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Playoff/Non-Playoff Leagues

Playoff Leagues:

 A Playoff format will be available in H2H or H2H Strat leagues ONLY.  Once the league creator of an H2H or H2H Strat league selects the use of Playoffs or no Playoffs, then the league cannot be changed. For Private Leagues, the League Creator can change whether the league uses playoffs or not up until the draft has taken place. However, after the draft has taken place, the option to use playoffs cannot be changed. 

• The top four 4 teams in the league compete in the semi-finals. Teams are seeded 1-4, with the division winners seeded #1 and #2 regardless of overall record.  The two next best teams, regardless of divisional affiliation, are then seeded 3-4 based on overall record.  Team 1 plays 4, Team 2 plays Team 3.  Winners play for the League Championship, losers play each other.
• Teams 5 through 8 compete in a “consolation bracket”.  Teams are seeded 5-8 based on overall record, regardless of divisional affiliation.  Team 5 plays Team 8, Team 6 plays Team 7.  Winners play for the consolation championship, losers play each other.
• There will be 43 regular season games and then two playoff series' at the end of the year - the League Semi-Finals and League Championship - to determine the League Champion. Teams will be seeded based on their finish at the end of Game 43 and end of season tiebreakers will be applied if necessary in order to determine seeding.  The overall League Champion is determined by the winner of final 5-game series during the last 2 weeks of the season.
  
  The top 4 seeded teams will compete in the two best of 3 league semi-final series' starting September 3, 2007.  Team 1 plays Team 4 and Team 2 plays Team 3. 
  
              Best of 3 League Semi-Finals
                  Game 1: 9/3-9/6
                  Game 2: 9/7-9/9
                  Game 3: 9/10-9/13
                 
  
  The winner of each Semi-Final series will play in a best of 5 series for the League Championship, while the losers will play each other for 3rd place.
  
              Best of 5 League Finals
              Game 1: 9/14-9/16
              Game 2: 9/17-9/20
              Game 3: 9/21-9/23
              Game 4: 9/24-9/27
              Game 5: 9/28-9/30
  
  
• Teams seeded 5 through 8 will compete in similarly structured  “consolation bracket” following the same schedule as above beginning September 3, 2007.  Team 5 plays Team 8 and Team Six 6 plays Team 7.  Winners play for the consolation championship, losers play each other.
  
  
• The teams that don’t make the playoffs or teams that have been eliminated will still be allowed to set their lineups and have their teams get points.
  

Scoring

• FP  (FP)

• Head-to-Head  (H2H)

• Head-to-Head Strategy  (H2H Strat)

• Rotisserie  (Roto)

Fantasy Points

Fantasy Point (FP) leagues must have 8, 10, 12, or 14 teams and will use standard SandboxPlus scoring, detailed below.  Points are accumulated for your team each day based on the players listed in your Starting Lineup for that day.  Daily point totals are aggregated and the team with the most FP at the end year is declared the winner.

SandboxPlus Fantasy Baseball Scoring Chart
( For H2H and FP Leagues )

Head to Head

Head-to-Head (H2H) leagues must have 8, 10, 12, or 14 teams and standard Sandbox scoring (see chart above) is used.  Each team plays a schedule of 51 games throughout the season starting April 1, 2007 and concluding with final weekend on September 30, 2007. The schedule is automatically generated and cannot be changed.  H2H leagues play two games per week; one game from Monday through Thursday and another from Friday through Sunday.  All roster moves are effective as of the following Monday or Friday.  Any transaction/trade entered after the 1st game time on Monday will be effective the next Friday.  Any transaction/trade entered after the 1st game time on Friday will be effective the next Monday.

The tie breakers for individual games for H2H Leagues are as follows:

