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
16 Total Teams Split Into 2 Leagues
Each League Having 4 teams in 2 divisions
Division Winners and top non-division winner (based on Winning %) Qualify For Playoffs
#2 and #3 Seed Play with #1 Seed Receives a Bye
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
Offfseason 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
Heroes Contract Rules(The Rickey Rule) Amendment 11/24/14
A.) All offers must be 3 years minimum in length
B.) All offers must be 5 million per year minimum in value
C.) Failure to meet these rules and if player signs with you the contract is voided and all monies due on the contract will be lost and player will be released which will mean that the player will not renegotiate with you
Rollie Fingers Amendement to Heroes Contracts (Rollie Rule)
A.) If Hero is unsigned on Opening Day player may sign for any offer that is within normal contract rules

 

Extensions

 	
Player must have one year of service time before extensions can be negotiated

Heroes Importing Process
A randomizer program will determine how many will be imported with a weight system.
Each year will be between 0 and 3 players imported
Weight System is 0=1 pt. 1=2 point 2=4 points and 3=1 point
Then the randomizer program will be given the range of number of HOF players based on the induction list through this link <a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_me ... ll_of_Fame</a>
If a non-player is chosen we ask for a new number

 

Player Bonuses
PA 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 10% of the average value of the contract

 

Scouts

 	
Every start off off season I will randomly edit 2 scouts who want to be GM only to appear back in 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.