With the help of Fantrax.com, we incorporate just about every facet of MLB baseball into our dynasty baseball scoring system, design, and gameplay. We utilize a Points, Head-to-Head, Weekly scoring system that awards for various accomplishments. You will never miss out on gaining an edge on the scoreboard using our universal format. Need more? Here’s a breakdown of our dynasty baseball leagues.

Franchise Wars League Quick Outline

Entry Fees:
- 2-year plan:
  - $275 – 1st and 2nd year (includes a $75 deposit) | $100 – 3rd year and beyond
- 3-year plan:
  - $350 – 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year (includes a $50 deposit) | $100 – 4th year and beyond
- 4-year plan:
  - $425 – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year (includes the first half of a $50 deposit) | $125 – 5th year (includes the second half of a $50 deposit) | $100 – 6th year and beyond
- 5-year plan:
  - $500 – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th year (deposit waived) | $150 – 6th year (includes a $50 deposit) | $100 – 7th year and beyond
    - PLEASE NOTE: in the 6th year of your 5-year plan, you can opt to enter a new 5-year plan and continue to waive your deposit
15-teams per league
Daily rosters | 1 to 2 Head-to-Head Points matchups per Week
The draft is selecting 2 MLB Franchises (random snake draft format)
80-man rosters + Unlimited Minor League roster for startups
- Each new season, you automatically have the rights to claim all players drafted by your two MLB franchises during the previous season’s first-year player draft and international draft
Payments are made safely and securely to LeagueSafe.com.
Registration required void where prohibited. Participation is based on eligibility. Please read and agree to our Terms of Service before Empire registration submission.

2024 Franchise Wars League Rules/Adaptations

NEW in 2024: The grace period for minors getting called to the majors and losing minors eligibility will be increased from 0 to 1 day, allowing owners additional time to move players to their active rosters.
2024 Trade Deadline: 8/11/24
Any scoring play not reflected in the current rule set will not be added at any point during the season. Potential scoring plays deemed “unusual” or “rare” will be addressed by the DSE Admin team in the offseason and altered, if necessary, the following season. THERE WILL BE NO SCORING CHANGES DURING THE SEASON.

Franchise Wars League Fees

2-year plan:
- $275 – 1st and 2nd year (includes a $75 deposit) | $100 – 3rd year and beyond
3-year plan:
- $350 – 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year (includes a $50 deposit) | $100 – 4th year and beyond
4-year plan:
- $425 – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year (includes a $25 deposit) | $100 – 5th year and beyond
5-year plan:
- $500 – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th year (deposit waived) | $100 – 6th year and beyond

Franchise Wars League Prize Pools

15-Team Leagues

Year 1 and Up – $1,270.00

Franchise Wars League Payouts

Our payouts allow everyone in the league to make back some cash, even in a lost season. We award payouts to the following:

League Payouts

League Champion: 55% of the total league pot
Runner-Up: 20% of the total league pot
Regular Season Champion: 20% of the total league pot
Third Place Finisher: 5% of the total league pot

The Prize Pool is determined by the following:
LeagueSafe.com Collected Fees (minus)
Fantrax.com Hosting Services (minus)
Administration Fee taken by DSE (Not to exceed $230 of the total pot) =
Total League Prize Pool

Franchise Wars League Dynasty Rosters (Start-up Leagues ONLY)

Each new start-up will draft 80 active roster spots.
- Minors-eligible players have unlimited spots.
Zero positional limitations. You decide how many players to keep and draft at each position.
In startup leagues ONLY, each team has until the All-Star Break to add players to their roster.
- Each following year, teams have until opening day to add newly drafted and international signings to their roster.
Each new season, you automatically have the right to claim all players drafted by your two MLB franchises during the previous season’s first-year player draft and international draft.

