2020

Standings

Accolades

• League Champion: Eric Hannmann (4)

• Second Place: Trent Pickett (1)

• Third Place: Tony Pagliaro (2)

• Division Champions: Brendan Davis (3), Ryan Florentine (3), Eric Hannmann (6) & Trent Pickett (1)

• Regular Season Champion: Eric Hannmann (2)

• Points Title: Eric Hannmann (2)

Team Totals

Expansion Draft

Rule Changes

Passed Proposals

• Undrafted players will be kept for the round equivalent to five plus the manager's next lowest keeper.

  • Beginning in 2021, undrafted players will be assigned a keeper value based on prior year's PAR. (9 Yeas / 5 Nays)

• Catcher position is reinstated as an additional 26th roster spot. (9 Yeas / 5 Nays)

  • Due to the expansion to 16-teams and a rushed season format caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly reinstated Catcher position will be delayed until the 2021 season.

• Holds are increased from +2pts to +4pts. (8 Yeas / 6 Nays)

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season, two new managers, Eric Miele and Dylan Davies, were temporarily added to increase competition. (Commissioner Implemented)

  • The schedule was also altered to reflect that of a World Cup-styled-tournament. Four divisions with four teams were created. Each team played the other three teams in their division twice each. The top two teams advanced to an eight-team, three-week playoff. 

  • Each division winner was matched up against the runner-up from the opposite seeded division.

    • #1 seed vs. runner-up to #4 seed

    • #2 seed vs. runner-up to #3 seed

    • #3 seed vs. runner-up to #2 seed

    • #4 seed vs. runner-up to #1 seed

  • Every player kept for the 2020 season received an additional year of keeper eligibility.

Rejected Proposals

• Remove the four-year limit for keeper delections. (9 Nays / 5 Yeas)

• Eliminate one playoff team to provide the #1 Seed with a bye. (8 Nays / 6 Yeas)

• Play the first two months of the season without the roster mandate. (8 Nays / 6 Yeas)

• Add the Hit By Pitch stat as +1 points for batters. (9 Nays / 5 Yeas)

• Increase Home Runs from +4 points to +8 points for batters. (12 Nays / 2 Yeas)

Trivia

• Eric Hannmann became the first manager to win back-to-back championships since Brendan Davis in 2010-2011.

• Dylan Davies' first season and the return of Eric Miele who had been on hiatus since 2016.

Fantasy Fantasy

• Due to the COVID-19 virus impacting MLB's start date for the 2020 season, the league decided to conduct a "fantasy fantasy" draft using the OOTP 20 computer simulation. Each member of the league drafted a full 26 man roster using differing rules. The season was then simulated and a champion was crowned. 

• Season 1 Roster Construction: 

  • (5) players with the same starting letter of the manager's first name

  • (5) players with the same starting letter of the manager's last name

  • (5) players born in the same month as the drafting manager

  • (5) players born on the same day of any month as the drafting manager

  • (5) players with the same starting letter of the manager's father's first name

• Season 2 & 3 Roster Construction:

  • (5) players from each division in MLB

  • 1 AL Wildcard

  • 1 NL Wildcard

• Season 1 Champion: Jason Moragas over Eric Miele

• Season 2 Champion: Michael Andranovich over Jason Moragas