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dynasty league looking for Yankees GM 

Post#1 » by Dirty Water » Wed Jan 8, 2014 7:02 pm

First off I apologize if this is against the rules of the forum. I'm not promoting my website or anything like that. I'd rather not post in the fantasy baseball forum because I'm looking for someone a little more invested in the Yanks. Plus, I haven't got any responses in that forum as it's not as active as this.

I'm involved in a deep 28 team dynasty league that has an opening due to the resignation one of our long time members who decided he no longer had the time. The open position is the GM of the Yankees franchise. The league is entering it's 10th year and has been able to maintain good stability even though there is no league fee or dues. It's all for fun. But that doesn't mean it's not serious and active. There have already been 20 trades this offseason and free agency hasn't even begun.

The rosters were originally set as of Opening Day 2005. Owners control the major league franchise as well as the minor league rosters of their teams, all future signed draft picks, and any foreign players signed and brought over, with the exceptions of Cuban and Japanese players which enter regular open free agency, much as they do in MLB. After Opening Day 2005, the rosters were no longer tied in any way to actual MLB or MiLB transactions, with the exception of the acquisition of first-time players, whether that be by amateur draft or foreign signing.

Salary caps were originally determined by taking the team’s Opening Day 2005 salary and adding $25,000,000 to that figure. By 2009, that number got set to $100,000,000 where it has and will remain for the life of the league. Every January/February, we have two types of free agency, open free agency and matched free agency, in the latter a specific team designated player is opened to the market, and the original owner has the chance to match the contract, just like restricted free agency in NBA or NHL. We also have a franchise tag, where an owner can assume control of a player for a certain price for 2 years (this increases over time if the owner keeps using this tag). There are limits to how many players can be retained.

All transactions during the season must be cleared through the league message board. This includes all trades, free agent signings, minor league demotions or promotions. In the off-season, different rules apply, and I also won't get into that here either. Each type of roster transaction has its own place on the message board where the proposed transactions are to be posted for approval from a board of 6 or 7 GMs elected by the league.

The league scoring setup is as follows:
6X6 Head-to-Head scoring:

Offensive Categories
Batting Average
OPS
Runs
Home Runs
Runs Batted In
Stolen Bases

Pitching Categories
Wins
Holds
Saves
Strikeouts
Earned Run Average
Walks + Hits per Innings Pitched (WHIP)

Interested?
PM me or post here. We also have an opening for the Blue Jays as well as the Yankees.

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