2021 Position Eligibility

[Pirates GM (Max)]

Hey guys-

Figured we should discuss on how position elig will be decided

In my league we are using these parameters, I just picked them because they seemed appropriate:

To gain SP elig for 2021, pitcher must make 3 starts (down from 5)
To gain RP elig for 2021, pitcher must make 5 relief appearances (down from 8)
To gain position elig for 2021, hitter must make 9 appearances (down from 20)

I believe here we have the same base for a normal year or 5 starts, 8 relief appearances, or 20 fielding appearances because those are the ESPN defaults. If you wanna get mathematical about it, you would multiply each base value by 0.37 since the MLB just played 37% of a season. Then it would look like:

To gain SP elig for 2021, pitcher must make 2 starts (down from 5)
To gain RP elig for 2021, pitcher must make 3 relief appearances (down from 8)
To gain position elig for 2021, hitter must make 7 appearances (down from 20)

We could also stick with what 2020 would have been or just use the base rates despite the shortened season

[Astros GM (Will)]

Are we moving to Fantrax? If not, ESPN typically controls the position eligibility.

[Nationals GM (Tim)]

^^^ That's kind of important and we should probably determine that first....

With that being said, if we are on Fantrax....I had already suggested that thresholds should be 37% of what they were under a 162 game season since 60 games is 37% of 162 games.

[Nationals GM (Tim)]

20 Games Played would now require 7 or 8 Games Played...depending on if we round down or up...so on and so on

[Rockies GM (Alex)]

Nov 17, 2020 13:38:05 GMT -5 Pirates GM (Max) said:

Hey guys-

Figured we should discuss on how position elig will be decided

In my league we are using these parameters, I just picked them because they seemed appropriate:

To gain SP elig for 2021, pitcher must make 3 starts (down from 5)
To gain RP elig for 2021, pitcher must make 5 relief appearances (down from 8)
To gain position elig for 2021, hitter must make 9 appearances (down from 20)

I believe here we have the same base for a normal year or 5 starts, 8 relief appearances, or 20 fielding appearances because those are the ESPN defaults. If you wanna get mathematical about it, you would multiply each base value by 0.37 since the MLB just played 37% of a season. Then it would look like:

To gain SP elig for 2021, pitcher must make 2 starts (down from 5)
To gain RP elig for 2021, pitcher must make 3 relief appearances (down from 8)
To gain position elig for 2021, hitter must make 7 appearances (down from 20)

We could also stick with what 2020 would have been or just use the base rates despite the shortened season

I believe our current rule is just 20 games started in a previous season or 10 games in a current season.