Cy Young Baseball League Constitution


LEAGUE STRUCTURE

  • APBA BBW 5.0 or later will be used in this league.
  • We will be starting the first season with the 1912 season.
  • Data Disks will be created with the Bill James Encyclopedia.
  • The CYBL will consist of 12 teams divided into 3 divisions.
  • This is a continuous ownership league.
  • No DH will be used.
  • Full A.I.M will be used.
  • Maximum Batters Faced (MBF) will be used.
  • PR930 will be used with some modifications.
  • Players can only play at positions that they have a rating for.
  • Teams will play a 156 game season
  • Teams will play divisional apponents 20 times and all other teams 12 times
  • Team roster limit will be 40 players
  • Away games are managed by a micro manager hired by team owner
  • Players will be allowed to attempt 150% SB of the actual attempts they had that season. Once a player reaches this limit their success rating will be dropped to 14.

    PR930 Modified Usage Ratings:

  • Any PR930 player with OBP 500+ is assigned 200/1000 usage
  • Any PR930 player with OBP 400+ is assigned 300/1000 usage
  • Any PR930 player with OBP 333+ is assigned 500/1000 usage
  • All other PR930 players are assigned 930/1000 usage

    GAME PLAY

  • All series will be 4 to 6 games.
  • One series per week will be played (28 weeks)
  • Pre-series f-files will be due on Thursdays at 9 PM EST
  • Playball c-file will be sent on Thursday after 9 PM EST
  • Result f-files will be due on Tuesdays at 9 PM EST
  • Result c-file will be sent on Thursday after 9 PM EST
  • Any late pre-series f-files will be seen as no change notes
  • Any late result f-files will be auto-played by the commish
  • All rainouts will be rescheduled by the commish.

    ROSTERS

  • Roster size will be 40 players
  • Major league teams will have 25 players
  • Minor league teams will have 15 players
  • Major league rosters expand to 40 players in week 23
  • In the case where a player did not play during a season, the team owning that player must keep him on the 40 man roster to retain the rights to this player.

    Federal League Ruling
    In 1914, the Federal League was created and was in existance for two years folding in 1915. Some players from the National and American leagues swithced to this new league. The following applies to these players:

  • These players will not be allowed to play in the CYBL during the years they played in the Federal League.
  • Teams may keep the rights to these players by keeping them on the 40 man roster
  • If a team releases one of these players, they lose the rights to these players.

    SIGNING FREE AGENTS
    Free Agents from the player pool may be signed starting with the 3rd series up to the 20th series. Here is the process to follow:

  • Send message to commish stating player(s) you wish to sign
  • You must submit a player to cut for each player you sign
  • If you do not submit a player to be cut for any player you request to sign you will not get the player
  • Before the commish sends out the next scheduled results c-file he will add all newly signed players to the farm teams and drop all cut players...owners then can do what they want with the player during the next pre-series file.
  • League anouncement will be made whenever a player is signed and cut by any team.
  • If two or more teams try to sign the same player, the player will go to the team with the worst recrod.
  • If records are tied then away records will be used
  • If away records are tied then least total runs scored will be used
  • If runs scored are tied then coin flip will be used.

    TRADING
    Trading will be allowed and encouraged. You can trade players or next season's draft picks. Players to be named later will not be allowed. During the regular season, trading will be allowed up to and including the 20th week. Once the 20th week results file is sent out trading will be halted until the end of the season. After the World Series is completed, trading may start. If a trade involves an uneven number of players, the team going over 40 must cut down to 40 players. The team under 40 players will get the players cut by the other team. Both owners must notify the commish for the trade to be legal.

    PLAYOFFS
    The three division winners and two wildcard teams make the playoffs.

    Seeding will be as follows:

  • Seed 1: Division winner with best record
  • seed 2: Division winner with 2nd best record
  • seed 3: Division winner with 3rd best record
  • seed 4: Wildcard team with best record
  • seed 5: Wildcard team with 2nd best record

    Tie Breakers: (for Division Title or Wildcard spot) All ties for a playoff spot for will be broken by a one game playoff. Home field advantage for this one game playoff will be determined as follows:

    Divisiton Title
    1) Head to head records
    2) Division records
    3) Away records
    4) Coin Flip

    Wildcard spot
    1) Head to head records
    2) record versus 3 division winners
    3) Away records
    4) Coin Flip


    Round 1: (best of 5 series) highest seed hosts games 1,2,5
    Seed 4 vs Seed 5

    Round 2: (best of 7 series) highest seed hosts games 1,2,6,7
    seed 1 vs winner round 1
    Seed 2 vs seed 3

    World Series: (best of 7 series) highest seed hosts games 1,2,6,7
    Winners of round 2 face each other

    DRAFT

  • Before draft, teams must cut down to 30 players (teams my cut below 30)
  • Draft order: Picks 1 to 10 are determined from previous regular season records starting with the team with the worst record and working up to the team with the best record. The 11th pick goes to the World Series runner-up. The 12th pick goes to the World Series winner.

    In case of a tie for draft order, following will be used:
    For playoff teams: Reverse order of seedings will be used
    For non-playoff teams:
    1) Head to head record
    2) Away records
    3) Coin Flip

  • This will be a straight draft
  • Teams will drop out of draft when they reach 40 player limit
  • Draft is finished when all teams have 40 players

    LEAGUE SCHEDULE

  • Rookie/free-agent Draft will start first week in October
  • Season will start first week in December

    Constitution Changes
    Any changes to this constitution must first go to a league wide vote and 2/3 (8) of the owners must approve it before it will apply.