Archive for the ‘WM Proposal’ Category

2011 WM Proposal #8 Players Lost to NL Compensation

To follow along with MLB: No draft pick compensation will be allowed to any SOT team for a player lost to NL via FA or Traded to NL unless the player was   1.  On your keeper List entering the season 2.  Drafted  onto your 24 (20 farm) roster.   This would eliminate teams from [...]

WM Minutes 2011

Here are the minutes from Pat.  Post any inaccuracies and/ or corrections that need to be made in the comments. MLB and MiLB Players lost to NL WAR (Offense) has replaced VORP o        Compensation rewarded at end of 2nd rd §         Higher the WAR, higher the pick if multiple guys qualify §         Milb, the higher [...]

WM 2011 Proposal #2 Roster Eligibility

After reviewing the current SOT Constitution.  I believe I/We have mistakenly interpreted position eligibility.  Here is the current rule:  Eligibility “A player may be assigned to any position at which he appeared in 20 or more games in the preceding season. If a player did not appear in 20 games at a single position, he [...]

#1 Finish Voting on Last Year’s Props

The first topic on the 2011 WM agenda should be to tie up loose ends from 2010. A) Lost MLB player compensation Compensation for MLB players lost should be same as minor league players lost. Rd and pick, remove the two outliers, then take the average. B) Tiebreaker How do we resolve a league vote [...]

#18 In Season Add/ Drop of Minor Leaguers

Teams should have the ability to add/ drop minor leaguers in season.  Owners would have the right to use their one nuke per week to sign a free agent minor leaguer to their farm system as long as they stay within the roster limit.  Using their one nuke on a minor leaguer would prohibit a [...]

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 [...]

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 the regular draft is finished. A transaction draft will then [...]

Super Bowl Squares

Who’s interested in SOT Super Bowl Squares?  Here is what I am thinking: *$50 per team (paid at the wm) *12 squares each picked at the wm *4 wildcard squares (will be the remaining unclaimed squares) *$100 pay out with end of quarter score winner *For every wildcard square winner we pull a team name [...]

Winter Meeting Proposal #15- Expansion

Id like to put to a vote for an expansion team to begin in 2011. 2011 gives us time to work out details on expansion draft (majors and minors) and who exactly would be worthy of the team. I think 9 teams would be beneficial to the league. On a side note, if DMB wins [...]

WM Proposal #14 – Multiple Nukes

Teams should be allowed to use as many nukes as possible in any given week.