OOTP Developments Forums - How Bout This Baseball Modern League

We are in the middle of the 2021 season We will sim 4 times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Friday's, and Sundays at 10 PM ET. We do live sims at least once a week using both Statsplus and Twitch. We A are working on weekly podcasts. Check us out: www.statsplus.net/hbtb Rules are listed at the bottom of this post.

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How Bout This Baseball Constitution

Exports are due 9:00 PM (MT) Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.
 
1. Game Settings 
Scouting Accuracy: Normal 
Coaches: On 
Player Actual Rating Scale: 20 to 80 
Player Potential Rating Scale: 20 to 80 
Other Player Rating Scale: 20 to 80 
Overall / Potential Rating Scale: 20 to 80 
Show Ratings > Max: No, Cut Off 
Show Potential < Actual: YES 
Injury Frequency: Normal (OOTP Classic) 
Hide Injury Rating: YES 
Position Player Fatigue: Normal 
Batter Aging Speed: .750 
Batter Dev. Speed: 1.000
 Pitcher Aging Speed: .750 
Pitcher Dev. Speed: 1.000 
Talent Randomness: 125 
Owner Controls Team Budget? YES
 Cash Maximum: $25,000,000 
Profit Sharing: 25%

Managers will be used with legacy mode on.

 2. Trading

 Trades are subject to review by the commissioner in order to ensure reasonable value has been exchanged. 
Managers may protest trades by messaging the commissioner. 
Cash considerations (player for cash) has no minimum or maximum. Team sending cash must have cash on hand to complete deal.
 Teams may pay a player’s salary in full or partial but not to exceed the remaining guaranteed value of the contract. The salary payment is carried with the player should he be traded or waived.
If a team is retaining money in every year of the contract, they must agree on a percentage in 5% increments to fit the in-game system 
After the World Series and before Free Agency, players without a contract for the following season cannot be traded. 
Veteran players may exercise their 10/5 right to veto trades. 
Trades are processed in-game pre-sim. Roster changes will be made by commissioner if instructions are given. 
Traded players automatically go to “Designated for Assignment” status and must be assigned to a team within 14 days or they will be released. 
Teams are not permitted to trade a newly signed free agent until after June 15 of the following season.
Draft picks in rounds 1-5 of the upcoming draft are allowed to be traded
It is the GM’s responsibility to make sure their picks are correct come draft time.
International complex players must be promoted to the minor leagues in order for a trade to be processed.
3. Contracts Teams may not offer a mulit-year contract extension to any player who has not yet had his first arbitration hearing. One year extensions are permitted once the player has qualified for arbitration in the offseason. 
Teams may not offer contracts to free agents during the period from the end of the World Series until the beginning of free agency. 
Team Options are permitted but they must include a 25% Buyout of the highest salaried year, regardless if the player specifically asks for something different.
Contracts that circumvent this rule will have the Team Option year converted to guaranteed.
Player Options and Vesting Option can only come before a team option, never after. The contract will be void if a player is signed with a team option before either.
Opt outs are allowed but cannot be slated for the same season as any other option.
A player may only receive a QO once during his career.
 Incentives are permitted but they must not exceed the following: 

Batters 
Plate Appearance: 550 
Games Played: 150

 Starting Pitchers 
Games Started: 25
 IP: 200 
Games Finished: 5 

Relief Pitchers 
Games Started: 0
 IP: 75
 Games Finished: 50 

Vesting Options are permitted but they must not exceed the following:

 Batters
 Plate Appearance: 550 
Games Played: 150 

Starting Pitchers 
Games Started: 25
 IP: 200 

Relief Pitchers
 IP: 75 
Games Finished: 50