2020 TEFB Rulebook

Roster Rules
Minimum Active Roster 12
Maximum Active Roster 20
5 (includes suspended
Maximum Number of Players on IR
players)
Maximum Number of Players on MIN 10

Positions In Daily Lineup Maximum Allowed

Catcher (C) 1
1st Base (1B) 1
nd
2 Base (2B) 1
rd
3 Base (3B) 1
Shortstop (SS) 1
Any Outfielder (OF) 3
Utility / Any Hitter (UT) 1
Any Pitcher (P) 3

➢ Transactions prohibited if they would cause roster to become

illegal.
➢ IR and MIN slots do not count against active roster limit.
➢ A player does not have to be on the real-life DL to be placed on
the IR.
➢ Teams have two scoring periods (days) to move an uninjured
player from the IR, or all transactions and lineup changes will be
locked, other than those moves that would remove the player
from the IR.
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➢ To qualify for Minor League (MIN) slots, a player must meet one
of the following conditions at the time of addition to the list:
o Player’s real-life status is Minors, Inactive, Free Agent, or
Waiver Wire
o Player’s age is 20 years old or younger, regardless of real-life
status
o A hitter’s career AB total (including current season) is 130 AB
or fewer, regardless of real-life status
o A pitcher’s career IP total (including current season) is 50 IP
or fewer, regardless of real-life status
➢ A player on the MIN list will become ineligible if he meets one of
the following conditions (Note - If a player meets any of the
eligibility requirements mentioned above, those rules take
precedence, meaning the player will be eligible for a MIN slot):
o 21 years old or older
o A hitter’s career AB total (including current season) is 131 AB
or more
o A pitcher’s career IP total (including current season) is 51 IP
or more
➢ Teams have two scoring periods (days) to move an ineligible
player from the MIN list, or all transactions and lineup changes
will be locked, other than those moves that would remove the
player from the list.
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Scoring
Scoring is head-to-head and points-based.
Scoring in TEFB is done uniquely, in that most traditional stat categories
are not used, but are part of certain formulas.
There are 12 hitters categories (including one for fielding stats) and 8
pitching categories.
Here are the formulas and assigned points for each category used:
Assigned
Hitters / Pitchers Category Definition
Points
Hitting 2B Doubles 3
Hitting SI Grand Slams 10
Hitting CYC Hit For The Cycle 15
Hitting HR Home Runs 7
Hitting SBN Stolen Bases - Net 2
Hitting 1B Singles 1
Hitting 3B Triples 5
Hitting FPT Fielding Points 1
Hitting RP Runs Produced 2
Sacrifice Hits + Sacrifice
Hitting SH+SF 0.5
Flies
Strikeouts + (2 x Grounded
Hitting K2DP -2
into Double Plays)
Hitting BB+HBP Walks + Hit By Pitches 1
Pitching BS Blown Saves -3
Pitching HLD Holds 1
Pitching HR Home Runs Allowed -5
Pitching L Losses -5
Pitching NH No Hitters 20
Pitching PG Perfect Games 30
Pitching QS Quality Starts 5
Pitching SV Saves 3
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NOTE: Players will accumulate stats in all categories. This means, for
instance, a pitcher can accumulate points for any hitting categories if
he is at bat, or any fielding points he would receive. With this set up, a
position player may also get credit for any pitching he may do during
the season.
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Player Drafts
The draft will begin on or around February 15th of each season.
Drafts will be 10 rounds long. (See the Contracts section for more
information on how drafts affect contracts.)
The draft order will be determined based on reverse overall standings
from the previous season. The order will be in a snake / serpentine
format.
The draft will take place as a Live Online Draft. Teams will have four
hours to make their selection after the previous team’s pick. The draft
clock pauses between Midnight ET and 8am ET each day.
Anyone in the player pool is eligible to be drafted.
Players may be drafted to the MIN slots if they are eligible as a minor
league player. Only three drafted players will be eligible for MIN
contracts each season. (See Roster Rules and Contracts sections for
information on this list)
Undrafted players will go to the waiver pool.
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Contracts
Drafted players are assigned a four-year contract when drafted,
regardless of status.
Players are eligible for an extension only after the third year of their
contract, known as their “Option Year.”
A team may extend a player's contract only once* for a maximum of
three additional seasons during the player’s Option Year. Once the
deadline to extend contracts has passed, any contract not extended will
expire after the following season. See the Salaries section of the
rulebook for details on how extensions affect salary.
*NOTE: Once a player's contract has expired, that player will revert to
the default free agent and draft contract rules. Previous contracts will
not have any relevance, which means a player could technically be
drafted or signed as a free agent by the same team, but their previous
contract has no bearing.
Free agents are signed automatically to a contract that expires at the
conclusion of the following season. When a free agent is signed, his
contract will show as “3rd” on Fantrax (see below for more details).
Players signed via waiver wire will be signed using the same contract
length as the team that released him. For example, if a player is
released with two years remaining on his contract and he is signed via
waivers, his two-year contract and salary goes with him to the new
team. Any player who is unsigned via waivers will be placed in free
agency and follow the rules for that group.
Players traded will have their contracts and salaries move with them to
the new team.
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If a player is eligible for the MIN list when drafted (see the Roster Rules
section above for eligibility), he is also eligible for a Minor League
Contract, or MLC. A player receives this designation for three seasons
when he is drafted. A player with an MLC is eligible for a refund on his
cap hit if he is released prior to the end of his MLC designation. The
expiration year of this designation is found under the MLC column on a
team’s Fantrax page.

