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2009 Total

SV & H Pts

Total

SV + H
Pts
$ Spent
Net Pts

JM

10

JM
123
16
13,175,000
+6

Tillman

10

Tillman
116
14
5,339,000
+4

TRC

10

TRC
93
12
8,550,000
+2

EE

9.5

WTNY
81
10
3,044,000
+2

Si7

9

101
75
8
3,840,000
+1

DMB

8.5

EE
70
6
4,826,000
-3.5

WTNY

8

Si7
61
4
1,600,000
-5

101

7

DMB
56
2
2,530,000
-6.5

New 2009 Standings (based on combined SV/HD category):
TRC – 80.5
DMB – 76.5
WTNY – 73
EE – 69
101 – 64.5
Tillman – 63.5
Si7 – 41
JM – 36
Some notes:
- $ spent is an estimate, it’s tough to calculate exact figures because often players are added and dropped.  JM [...]

Winter Meeting Proposal Results – Rules Passed

1) Farm Eligibility – Rule passed.  One amendment, players who were placed on the farm pre draft must stay on the farm through week one.  They are then eligible to be activated in week two.   If your player starts on the MLB roster but is rookie eligible, you have the ability to place him [...]

Rule #17: The Introduction of Player Options

This could’ve been posted already, I’m not sure.  Rich A first mentioned this during the season, and I liked it so I thought I’d post it.
Similar to MLB, I propose we incorporate player options on guys who are rookie eligible (…or maybe open it up to players with less than 3 years of service time?).  [...]

Rule #16: Change the Spice Draft Reserve Rule

Current Rule:
SOT teams are allowed one reserve list (for injured players (Colon), players that have 6 or less years of MLB service time). However those players must occupy a roster spot on the day of the SOT Draft and can then be reserved after [...]

League Vote : Melky Cabrera Vs. Arodys Vizcaino

If you would prefer to carry Arodys Vizcaino on your roster going forward please vote A.
If you would prefer to carry Melky Cabrera on your roster going forward please vote B.

WM Proposal #12 “The he’s a SS because he played two games rule”

I’d like to double  this from 2 games to 4 games.  Having players with multiple position eligibility in SOT can be nice advantage.  I’m not looking to take this away, but just because a player lands at a position for two games, doesn’t seem like enough for me to say that player should be given [...]

WM Proposal #10 – “The MoNathan Rule”

Fuentes 42, Mo 39, Nathan 37, Wood 25…
What do they have in common?  They led the league in saves and weren’t owned in SOT.  I think we all understand that the SV isn’t a perfect stat (what is?).  I think we all understand that closers are overrated.  I think we all understand that closers are [...]

The Jair Jurrgens Rule #6

Should we re-evaluate decisions made by the league/commish that involved the rewarding of a player due to a multi-player deal.  For example, the league voted to award to 101 the player in the Jair Jurrgens/Gorkys Hernandez trade.  In hindsight, it’s VERY obvious that we made the wrong decision.  I believe in cases of black and [...]

Josh Fields Rule #5

- Should commish notify all teams when a player is available because he wasn’t activated within the two weeks required.

SOT's First Annual Trade Deadline Top 50

Bill Simmons does it, Fangraphs does it, and now WTNY does it. My version of the Top 50 players in SOT land. I view this list as a trade meter, so player #1 should not be traded straight up for anyone else in the league. My criteria is as follows:
- current contract
- [...]