Franchise Wars League Roster Grid

Pos	Max Active
Catcher (C)	1
1st Base (1B)	1
2nd Base (2B)	1
3rd Base (3B)	1
Shortstop (SS)	1
Left Field (LF)	1
Center Field (CF)	1
Right Field (RF)	1
Utility (Any Hitter) (UT)	1
Starting Pitcher (SP)	4
Relief Pitcher (RP)	4
Pitcher (P)	1

Franchise Wars League Scoring

Scoring Group	Scoring Category	Points
Hitting	Assists (A)	0.1
Hitting	Assists by Outfielders (AOF)	1.9
Hitting	Caught Stealing (CS)	-4
Hitting	Doubles (2B)	2
Hitting	Errors (E)	-2
Hitting	Hit By Pitches (HBP)	1
Hitting	Hit For The Cycle (CYC)	5
Hitting	Hits (H)	1
Hitting	Home Runs (HR)	4
Hitting	Intentional Walks (IBB)	1
Hitting	Picked Off (PKO)	-4
Hitting	Runs Batted In (RBI)	1
Hitting	Runs Scored (R)	1
Hitting	Stolen Bases (SB)	4
Hitting	Strikeouts (SO)	-1
Hitting	Triples (3B)	3
Hitting	Walks (BB)	1
Hitting	Total Bases (TB)	0.25
Pitching	Balks (BK)	-1
Pitching	Blown Saves (BS)	-5
Pitching	Complete Games (CG)	8
Pitching	Earned Runs Allowed (ER)	-1
Pitching	Errors (E)	-1
Pitching	Hit Batsmen (HB)	-1
Pitching	Hits Allowed (H)	-1
Pitching	Holds (HLD)	8
Pitching	Innings Pitched (IP)	2
Pitching	Losses (L)	-5
Pitching	No Hitters (NH)	8
Pitching	Perfect Games (PG)	8
Pitching	Pickoffs (PKO)	4
Pitching	Quality Starts (QS)	9
Pitching	Saves (SV)	10
Pitching	Shutouts (SHO)	8
Pitching	Strikeouts Pitched (K)	Calculate Per Game, Cumulative:
		From 1 to 10, award 5 point(s) for every10K
		From 1 to 99, award 1 point(s) for every1K
Pitching	Walks Allowed (BB)	-1
Pitching	Wins (W)	10

Franchise Wars League Scoring Example

Player	Team	Position	Total Points	Points/Game
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B	776.75	4.89
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	702.75	4.45
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	679.25	4.27
Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	678	4.49
Gerrit Cole	NYY	SP	667	20.84
Juan Soto	SD	RF	666.75	4.36
Mookie Betts	LAD	RF	650.5	4.55
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	645.25	4.01
Aaron Judge	NYY	CF,RF	644.5	4.33
Aaron Nola	PHI	SP	642	20.06
Corbin Burnes	MIL	SP	641	20.03
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	LF	630.25	4.35
Manny Machado	SD	3B	626	4.09
Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	618	3.94
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B	614.5	3.99
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	614	3.86
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	UT,SP	604.75	21.6
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	602	3.79
Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	597.25	3.93
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS,RF	593.25	4.75
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	590.5	3.71
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	590.25	3.86
Dylan Cease	CHW	SP	590	18.44
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	589.25	3.8
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	CF	588.5	3.85
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	587.25	4.11
Shane Bieber	CLE	SP	586	18.31
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	3B,SS	583.75	3.97
Zack Wheeler	PHI	SP	577	19.23
Carlos Rodon	NYY	SP	568	20.29
Alex Bregman	HOU	3B	566.25	3.8
Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SP	565	17.66
Cedric Mullins	BAL	CF	563.75	3.59
Alek Manoah	TOR	SP	561	18.1
Max Scherzer	NYM	SP	561	20.04
Nolan Arenado	STL	3B	560.5	3.81
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	559.25	3.54
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	RF	557.75	4.23
Max Fried	ATL	SP	557	17.97
Brandon Woodruff	MIL	SP	556	17.94
Justin Verlander	NYM	SP	555	19.82
Corbin Carroll	ARI	LF	554.75	4.51
Mike Trout	LAA	CF	553.5	4.36
Julio Urias	LAD	SP	551	17.22
Emmanuel Clase	CLE	RP	549	7.62
Michael Harris	ATL	CF	547.5	3.97
George Springer	TOR	CF,RF	545	4.1
Kevin Gausman	TOR	SP	540	17.42
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	LF	540	3.62
Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B	538.5	3.77

