule

·         140 game schedule (no inter-league play)
·          Intra-league schedule format

·         Typical series is 3 games

·         Typically one off day per week

·         Season starts 1st April  (8 April in the minor leagues)

·         Development and Aging

·         Batter Aging Speed .600

·         Batter Dev. Speed 1.000

·         Pitcher Aging Speed .700

·         Pitcher Dev. Speed 1.000

·         Talent change randomness 100

·         Morale system ON

·         Personality ratings ON

2015 strategy modifiers are in place

Storylines OFF
Contract Negotiations:  OFF
League Expansion:  Highly Unlikely

edit 5/2/16