Fantasy Baseball Auction League Rules

No Transaction Fees Ever

AUCTION DRAFT INTRODUCTION: Auction draft leagues are played the same as a snake league once the season begins. If this is your first salary cap league, get ready for an online live fantasy baseball draft sure to give you an experience you will never forget. FSRU leagues offer a wonderful opportunity to compete and meet many new friends while doing something you will enjoy year after year.

AUCTION DRAFT: In an auction draft league, each team begins with $270 to fill their complete their entire 27 player roster. Once the draft begins, player bids will be taken in $1 increments with a minimum bid of $1. In the following years, you can keep as many as you wish on your roster at an annual player salary increase of $3. These drafts are done utilizing CBS Sports top of the industry auction software. It is the closest thing to an in-person auction draft. Your gonna love it!!! Once the draft is over, there is no salary cap on teams so you can trade unencumbered by the salary of your team.

KEEPER LEAGUE REDRAFT: In auction leagues, every five years a keeper league will completely redraft. There will be no keepers in a redraft year as all players are available. Each established fantasy baseball league redraft year is available on the Fantasy Baseball League Winners page. At FSRU, we believe drafting a team from scratch is an integral part of the fantasy baseball experience.

KEEPER LEAGUE OFF SEASON: Once the Major League Baseball season ends, if your team is paid for the following season, you can trade with other teams paid for the next season throughout the off-season. So our team owners trade all year long.

AUCTION LEAGUE TEAM ROSTERS: Mixed (AL/NL) leagues will have 10, 12 or 14 teams.
Each team will each have 27 players (22 active per week):

Rotisserie and Head to Head
1- Catcher                                          
1- First Basemen
1- Corner Infield (1B or 3B)
1- Third Basemen
1- Second Basemen
1- Middle Infield (2B or SS)
1- Short Stop
5- Outfielders
1- Utility (Any Offensive Player)
9- Pitchers
5- Reserve (Offense or Pitching)

HEAD TO HEAD ONLY: When playing head to head, the team with the most points in a week gets a win in the standings, while the other team takes a loss. Teams play a 23 game regular season schedule followed by 3 weeks of playoffs. Pitchers will not accumulate hitting statistics.

The FSRU regular season ends three weeks before the MLB regular season. The final 3 weeks are playoff weeks. The top 8 Teams make the Championship playoffs, The bottom 6 teams will fight it out in the Toilet Bowl. In toilet bowl, the teams that do not make the playoff championship will be seeded according to size of league.

Championship playoffs will be seeded:
In week 1, Regular season seed #1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5; 
In week 2, Highest seed remaining team vs lowest, middle two seeds meet; 
In week 3, Remaining two seeds than square off for the FSRU World Series Championship.

Note: In the World Series Championship weeks game, a tie in active player points will result in a tie for the championship.
In weeks one and two: The 1st Playoff tiebreaker is most points scored by reserve players; 2nd Playoff tiebreaker is total hitting points.  

FANTASY BASEBALL POSITION QUALIFICATION: A player must play at a position 10x the previous year or 5x the current year to qualify at a position. CBS sports issues new MLB players position based on their minor league career.

FANTASY BASEBALL TRADES: Trades must be done utilizing CBS sports league commissioner trade software.  

FANTASY BASEBALL FREE AGENTS: Free agent pickups will receive a starting salary of $4. An auction of all non-keepers will be done yearly to fill out team rosters and new salaries assigned to the players acquired. Free agent will be issued twice weekly, each Wednesday and Saturday night utilizing the sites high tech draft software. You should have players chosen by midnight the night prior to issuance. Wednesday nights order of free agent pickups will be last place team to 1st place team. Saturday nights waiver draft order utilizing Wednesday nights pickups. When a team picks up a player on Wednesday, that team goes to the bottom of the list for Saturday nights free agent order.

In rotisserie leagues, each team will be given unlimited free agent pickups per week. Note that you must choose multiple players to drop if you wish multiple players issued. In head to head leagues, each team will be given 2 free agents per week.

FANTASY BASEBALL ROSTERS: Each week you will be able to activate players from your reserve squad and reserve players that are active. Reserving an injured player or activating a new free agent you just picked up could make a big difference on your team.  

Note: Each team is obligated to play their best lineup and the "strategy" of playing for a lower draft position in keeper leagues is considered an illegal lineup.

FANTASY BASEBALL WEBSITE and STATISTICS: Simply put, this site has everything you could possibly want in a Fantasy Baseball Website. Your league standings are updated daily along with injury reports, what free agents are available in your league, updated rosters and transactions, and a trade evaluation software link; to see if you want to pull the trigger on that blockbuster. It provides the statistics year-to-date; or what the player has done while active for your team. This site even has Live Feed which updates every 45 seconds so you can see how your team, or any other teams players, are doing right in the middle of the game. 

HEAD TO HEAD BASEBALL PRIZES:   Head to Head Mixed Leagues Teams 14 Team 12 Team Entry Fee 1st Team --> $150 $175 1st Team % Payout --> 59% 59% 2nd Team (Save $10)--> $140 $165 2nd Team % Payout --> 63% 63% 3rd Team (Save $20)--> $130 $155 3rd Team % Payout --> 68% 68% Winning Positions    (Regular Season) 1st Place =  $300 (Regular Season) 2nd Place = Free Team (Regular Season) 3rd Place =  $100 (Regular Season) 4th Place = $75 (Regular Season) 5th Place = $50 $25 (Playoff) Champion = $250 & 45" Championship Trophy (or add'l $100 Trophy Payout) (Playoff) Runner Up = $100 (Playoff) Toilet Bowl Winner = $50 $50 Number of Prizes 8 & Trophy 7 & Trophy Payouts Changed for 2013 adding in the 4th Place Regular Season Prize. Trophy has a $150 Value

ROTISSERIE BASEBALL PRIZES   Rotisserie Baseball Leagues Teams 14 Team Mixed 12 Team Mixed 10 Team  Mixed, NL, AL Entry Fee 1st Team -> $150 $175 $190 1st Team % Payout -> 59% 59% 62% 2nd Team (Save $10)--> $140 $165 $180 2nd Team % Payout -> 63% 63% 65% 3rd Team (Save $20)--> $130 $155 $170 3rd Team % Payout -> 68% 68% 69% Winning Positions    1st Place = $500 &  1st Place 45" Trophy (or add'l $100 Trophy Payout) 2nd Place = $225  3rd Place = Free Team  4th Place = $100 5th Place = $50 6th Place = $50 $25   Number of Prizes = 6 Prizes & Championship Trophy Advanced draftroom and the best  software in the industry...A great game playing for the best payout.  Trophy has a $150 Value

You pay one price at FSRU. There are no transaction or other type of fees at Fantasy Sports "R" Us.
Note: In auction leagues there is a $100 cash payout offered on trophies. While value is $150, we do not payout on shipping and handling costs. Notify commissioner immediately upon season end or trophy will be sent. A $50 league deposit is taken from top two teams at end of season and is fully refundable when the league goes into redraft.

LEAGUE TROPHIES: Check out our fantasy baseball League Trophies.

COMMISSIONER: The commissioner reserves the right to veto any trade deemed too lopsided or detrimental to the integrity of the league. No collusion of any type will be tolerated. Management reserves the right to disqualify and league fees will not be returned consequently.

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