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SPECIAL RULES FOR THE 2021-2022 PGL-WB SEASON

 

 

The 2021-2022 PGL-WB Season will follow normal procedures (trades, draft, roster cuts, waivers, 162 games regular season, ten-team post-season, with the following differences

·          All roster limits will be increased as follows.

o         Just prior to the draft, teams will cut their rosters to no more than 26 players (increase of two from a normal season)

o         During the draft, teams will make selections until their roster consists of 38 players (increase of two from a normal season)

o         Active rosters will be 28 for Segments 1-6, with a maximum of 15 pitchers.  NOTE - this is an increase of three from past PGL-WB seasons, but MLB had planned to go to 26 man rosters in 2020 before the pandemic and the PGL-WB would have followed suit.  So the PGL-WB's new "normal" regular season roster size would have been 26 beginning in our 2021-2022 season.

o         Active rosters will be unlimited for Segments 7-8, which is an effective increase of two as teams will have a total of 38 players on their rosters instead of the normal 36.

o         Playoff active rosters will be 28 players, with a maximum of 15 pitchers.

·          Draft order will be determined by the existing formula, with the 2020 MLB season stats used for each player

·          For the 2021-2022 PGL-WB Season, the PGL will use the 2020 SOM card set that is based on ACTUAL 2020 MLB results, with at bats and innings pitched played multiplied by 3.00 (2.7 x 104% x 105%, rounded up to 3.00) to determine maximum at bats and innings pitched for each player.

·          In normal seasons, there is no penalty for up to ten overuse points (with one AB of overuse counting as one overuse point and on IP of overuse counting as three overuse points).  For the 2021-2022 PGL-WB season, the number of overuse points before penalties begin to accrue will be as follows - depending upon each team's position in the draft order (before imposition of any penalties from the previous 2020-2021 PGL-WB season):

o         Picks #1 to #3 - 610 overuse points

o         Picks #4 to #6 - 510 overuse points

o         Picks #7 to #9 - 410 overuse points

o         Picks #10 to #12 - 310 overuse points

o         Picks #13 to #15 - 210 overuse points

o         Picks #16 to #18 - 110 overuse points

o         Picks #19 through #24 - 10 overuse points

·          In allocating the above increased no-penalty overuse availability among its players, no individual player may exceed six times his actual 2020 MLB ABs / IPs.

·          If SOM produces a second 2020 card set that is based on projections or adjusts actual 2020 MLB results, NO CARDS from this card set will be used in the PGL-WB's 2021-2022 season.

·          The Independence League will use the Designated Hitter in the 2021-2022 PGL-WB season

ALL OF THE ABOVE RULE CHANGES ARE FOR THE 2021-2022 PGL-WB SEASON ONLY  -  AND WILL NOT APPLY TO FUTURE SEASONS.