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Le Grande Orange · 05-08-2013, 12:13 PM

The real-life rules:

All players on the major league active roster and disabled list as of Aug. 31st are eligible for the post-season. So, for example, if you had 3 players on the DL, you'd have a total of 28 players eligible for the playoffs. Before the first playoff series you'd pick which 25 of those 28 you'd want to use for that series.

If at the time a post-season series is about to begin an eligible player is injured and unable to play, he can be replaced by any player in the club's organization provided he was with the organization on Aug. 31st through to the end of the regular season. If the named replacement is not on the 40-man roster, he'd have to be added to it before he could play (which in turn might necessitate removing another from it if the 40-man roster was full). There are some limitations on this: a player added to the 60-day DL after Aug. 1 is not eligible to be replaced, but a player transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day DL after Aug. 1st retains eligibility to be replaced. Also, a player placed on the 60-day DL prior to Aug. 1 must spend at least 60 days on the DL before he can be reactivated and used in the post-season.

Players injured during a playoff series can also be replaced. The conditions are much the same except that a pitcher must replace a pitcher or a position player must replace a position player. Furthermore, the player being replaced is ineligible to return for the rest of that playoff series and must also miss all of the next.

Note there is no 15-day DL during the post-season. Instead, clubs must certify to the commissioner's office that a player is injured and unable to play, after which it can name a replacement. There is no set minimum number of days that can be missed. Instead, a player replaced before a playoff series starts must miss all of that series before he can be reactivated. In the case of a player replaced during a series, he must miss the remainder of that series and all of the next before he can be reactivated.

OOTP more or less recreates these rules, though there are some differences. At present doesn't allow players injured during a series to be replaced, for example, and it continues to use the 15-day DL after the end of the regular season.

It could do a better job at it, but as I understand it there are some complications within the code at present which prevent some aspects from being mimicked.

05-08-2013, 12:13 PM	#6
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	The real-life rules: All players on the major league active roster and disabled list as of Aug. 31st are eligible for the post-season. So, for example, if you had 3 players on the DL, you'd have a total of 28 players eligible for the playoffs. Before the first playoff series you'd pick which 25 of those 28 you'd want to use for that series. If at the time a post-season series is about to begin an eligible player is injured and unable to play, he can be replaced by any player in the club's organization provided he was with the organization on Aug. 31st through to the end of the regular season. If the named replacement is not on the 40-man roster, he'd have to be added to it before he could play (which in turn might necessitate removing another from it if the 40-man roster was full). There are some limitations on this: a player added to the 60-day DL after Aug. 1 is not eligible to be replaced, but a player transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day DL after Aug. 1st retains eligibility to be replaced. Also, a player placed on the 60-day DL prior to Aug. 1 must spend at least 60 days on the DL before he can be reactivated and used in the post-season. Players injured during a playoff series can also be replaced. The conditions are much the same except that a pitcher must replace a pitcher or a position player must replace a position player. Furthermore, the player being replaced is ineligible to return for the rest of that playoff series and must also miss all of the next. Note there is no 15-day DL during the post-season. Instead, clubs must certify to the commissioner's office that a player is injured and unable to play, after which it can name a replacement. There is no set minimum number of days that can be missed. Instead, a player replaced before a playoff series starts must miss all of that series before he can be reactivated. In the case of a player replaced during a series, he must miss the remainder of that series and all of the next before he can be reactivated. OOTP more or less recreates these rules, though there are some differences. At present doesn't allow players injured during a series to be replaced, for example, and it continues to use the 15-day DL after the end of the regular season. It could do a better job at it, but as I understand it there are some complications within the code at present which prevent some aspects from being mimicked.