RULES FOR PROSPECTS

A. GENERAL GUIDELINES
a. After each online draft, there will be a supplementary offline draft for prospects.
b. The prospect draft order will be the same as the primary draft order.
c. Ownership of prospects will be recorded on a spreadsheet that can be accessed
through the group Facebook page.
d. Prospects will automatically be kept during the offseason, and will not count
toward the number of keepers allowed from year to year.
e. All owners are allowed three prospects, and an owner is allowed up to 6 total
prospects if the additional three prospects are acquired by trade. An owner may
never have more than 6 prospects.
B. WHAT CONSTITUES A PROSPECT
a. A prospect is any player that is a member of an MLB franchise but has not yet
qualified as a rookie.
i. STARTING PITCHERS Starting pitchers are considered prospects until
they have pitched 50 or more innings in the MLB.
ii. RELIEF PITCHERS Relief pitchers are considered prospects until they
have pitched 50 or more innings, or until they have spent 45 days or more
on the MLB Roster.
iii. BATTERS Batters are considered prospects until they have accumulated
130 or more at-bats in the MLB.
C. ADDING PROSPECTS
a. A team with less than three prospects can add any eligible prospect throughout the
season. A team who has more than three prospects can add an eligible prospect to
replace another prospect who they wish to drop.
b. A prospect eligible to be added is any prospect that is (1) not owned by any other
team as a prospect or MLB player, and (2) was a member of an MLB farm system
at the time of the previous prospect draft. A player who was drafted into the MLB
in June cannot be added as a prospect until the following draft to ensure that all
owners have had a chance to draft the player.
c. To add a prospect, you must (1) message me so that I can add the player to your
team on the prospect spreadsheet, and (2) post in the leagues Facebook group so
other players are given notice that the prospect is no longer available.
D. DRAFTING PROSPECTS
a. Any unowned prospect can be drafted at the prospect draft.
b. If an owner has less than three prospects, they will be given one draft slot per
round until they reach three prospects.
c. An owner will be given one draft slot per round for each prospect they wish to
drop before the start of the draft, regardless of how many prospects they own.

E. TRADING PROSPECTS
a. Any owned prospect can be traded for current players, current prospects, or future
draft picks.
b. A player can acquire as many prospects as they want until they own six total
prospects. If an owner owns six prospects, they cannot trade for any additional
prospects; said owner would have to drop current prospects to make room for
prospects that they wish to trade for.
c. If a player owns less than three prospects after a trade, they are allowed to add
prospects to replace the traded prospect pursuant to section C.
F. PROSPECTS IN THE MLB
a. When a prospect loses prospect eligibility under section B, an owner must either
add him to their MLB roster, or the ownership over the prospect will expire and
the player can be added by any team through free agency/waivers just like other
MLB players.
b. An owner does not have to add a prospect to their MLB roster just because the
prospect has been called up to the MLB roster. But until their prospect ownership
expires under section B, no other owner will be allowed to add the prospect to
their MLB team.
c. If an owner chooses to add an owned prospect to their MLB roster and is left with
less than 3 prospects, they can then add a new prospect to replace the call-up
under section C.
i. If an owner decides to send a called-up prospect back to their prospect list
for any reason, they must drop a prospect to do so. To allow a prospect to
be replaced and then re-added to prospect ownership would create an extra
prospect slot.