Post by joeizzo on Jul 13, 2020 2:04:44 GMT
This is the latest update from OnRoto that we need to consider. Basically, we can have our 2020 league, or "mothball" the league until 2021 and set up one and done leagues for as many owners as would be interested in this option.
Most Recent Update: Wed Jun 24 09:04:49 EDT 2020 (Edited Sun Jul 5 07:39:35 EDT 2020)
We're going to have baseball, starting July 23, with teams playing 40 games against their division rivals and 20 against the corresponding division in the opposite league (NL East vs AL East, for example), a total of 60 games, spread out over roughly 10 weeks. Spring Training 2.0 has just started, with each team using a 60-man player pool. Only players in this pool will be eligible to be activated during the season. Active roster sizes will start out at 30 players and reduce over time. There will be a special 'Covid-19' Injury List, with no restriction on duration, but players placed on the IL for Covid-19 may not always be identified as such. The DH will be used in both leagues, and MLB will go to the International tie-breaker procedure during extra innings, placing a runner on 2nd base to start each half inning.
So how does this impact Fantasy Baseball for 2020? We've fielded a lot of questions, requests, and suggestions over the last several weeks, and the way leagues are planning to handle 2020 has been breaking down along 3 main tracks. We have outlined these main options below.
First, you can of course just play out however many games MLB provides using your current league -- you'd just have an abbreviated 2020 season. The fee for playing in 2020 will be $59. (See below if you've already paid for 2020.)
Alternatively, some leagues have been asking if they can completely skip the 2020 season and mothball their current league -- keep the rosters, contracts and salaries as they stand now, and have the league just roll into 2021 with no changes. The answer to that is "yes". The rosters data on the site can stay exactly as it is now, and you can pick it up next year. From now until next spring you will still have access to the site, and can continue to use the message board, run offer trades, etc. There is no fee if you don't play. (See below if you've already paid for 2020.)
Relatedly, many of the keeper leagues opting for the 'mothball' option have asked if besides freezing their main league, they can also run a new, distinct, "one-and-done" league just for 2020, using the 60 games MLB has slated for us. The answer to that is also, "yes, of course". The way to proceed in this case is to create a new league (go to My OnRoto Account and click on "Create New League"). Then email us and we'll clone the set-up for you from your main league, so that you don't have to go through. The only thing you would need to do is enter the Teams and Owners, and make any other changes you'd want for the 2020 short season league. If you want, we can import your main league rosters into your one-and-done league so you can start from there. Nothing you do in the one-and-done league will have any impact on your mothballed main league. If you elect this option you will, of course, still have access to your original league throughout the off-season, and you can pick it up next spring. The fee for mothballing your main league and running a one-and-done league will be $59. (See below if you've already paid for 2020.)
We understand completely the reluctance of long time keeper leagues to play out a 60 game MLB season -- we are electing to mothball the OnRoto in-house league. But we're hoping that everyone who does elect to pause their main league for 2020 will give serious consideration to running a one-off, one-and-done league this year. As we've said above, we won't be charging anything for mothballing a league, and we will keep the site available for such leagues throughout the year. We also do not want to raise prices in 2021 -- we need enough leagues to play the short season to make that happen.
As noted above, the fee for running a league in 2020 will be $59, whether you go with the "one-and-done, new league" option or if you just want to use your existing league with the short MLB season. If you've already paid for 2020, your balance will be credited forward to 2021, regardless of which route you go in 2020. If you elect to skip the season altogether, your full paid amount will be credited forward. If you play the season or mothball your main league and set up a one-and-done league, the $59 fee for 2020 will be deducted from whatever you've paid, and the balance carried forward.
Since we assume that every league will be drafting remotely this year, we have turned on the 'Do you want to use a draft room?' option for all leagues. Commissioners should be able to set up drafts as soon as their other specs have been entered. See below for more info on the draft rooms, in particular, running test drafts.
We will resume offering Mock Drafts as soon as we can update 2020 player rankings and projected stats. The people who know what they're doing with projections will need to do some fancy updates because of the extremely unbalanced schedule this year. Hopefully we'll have something by the end of this week.
