[IBL] 2016 mid-season ballot

[Mike Monostra]

What if we instead did a rule similar to MLB's 26th man rule? Just give
teams a chance to carry an extra player for doubleheaders, but only DHs
scheduled in advance (in this case, would be for the late season
doubleheaders teams run into due to early season day 3 rainouts). That way,
teams know they can have an extra pitcher available for the DH only
entering the week and it doesn't require mid-week roster adjustments.

I agree the proposed rule is definitely more in line with real life, but I
also don't know if it's feasible for MIS play.

NJR Mike

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Sean Sweda <sweda at ibl.org> wrote:

> > On Jul 22, 2016, at 7:43 AM, Larry Selleck <lms4th at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thanks for the .02 Alex ... with the recent drop in the UK £, that is
> worth a lot more over here!
> >
> > I agree that the Special Pitcher Activation, whilst more reflective of
> real life, will be a lot more complex to administer, can cause a lot more
> complexity in MIS (lots of "if DH or extra inning game, then active XYZ),
> and is open to abuse by being able to swap out 1, 2 or even more of your
> pitching staff in the middle of a series  ... hmmm, I can collect lots of
> RP a stash them as inactive knowing I'll have plenty of opportunities to
> swap them on and off the roster.
>
> You can only do this when a double-header or extra inning game occurs, the
> number of opportunities will be very limited.  Furthermore, even if you
> could do it every week the strategy is limited practically by the fact that
> any pitcher who is de-activated must remain on the inactive roster for 2
> weeks. The rule specifically requires that the pitcher being activated must
> have been eligible for activation that week (i.e. inactive for 2 weeks).
>
> > Could also, in theory, go into a series with a scheduled DH with just 2
> active SP and swap for an inactive SP after each game.
>
> Teams are required to have at least 4 SP on their active roster at the
> start the week so what you are describing here is not legal.
>
> Sean
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