Rules & Settings
Specific OOTP Settings
- Scouting is Enabled
- Accuracy is Very High
- Ratings 1-20
- Stars Are Enabled
Aging Modifiers
- Batter Aging Speed= .250
- Batter Development Speed= 1.000
- Pitcher Aging Speed= .375
- Pitcher Development Speed= .900
- Talent Randomness=67
Roster Limits
- Active Roster 25
- Triple A 25
- Double A 25
- Single A 40
- International Complex 50
Length of DFA, Waivers and Disabled List
- Waivers=14 Days
- DFA=21 Days
- Disabled List=14/60 Days
Other Roster Rules
- Option Years Are Enabled
- Ghost Players Enabled
- No Designated Hitter
Trade Rules
- Deadline is July 31st
- You Can Trade Recently Drafted Players
- No Trading of Draft Picks
- 10/5 Rule is not in Place
Draft Settings
- Draft Date=June 5
- Rounds=15 with Generation of 20 Names
- Reveal Date of Draft Pool=75 days
- Drafted Players Are Automatically Signed
CBA Bargaining Agreements--Please Familiarize Yourself With These
- The New 2012 CBA is enacted
- Top 1/3rd of Draft is first round protected pick. You will forfeit your 2nd highest pick
Attendance Settings
- Average Ticket Price=25.00
- Average Attendence is 30,000
Team Revenue Settings
- Average Media Contract 30 Million
- Same For Every Team
- Average Local Media=7.5 Million (All Teams Have been edited to 9.5 Million to start with 3 year contracts)
- Average Merchandise Revenue=6.5 Million
- Owner decides if over budget
- No Revenue Sharing
- Cash Max=25 Million
Team Expenses and Salary Settings
- Average Development Budget=6 million
- Average Scouting Budget=4.6 Million
- Salary Cap=100 Million
- Min. Salary=350K
- Super Star Salary 13.5 Million
- Star Salary 10 Million
- Good Salary 6 Million
- Above Average 3.5 Million
- Average 1.5 Million
- Below Average 1 Million
- Fair Quality 600K
- Poor Quality 400K
Player Options
- International Amateur Free Agents=16 Per Year
- 3 Million Signing Cap
- International Reveal Date=July 1
League and Playoff Structure
- 20 Total Teams Split Into 2 Leagues
- Each League Having 5 teams in 2 divisions
- Division Winners and two top non-division winner (based on Winning %) Qualify For Playoffs
- #2 and #3 Seed Play and #1 vs. #4 seeds play
- First Round=Best of 5 (2h, 2a, 1h)
- League Championship Series=Best of 7 (2h, 2a, 1h, 1a, 1h)
- World Series= Best of 9 (2h, 3a, 2h, 1a, 1h)
League Specific Settings
Sim Schedule
Sim Schedule Will Consist of
- Up to But not Including Arbitration
- Arbitration up to but not including Rule 5
- Rule 5 up to start of Preseason
- Sims from Preseason to Spring Training will be 5 days in length
- Spring Training Will Be Broken Up into 2 sims
- Sims Will Be Held Every Day of the Week at Approximately 9AM EST
- Regular Season Sims Will Be 7 Days In Length and will Run from Sunday Through Saturday (This is to best utilize 7 day lineups
- Playoff Sims Will Run--Wild Card Games 1-3 and 4/5 League Championship Series 1-3 and 4-7 and World Series 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Pitching Rotations
- Regular Season May Use Min. of 4 Man Rotation
- Playoffs Min. of 3 Man Rotation
- No Pitchers Listed as MR can be placed as SP without converting them (This is done for contract reasonings) If discovered that this rule is abused 1st Will be Warning and 2nd Will Be 1 Million Dollar Fine
Trades
- Trades Can Be Posted and Processed from Start of Preseason till July 31
- Must be confirmed by both teams on Forum--Following Specific Instructions On Format
- You Can Trade For A Player Straight for Cash with max being 10 million
Free Agent Bidding
- All FA Bidding Will Be Done inside the game
- Only can be signed from Preseason till End of Entire Season Including Playoffs
- If Illegal Signing Occurs, player will be released and team will be penalized 50% of entire contract value
- For Players 25 and Under Must have min. of 3 year contract if average salary is over 550K
- Players 35 and under who sign a contract averaging greater than 6 million per year can not be traded in their first year
- One Year Contracts for Players 35 and Under can not exceed 5.9
- A.) Amendment (10-24-13) Upon start of Spring Training players 35 and under can sign any 1 year contract value
- B.) However, those bids cannot be submitted prior to Spring Training
Extensions
- Player must have one year of service time before extensions can be negotiated
Player Bonuses
- PAs cannot be less than 400, or greater than 700.
- RP IP cannot be less than 50, or greater than 125. SP IP cannot be less than 150, or greater than 275.
If an owner is found violating this rule, the player will be released immediately, and will only be refunded 50% of the total contract value that was charged to their player expenses.
Team Buyout Option has to be 50% of the average value of the contract***updated 6/14/16
Scouts
- Each year 2 scouts will be edited from the wanting to be a GM pool to replenish the scout pool
Stadium and Relocation Rules
- Adding Seats 1,000 seats cost 2 million and stadium is capped 45k seats
- Request needs to be placed before Jan 1st of the prior season to be added the following season
- Money comes from the cash on hand and must have money available
- Will be taken at the start of Spring Section
- Please Refer To Stadium Section Information to add seats
Stadium Modifier Change
You will provide me with distances
- LF Line
- LF
- LF Alley
- Center
- RF Alley
- RF
- RF Line and wall height for each one
This generator sheet I have will spit out the modifiers. To change it will cost you 25 million up front and 5 million every year for the next 5 years.