Rules Proposals for 2020
To be discussed at the 2020 Draft.
Rule 5
- Drop the Rule 5 draft completely.
- Get rid of the rookie/rookie+1 exemption rules and simply apply the Rule 5 to the entire roster; Rule 5 would then consist of both major and minor league players.
- Total amount of protected roster spots - 27
- Total amount of protected roster spots - 30
- Total amount of protected roster spots - 32
- Do not make any changes.
Rosters
Roster Makeup
- Increase Major League Roster to 26 and reduce minor league roster to 14
- Do nothing
Disabled Injured List (IL) Spots
Currently 2 IL spots plus 1 Longterm IL (LTIL) spot.
- Eliminate the LTIL spot
- Eliminate the LTIL spot and add an additional IL spot
- Do nothing
Starting Lineup
Remember, these are the positions that accumulate points.
- Change from 1 CF & 3 OF & 1 Util to 1 CF & 2 OF & 2 Util
- Do nothing
Major League and Reserve Roster Movement
- Unlimited movement between reserve and major league roster of all players (MLBers and Minorleaguers) – We are unsure if Fantrax supports this
- Unlimited movement of minor leaguers only between reserve and major league roster (MLBers cannot be stashed on the reserve roster) – We are unsure if Fantrax supports this
- Do nothing.