We will work on updating season start dates, weekly transaction cycles, head to head schedules, etc., as soon as we have more info on MLB.
Most Recent Update: Wed Jun 24 09:04:49 EDT 2020 (Edited Sun Jul 5 07:39:35 EDT 2020)
We're going to have baseball, starting July 23, with teams playing 40 games against their division rivals and 20 against the corresponding division in the opposite league (NL East vs AL East, for example), a total of 60 games, spread out over roughly 10 weeks. Spring Training 2.0 has just started, with each team using a 60-man player pool. Only players in this pool will be eligible to be activated during the season. Active roster sizes will start out at 30 players and reduce over time. There will be a special 'Covid-19' Injury List, with no restriction on duration, but players placed on the IL for Covid-19 may not always be identified as such. The DH will be used in both leagues, and MLB will go to the International tie-breaker procedure during extra innings, placing a runner on 2nd base to start each half inning.
So how does this impact Fantasy Baseball for 2020? We've fielded a lot of questions, requests, and suggestions over the last several weeks, and the way leagues are planning to handle 2020 has been breaking down along 3 main tracks. We have outlined these main options below.
First, you can of course just play out however many games MLB provides using your current league -- you'd just have an abbreviated 2020 season. The fee for playing in 2020 will be $59. (See below if you've already paid for 2020.)
Alternatively, some leagues have been asking if they can completely skip the 2020 season and mothball their current league -- keep the rosters, contracts and salaries as they stand now, and have the league just roll into 2021 with no changes. The answer to that is "yes". The rosters data on the site can stay exactly as it is now, and you can pick it up next year. From now until next spring you will still have access to the site, and can continue to use the message board, run offer trades, etc. There is no fee if you don't play. (See below if you've already paid for 2020.)
Relatedly, many of the keeper leagues opting for the 'mothball' option have asked if besides freezing their main league, they can also run a new, distinct, "one-and-done" league just for 2020, using the 60 games MLB has slated for us. The answer to that is also, "yes, of course". The way to proceed in this case is to create a new league (go to My OnRoto Account and click on "Create New League"). Then email us and we'll clone the set-up for you from your main league, so that you don't have to go through. The only thing you would need to do is enter the Teams and Owners, and make any other changes you'd want for the 2020 short season league. If you want, we can import your main league rosters into your one-and-done league so you can start from there. Nothing you do in the one-and-done league will have any impact on your mothballed main league. If you elect this option you will, of course, still have access to your original league throughout the off-season, and you can pick it up next spring. The fee for mothballing your main league and running a one-and-done league will be $59. (See below if you've already paid for 2020.)
We understand completely the reluctance of long time keeper leagues to play out a 60 game MLB season -- we are electing to mothball the OnRoto in-house league. But we're hoping that everyone who does elect to pause their main league for 2020 will give serious consideration to running a one-off, one-and-done league this year. As we've said above, we won't be charging anything for mothballing a league, and we will keep the site available for such leagues throughout the year. We also do not want to raise prices in 2021 -- we need enough leagues to play the short season to make that happen.
As noted above, the fee for running a league in 2020 will be $59, whether you go with the "one-and-done, new league" option or if you just want to use your existing league with the short MLB season. If you've already paid for 2020, your balance will be credited forward to 2021, regardless of which route you go in 2020. If you elect to skip the season altogether, your full paid amount will be credited forward. If you play the season or mothball your main league and set up a one-and-done league, the $59 fee for 2020 will be deducted from whatever you've paid, and the balance carried forward.
Since we assume that every league will be drafting remotely this year, we have turned on the 'Do you want to use a draft room?' option for all leagues. Commissioners should be able to set up drafts as soon as their other specs have been entered. See below for more info on the draft rooms, in particular, running test drafts.
We will resume offering Mock Drafts as soon as we can update 2020 player rankings and projected stats. The people who know what they're doing with projections will need to do some fancy updates because of the extremely unbalanced schedule this year. Hopefully we'll have something by the end of this week.
We will work on updating season start dates, weekly transaction cycles, head to head schedules, etc., as soon as we have more info on MLB.