Contract Status Labels

The status of a player’s contract is found under the “Con” column on a
team’s Fantrax page. A player will have one of two labels.
If a player’s contract as an ordered number (“1st”, “2nd”, “3rd"), that is
the season the player is in for their four-year contract. Only when a
player has a “3rd" listed is he eligible for an extension.
If a player’s contract is listed with a year (“2020”, “2021”, “2022”, etc),
his contract will expire at the conclusion of that season. If a player has a
year listed, he will not be eligible for an extension for the duration of
his contract.
Once a player’s contract has been extended, his contract will change
from “3rd" to the year his contract was extended to. This will signify
that he has used his only extension and will not be eligible for another.
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Salaries
League minimum salary is $250,000.
Salaries for players in free agency are regenerated every 30 days during
the season and are based on a combination of player history and
performance during the current season. Players currently under
contract to a team during regeneration will not be affected.
Players released during the season will retain their previously-
contracted salary until regeneration occurs. If a player is signed prior to
regeneration, that player’s previous salary will be paid by the new
owners.
Salaries for players under contract will not change from season to
season, unless the player’s contract is extended.
For every additional season a player’s contract is extended, a flat $35K
will be added to the player’s salary. The net total will be his salary for
the duration of his contract.
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Salary Cap / Cap Hits

The salary cap in TEFB is $10 million. This amount will remain the same
each year.
Players on the IR or MIN lists do not count against the salary cap.
Players with a Minor League Contract (denoted with a MLC next to their
name on Fantrax) will be exempt from the cap hit penalty in the first
two seasons of their contract.
A player released during the season may be subject to a salary cap hit.
This cap hit will remain with the team for the remainder of the current
season.
The percentage of the cap hit is based on the time remaining on the
contract.
This table lists the cap hits for the 2020 season:

Contract Status Cap Hit Penalty %

2023 or “1st” 15%
2022 or “2 ” nd
10%
2021 or “3 ” rd
5%
2020 1%
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Waivers
Waiver priority is based on reverse order of the standings at the time of
the signing. If more than one team puts in a claim for a player, the team
lowest in the standings will get that player. The order is checked and
reset at or around 3am ET each day.
Teams have unlimited number of waiver signing during the season.
A team that signs a player via waivers will be moved to the end of the
priority order.
Players released during the season will remain on waivers for 48 hours
from the time they are released.
A player’s current contract and salary remains for that player while on
the waiver wire.
Free Agency
Free agent signings are first come, first served, and no bidding is
required.
Players currently in the minor leagues may NOT be signed. These
players can only be drafted, or signed when they are called up to a MLB
team.
Teams are allowed no more than three free agent signings in a scoring
week, which begins on Monday and ends on Sunday.
Players signed as a free agent will receive a one-year contract, which
expires at the conclusion of the current season.
Free agency is open throughout the playoffs. However, players signed
during the TEFB playoffs do not get a contract extension and must be
released the conclusion of the playoffs.
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Trading
All trades will be put through a two-day review period for the league. If
60% of teams not involved in the trade object, then the trade is sent to
the Commissioner for an appeal process for all involved teams. Teams
will have the option to appeal or change / cancel the trade. The
Commissioner will make the final decision on whether a trade is
allowed.
Although rare, the Commissioner at any time may veto a trade,
regardless of league voting. This can be done, for example, if a team
would be left with too few players on multiyear contracts, which would
leave a team dangerously shorthanded or unable to compete long-
term. This is done to protect any new GMs that may take over a team in
the future.
Draft picks for up to two future drafts can be traded.
Cap space / money may not be traded.
Trades involving more than two teams is permitted.
Players traded at any time will have their contracts and salaries
transferred with them.
The trade deadline is at 11pm ET on August 1st.
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Standings / Tie-breakers
Standings are calculated based on win-loss-ties.
The tie-breaking procedures are as follows:

Standings
Most fantasy points accumulated for
First Rule
entire season
Second Rule Head-to-head record vs. tied teams
Third Rule Most Wins

Matchups
Best Reserve / Bench Players
*This is used only to limit the number of ties during the season.

