These Rules Proposals were discussed at the 2020 draft on March 7th, 2020. The decisions will be included in a imminent update of the league rules

Rule 5 Format

With a vote of 8-1, the attendees voted to get rid of the rookie/+1 exemption rules in the Rule 5 and simply apply it to the entire roster with a larger protection threshold. (Option 2)

Major League and Reserve Roster Movement

With a vote of 9-0, the attendees voted to allow players that are sent down to the minors to be transferred back to the reserve roster. (Option 2)

We discussed the fact that an undrafted minor-leaguer that gets called up to the Majors and added to a roster can likely then be sent down to reserve if the owner has space and the player is sent to the minors in real life. The group concluded that this is fine.

Note: Based on the capabilities of Fantrax, we can allow Major League players to start the year on reserve, but not be added to it during the season. We can also restrict owners to not be able to add minor league players to their roster in-season.

Rule 5 Threshold

This is how many players on your 40+2 roster can be protected from the Rule 5 draft. Options presented were:

  1. 27
  2. 30
  3. 32

With a vote of 7-3, the attendees voted to set the threshold for the 2021 Rule 5 draft at 30 protected players. (Option 2)

A key point noted in the discussion of this item was that the correct threshold is at a point where the decision of the last few protected players is difficult/painful. The actual number can and should be revisited in future years.

Roster Makeup

With a vote of 9-1, the attendees voted to adjust the Active & Reserve roster sizes from the current 25 Active & 15 Reserve to 26 Active & 14 Reserve. This mirrors the new roster structure of Major League Baseball.

Disabled Injured List (IL) Spots

With a vote of 6-4, the attendees voted to eliminate the Longterm IL spot and remain 2 IL spots in Fantrax rather than expand to 3 IL spots. (Option 1)

Starting Lineup

With a vote of 6-3, the attendees voted retain the current starting lineup structure of 1 CF & 3 OF & 1 Util.