re: FSBDL 2017 - MWG is your Champion

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We've given 5 passes in the offseason. Nothing should happen to goodfellas bc the others were allowed to do it. So I think the rule has become take your time on adjusting rosters, DL, stashing ineligible MiLB past the AB/IP limit. No harm no foul even though papzy got the book thrown at him

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Wait, what? I don't recall this. I remember add/drops turned off because the only reason for that rule is to prevent streaming.

I think you have to allow at least a day of leniency... if a trade goes through after games have started then players that need to be moved might be locked. Minors guys lock with their MLB team, so that could prevent an owner from making a lineup legal right away.

Not to mention I could propose a trade, and have it accepted hours later when I'm out of pocket and can't square it up right away.



Offseason has to be treated differently, because the penalty for an illegal lineup is to lose stats for the day, and there are no stats to be lost in the offseason.

I think these should always come down to, did the offender obtain some kind of advantage over his opponent or the league, generally.

I don't think Earl set out to gain an advantage.

I would just ask though, who ultimately decides the owners intent?

I mean, the rules clearly state 10 MiLB spots, 150 IP and whatever the AB is. Owners are moving guys back and forth strategically, once they lose eligibility they have to drop guys they don't want to, make corresponding moves after a trade or add is made, etc. Some make moves with this rule in mind

Half the league seems to operate under the rules and follow them strictly, the other half makes the necessary adjustments hours or days after

Ultimately I just ask, If we are going to strictly enforce the rule, then let's do it. If we are not, let's put it in writing so everyone gets to be more laxed on it. Either works but let's make a call here

Don't you have the option to say where a guy you trade for will fall in your lineup once the trade is executed?

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Could someone give me a refresher on the Papz offense?

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He had Ryan Howard, Dante Bichette, Cal Ripken Jr. and few other guys with questionable eligibility in his MiLB roster.

Didn't we have owners in the offseason try to make trades while having illegal lineups to get their lineup legal?

To me, that's more egregious than letting an illegal lineup sit post-trade for a couple days.

Ya member the commish was even doing that

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To me, that's more egregious than letting an illegal lineup sit post-trade for a couple days.

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I'm going to disagree, because functionally, there's no such thing as an illegal lineup in the offseason. If a team wants to not have a C for a while in January as they try to make a move or decide who to pick up, no harm done. If a team wants to sit on an extra minors guy in March while they decide who to drop, see who might make a roster, then no harm done. As long as they are legal by game time, it doesn't bother me.