Playoffs
Head-to-head record vs. tied team
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Playoffs
The top six teams at the conclusion of the TEFB season get automatic
bids into the playoffs.
Of the remaining teams in the league, the next four in the overall
standings will play in a four-way matchup to determine which two
teams will earn Wildcard entries.
Each round of the playoffs is then played in a series of knock-out style
matchup.
The Quarterfinals will include an eight-team matchup, the Semifinals
will be a four-team matchup, and the finals will be a two-team
matchup.
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2020 TEFB Schedule

The schedule each season is broken down into two matchups per week,
with the first matchup beginning on Monday and the second matchup
beginning on Friday. Some periods may be merged to account for gaps
in the MLB schedule.
Week Start Date End Date
1 Thu Mar 26, 2020 - Sun Mar 29, 2020
2 Mon Mar 30, 2020 - Thu Apr 2, 2020
3 Fri Apr 3, 2020 - Sun Apr 5, 2020
4 Mon Apr 6, 2020 - Thu Apr 9, 2020
5 Fri Apr 10, 2020 - Sun Apr 12, 2020
6 Mon Apr 13, 2020 - Thu Apr 16, 2020
7 Fri Apr 17, 2020 - Sun Apr 19, 2020
8 Mon Apr 20, 2020 - Thu Apr 23, 2020
9 Fri Apr 24, 2020 - Sun Apr 26, 2020
10 Mon Apr 27, 2020 - Thu Apr 30, 2020
11 Fri May 1, 2020 - Sun May 3, 2020
12 Mon May 4, 2020 - Thu May 7, 2020
13 Fri May 8, 2020 - Sun May 10, 2020
14 Mon May 11, 2020 - Thu May 14, 2020
15 Fri May 15, 2020 - Sun May 17, 2020
16 Mon May 18, 2020 - Thu May 21, 2020
17 Fri May 22, 2020 - Sun May 24, 2020
18 Mon May 25, 2020 - Thu May 28, 2020
19 Fri May 29, 2020 - Sun May 31, 2020
20 Mon Jun 1, 2020 - Thu Jun 4, 2020
21 Fri Jun 5, 2020 - Sun Jun 7, 2020
22 Mon Jun 8, 2020 - Thu Jun 11, 2020
23 Fri Jun 12, 2020 - Sun Jun 14, 2020
24 Mon Jun 15, 2020 - Thu Jun 18, 2020
25 Fri Jun 19, 2020 - Sun Jun 21, 2020
26 Mon Jun 22, 2020 - Thu Jun 25, 2020
27 Fri Jun 26, 2020 - Sun Jun 28, 2020
28 Mon Jun 29, 2020 - Thu Jul 2, 2020
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29 Fri Jul 3, 2020 - Sun Jul 5, 2020

30 Mon Jul 6, 2020 - Thu Jul 9, 2020
31 Fri Jul 10, 2020 - Sun Jul 12, 2020
All-Star Week (Periods
32 Mon Jul 13, 2020 Combined)
Sun Jul 19, 2020
33 Mon Jul 20, 2020 - Thu Jul 23, 2020
34 Fri Jul 24, 2020 - Sun Jul 26, 2020
35 Mon Jul 27, 2020 - Thu Jul 30, 2020
36 Fri Jul 31, 2020 - Sun Aug 2, 2020
37 Mon Aug 3, 2020 - Thu Aug 6, 2020
38 Fri Aug 7, 2020 - Sun Aug 9, 2020
39 Mon Aug 10, 2020 - Thu Aug 13, 2020
40 Fri Aug 14, 2020 - Sun Aug 16, 2020
41 Mon Aug 17, 2020 - Thu Aug 20, 2020
42 Fri Aug 21, 2020 - Sun Aug 23, 2020
43 Mon Aug 24, 2020 - Thu Aug 27, 2020
Wildcard Series (4
44 Fri Aug 28, 2020 Teams)
Sun Aug 30, 2020
Quarterfinals (8
45 Mon Aug 31, 2020 Teams)
Sun Sep 6, 2020
46 Mon Sep 7, 2020 Semifinals (4 Teams) Sun Sep 13, 2020
TEFB Championship
47 Mon Sep 14, 2020 (2 Teams)
Sun Sep 20, 2020