• (1) Most wins by pitchers

• (2) Most runs scored by hitters

• (3) Fewest earned runs allowed by pitchers

• (4) Most sacrifices by hitters

Head to Head Strategy

Head-to-Head Strategy (H2H Strat) leagues use the same base scoring system as the H2H and FP leagues described above, but with one fundamental difference: Your team can affect the FP scored by your opponent's team, and vice versa. Your goal is still to score more FP each week than your opponent, and if you do, then you get a win and they get a loss, but you must be mindful of the players your opponent will likely be starting against you in order to compete under this scoring system. The "strategy" element of the game basically works around how you feel your pitchers will match-up with the hitters in your opponents lineup and, conversely, how you feel the hitters in your lineup will match-up with the pitchers in your opponent's lineup.  In real baseball, managers are always looking for that statistical edge that they can get by working the righty-lefty match-ups, and this scoring system attempts to give you credit for doing the same.  For every right-handed pitcher in your starting lineup, your opponent's FP from all their right-handed hitters will be decreased by 10%.  For every left-handed pitcher in your starting lineup, your opponent's FP from all their left-handed hitters will be decreased by 10%.  For every right-handed pitcher in your starting lineup, your opponent's FP from all their left-handed hitters will be increased by 10%.  For every left-handed pitcher in your starting lineup, your opponent's total FP from all their right-handed hitters will be increased by 10%.  Switch hitters FP are NOT affected by any pitcher, and all pitchers will still receive their FP as they normally would. For instance, if your opponent has a pitching staff that is overloaded with righties, and he only starts 1 lefty usually, you may want to consider playing more left-handed hitters in your lineup, in order to take advantage of the huge advantage you will get for their performance (net effect of 6 righties and 1 lefty on a staff is a 50% increase in FP for left-handed hitters).   Conversely, if your opponent's top hitters are all left-handed hitters, you may want to consider starting 4 or more lefties to try to cut down on their production (4 lefty starters and 3 righties would cause a net decrease of 10% to all of the opponent's left-handed hitters).  A full example of a how the H2H Strat Adjustment is figured is found below: Example:You are starting 5 right-handed pitchers and 2 left-handed pitchers to fill your 7 pitcher slots in this game H2H Strat game.  Your opponent's lineup is heavy on right-handed batters by a margin of 7 to 3 over left-handers.  Because you are starting five righties and two lefties, the net effect on your opponent's hitters will be an increase in the left-handed hitters FP by 30% and a decrease in the right-handed hitters FP by 30%.   

In order to be factored in, the pitcher must pitch in at least one game during the course of the head to head matchup. Both relief pitchers and starting pitchers count toward the strategy calculation.

Now, say your opponent's total hitters FP for the M-TH game broke down like this: C (L) = 10, 1B (L) = 30, 2B (L)  = 13, SS (R)  = 19, 3B (R)  = 21, Util (R) = 13, OF (R) = 18, OF (R) = 32, OF (R) = 14, OF (R) = 22.   Their total FP from left-handed hitters would be 53, and the total FP from right-handed hitters would be 139. The table below will show how to figure the total strategy adjustment that will be applied to your opponent's hitters FP score:

Note: All bonuses and penalties are rounded to whole numbers for Strategy scoring. The bonuses and penalties are added up with the rest of your FP to determine your total points for the week. The above tables are added on the Match-Up page to show how many FP were added or subtracted from your total score so you can track how your strategies affected your opponents scoring. Once your teams Strategy Adjustment is combined with your teams regular FP totals, you will have your teams final score for the game.  If your strategy-adjusted total is higher than your opponent's, you win the game for that week.

 Rotisserie

Rotisserie (Roto) Leagues will use a scoring system where teams are ranked in each scoring category.  Teams receive points based on where they are ranked in the category.  For example, in a 10-team Roto league the team that has the most Home Runs will receive 10 points in the Home Run category.  We add up the points for each team in each category to arrive at total points and the highest aggregate total at the end of the year wins.

The Roto Categories used are as follows:Hitting:

• Batting Average

• RBI

• Home Runs

• Runs scored

• Stolen Bases

• Errors

• Strikeouts

Pitching:

• Wins

• ERA

• WHIP

• Strikeouts

• Saves

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• (1)Most Wins by Pitcher
• (2)Most runs scored by hitters
• (3) Fewest earned runs allowed by pitchers
• (4) Most sacrifices

• (1) Most wins
• (2) Most runs scored
• (3) Fewest earned runs allowed
• (4) Most sacrifices

• (1) Most FP
• (2) Most wins
• (3) Most runs Scored
• (4) Fewest earned runs
• (5) Most sacrifices

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Transactions

Roster Deadlines

Each team plays a schedule of 51 games throughout the season starting April 1, 2007 and concluding with final weekend on September 30, 2007. The schedule is automatically generated and cannot be changed.  H2H leagues play two games per week; one game from Monday through Thursday and another from Friday through Sunday.  All roster moves are effective as of the following Monday or Friday.  Any transaction/trade entered after the 1st game time on Monday will be effective the next Friday.  Any transaction/trade entered after the 1st game time on Friday will be effective the next Monday.

Fantasy and Rotisserie Leagues

All roster moves will be done daily beginning with the start of the season April 1, 2007. The roster deadline will be the 1st game time of that day. Any transaction/trade entered after the 1st game time will be effective the following day.

Waiver Wire

Any Major League player not drafted in the initial fantasy draft begins the season on waivers and any players released from a fantasy team are immediately placed on waivers. All players MUST go though the waiver process and clear waivers to become unconditional free agents.

These players will remain on waivers for no less than 48 hours and no more than 72 hours during which time any fantasy team can place claims on them (If he is waived at 11 PM, he will be on waivers for a little more than 48 hours.  If waived at 6 AM , he will be on waivers for almost 72.).  These claims are all held for evaluation by the waiver wire.  After the 48-72 hour claim period, in the middle of the next night ( 1AM – 9AM

), the waiver wire runs and awards the waiver players to the appropriate team that submitted a claim based on the waiver order.  The waiver order will be discussed in more detail below. 

Any players not claimed within the 48-72 hour claim window will clear waivers and become unconditional free agents.  Free agents can be signed to any fantasy team on a first-come, first-served basis, and they will immediately be placed on that team's roster.

First Waiver Wire of the Season
Each team is assigned a waiver position before start of the season. This waiver position is determined by the reverse order of the way the teams drafted in the first round of the draft. That is to say, if you got the #1 draft pick, you'll start with the last waiver claim position. The only exception is for Multi-list Drafts: if you got the #1 pick at AL SP, then you will have the last waiver pick immediately following the draft.    When pre-season Waiver Wire transactions are executed, the players will be moved immediately, but the effective date will display as Opening Day, Sunday, April 1 because that is the date when the game starts scoring.  After the draft, all players will be placed on waivers and then, if unclaimed, moved to free agent status after the initial waiver run.  The waiver wire will run every day between 1 AM and 9 AM.

After the season has started, waiver priority will be determined by league rank. The Waiver Wire Order is re-set each Wednesday during the season making Thursday the first day of the new waiver wire. The team in last place in the league will have the best waiver priority position, and the team in first place will have the worst waiver priority position.  Then each time a team receives a player from waivers the team is placed last in the waiver wire order. You only move up if a team ahead of you in the waiver order makes a successful claim

Making Transactions
To claim waiver players, go to the league’s home page and click on the link called “Waiver Wire.” From this page you will see all available players that are on waivers or are free agents.  The first column on the left is the “Action” column and the next column is the “Status” column.  If a player is a free agent, the Status column will say “Free Agent.”  If the player is on waivers, the Status column will show a date.  The date shown is approximately the date that the player will be awarded based on the claims that have been put in on him.  If the player is not awarded to a team, then he will become a free agent on that date.

You can also pick up a player via the "Player Search" box located the left navigation menu. Submit the first three lettesr of the players last name and a list of the player will be displayed. If the player is available there will be a "Claim" link next to their name.

When picking up players off the waiver wire, the statistic categories displayed will be different based upon the positions selected. The only statistics that are displayed for all positions are the G, FP, and FP/G.

Adding Players to the Game 
Athletes brought up from the minors or otherwise added to MLB rosters will be added to the waiver wire system every Thursday beginning April 5, as per the discretion of the Sandbox commissioner. People who wish to recommend players to be added should do so in the Athlete Additions forum. Sandbox will have final say each week as to which players to add to the waiver wire.
 

*How to Pick Up a Free Agent
The Action column next to free agents will say Claim.  Clicking the Claim link will display a roster page where the free agent can be added to the fantasy team and corresponding players on the team can be shuffled to other positions and/or waived off the team to make room for the new player.  Submitting that page will bring up a confirm page and submitting the confirm page will immediately execute all moves. 
*How to Claim a Player on Waivers
Claiming waiver players is slightly different.  First, click Claim next to the player. Doing so will display a page where a corresponding player can be designated to be dropped if (and only if) the waiver player is awarded to the team during the evaluation.  Submitting that page will bring up a confirm page and submitting the confirm page will log the claim as pending. 
*When Making Claims Watch please note . . .
- While the claim is pending, the team owner may delete the claim by going to the league home page and clicking the Pending Claims link.
- When the waiver claim is ultimately evaluated, the player you chose as the one to drop to make room for the new player MUST be in the exact same place on your roster as he was when the claim was submitted or the waiver claim will be denied.  If the corresponding player to drop was on your bench when the claim was submitted he must still be on your bench when the claim is evaluated.  If the corresponding player to drop was in your starting lineup when the claim was submitted he must still be in your starting lineup when the claim is evaluated (though it is okay for him to be at a different postition in your lineup).  For example, if you put in a claim for Kerry Collins and specify that if you get Collins you will waive Rich Gannon, who was in your starting lineup, then you MUST leave Gannon in  your starting lineup until the waiver wire runs to award you Collins.  If you move Gannon to your bench, waive him, or trade him before the waiver wire run tries to give you Collins, you will NOT get him.In all cases, when the claim is evaluated, the final result of the transaction must leave the fantasy roster in compliance with game's 25 man roster limit or the claim will be denied.

Example Waiver Wire Order

Below is the Draft Order:

1^st        team 4  puts in a claim for player A, B & D, E (in that order)

2^nd       team 6  puts in a claim for player B, C, A, E(in that order)

3^rd        team 2

4^th        team 1  puts in a claim for player A, B, D E G F (in that order)

5^th        team 3

6^th        team 5

The draft order and results would be:

In the first round: 

1^st pick – tm 5 – no claims

2^nd pick – tm 3 – no claims

3^rd pick – tm 1 – gets player A (goes to last)

4^th pick – tm 2 – no claims

5^th pick – tm 6 – gets player b (goes to last – team 1 is now 2^nd to last)

6^th pick – tm 4 – get player d (goes to last – tm 6 is now 2^nd to last, tm 1 is now 3^rd from last)

In the second round:

1^st pick – tm 5 – no claims

2^nd pick – tm 3 – no claims

3^rd pick – tm 2 – no claims

4^th pick – tm 1 – gets player E (goes to last)

5^th pick – tm 6 – gets player C (goes to last – team 1 is now 2^nd to last, tm 4 is 3^rd to last)

6^th pick – tm 4 – gets no player (stays 3rd to last)

In the third round:

1^st pick – tm 5 – no claims

2^nd pick – tm 3 – no claims

3^rd pick – tm 2 – no claims

4^th pick – tm 4 – gets no player (stays 3rd to last)

5^th pick – tm 1 – gets player G (goes to last, tm 6 moves to 2^nd to last))

6^th pick – tm 6 – gets no player (stays 2^nd to last)

In the fourth round:

1^st pick – tm 5 – no claims

2^nd pick – tm 3 – no claims

3^rd pick – tm 2- no claims

4^th pick – tm – 4 would get no player (stays 3rd to last)

5^th pick – tm 6 – would get no player (stays 2^nd to last)

6^th pick – tm 1 – gets player F (stays in last)

The next day when the waiver wire runs, the order will be where the previous day left off:

1^st pick – tm 5

2^nd pick – tm 3

3^rd pick – tm 2

4^th pick – tm 4

5^th pick – tm 6

6^th pick – tm 1

When the weekly standings are run on Wednesday, the waiver wire order will start off with the order of the new standings (last to first).

H2H and H2H Strat Leagues please note:

You can pick up players off waivers every day, but they only become effective on your team on Mondays and Fridays.  For example, you can receive a player from waivers on Tuesday but you will be unable to get insert him into your lineup or get any points from him until Friday.

Trades
The Trade Desk link in the left side menu is your one-stop trading headquarters. Anything you may want to do involving a trade happens here. You can propose, accept or decline a trade. Even review pending trades between other league owners, if you feel the deal is unfair.

Trade Deadline
All trades must be proposed before: Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 1:00 PM ET

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Athletes brought up from the minors or otherwise added to MLB rosters will be added to the waiver wire system every Thursday beginning April 5, as per the discretion of the Sandbox commissioner. People who wish to recommend players to be added should do so in the Athlete Additions forum. Sandbox will have final say each week as to which players to add to the waiver wire.
 

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Roster Restrictions

The roster restrictions for all Full Count Leagues are as outlined in the table below:

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Position Eligibility

Position eligibility is based on where a player played in 2006 and where he plays in 2007.   A player is eligible to be played at any position that he played at least 15 games in 2006 or plays at least 15 times in 2007.  If a player has not played enough games at any particular position in order to qualify for eligibility, the position he played most often in 2006, either in the minors, overseas, or in recent  MLB action, will be his default position.   

Any player who did not play a natural position (i.e.; they were mainly a DH and rarely played in the field) will be assigned a position for drafting purposes. This assigned position will be their most recently played position – for example David Ortiz and Travis Hafner were assigned to 1B. All such players are eligible at that position all season long. For example, the team that drafts Ortiz will be able to play him at Util or 1B.

How it is determined whether a pitcher is a starter (SP) or a reliever (RP)?

Pitchers are classified in Full Count as an RP or an SP based on what role they are projected to play for their team in 2007.  Generally, this can be determined based on how they were used most often in 2006, however some player position judgments were subjective and based more on press reports of how the player's role was slated to change in 2007.  Regardless of how a pitcher is classified, they will earn points for a team based upon how they are used in real MLB games, not how they are classified within Full Count. 

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(C)   In Camp

(F)   Free Agent

(G)   Sidelined

(D)   Disabled List

(S)   Suspended

(M)   Minors

(U)   Unsigned

(J)   Japan

(R)   Released

(W)   Waived

(O)   Out of MLB

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Hitter Maximums are applied for an entire fantasy team, not on a per-position basis.

Team Info

Change your Team Name and Personal Info displayed within the league:

You can click on the (edit) link located next to your team name on your League Home page to change your team name and the display of other bits of personal information within the league.  The email address you enter here may be different than what you entered into your Sandbox Account when registering.  Changing this email will NOT change the email saved in our database - just the email displayed in your league.

There will be a link on the homepage to purchase additional teams.  After you have purchased an additional team you can set that team up by going to the league web site of your existing team and clicking the My Teams link toward the bottom of the left sidebar menu.  On the My teams page if you have purchased a team and not set it up yet you will see a link to “Join or Create a League”.

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