Franchise Wars League Draft

The offline Google Sheets draft is where all 15 owners select 2 MLB Franchises in a randomized snake format.
- The team name MUST consist of both MLB Franchises in some fashion, for example:
  - Pittsburgh Dodgers
  - Oakland Mets
  - Tamba Bay Mariners
- Cities with more than one team (i.e., New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago) CAN NOT be used in your team name since there is no way to know which franchise you have rights to claim visually by the other managers.
After the Google Sheets draft, all owners will be added to Fantrax.
- Once given Fantrax access, each owner will be responsible for adding players from the player pool to their team.
  - The league commissioner will be double-checking all teams.
- All owners will have a 3-day lock period to claim players from the player pool for their team.
  - After the 3-day lock period, if an MLB player is traded in real life, the NEW team will have access rights to the player in question.
- At ANY point, if a player is released from their MLB team, the player in question will be automatically removed from the player pool.
If Fantrax has the wrong team listed for a player (e.g., the player was traded or released and signed with a new team), let the league commissioner know ASAP so they can contact Fantrax to resolve the issue.

Franchise Wars League Waiver Guidelines

Until the regular season, All-Star Break claims will be limited to selecting players from each team’s two franchises.
After the regular season, All-Star Break, all players remaining in the pool will be on First Come, First Serve (FCFS).
All Free Agent claims will be locked at noon ET during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.

Franchise Wars League Minors Eligibility Enforcement

After a grace period of 1 day, the owner will be prevented from attempting to make all transactions except for moving the player out of the minors slot and dropping any player. Claims already pending, such as waiver claims, will not be canceled and will get processed normally.

Franchise Wars League Trades

Trades must be made once the league host (Fantrax) is ready, using the transaction feature only.
Preseason trades may be completed once all team’s rosters are officially ready (Fees paid, cuts made)
Multi-player or lopsided trades may be made. Vacancies can be filled using one of your add/drops.
The owner with a surplus above the league-dictated roster max must drop at least one player to make room on their roster.

Franchise Wars League Tie Breakers

For Franchise Wars Leagues, the following tie-breakers are used: Regular Season Titles, Playoff Spots, and Playoff Seeding.

Most fantasy points for the entire season
Head-to-head record vs. team(s) tied with

The following tie-breakers are used for Franchise Wars Leagues: Playoff Bracket.

Higher seed

Franchise Wars League Postseason

All Free Agent claims will be locked at noon ET during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
- Teams can drop players during the DSE Postseason but cannot make claims.
In 15-team leagues:
- The top 6 teams will advance to the Postseason Playoff Bracket
- The bottom 6 teams will play in the Draft Consolation Bracket
The postseason begins on 8/26/24.
The championship matchup lasts two weeks/periods combined, and the quarter- and semi-final contests last one week/period.
All playoff and draft brackets become officially locked after completing one week on the bracket.
- This one-week period allows for stats corrections from the period prior.

Consolation Bracket Seeding:

1^st round:
- 1^st and 2^nd seed teams earn a bye
- 6^th seed vs. 5^th seed
- 4^th seed vs. 3^rd seed
2^nd round:
- 1^st seed vs. winner (4^th 3^rd)
- 2^nd seed vs. winner (6^th 5^th)

Franchise Wars League Offseason

If there are Orphan Teams from owners who leave the league, DSE will attempt to find new owners.
- Should it be necessary, DSE will sell teams via a Dispersal Draft to keep the league intact with the current number of teams.
The method to how the draft season draft order is determined:
- 15-team Leagues:
  - 1st pick – Draft Bracket winner
  - 2nd pick – Draft Bracket loser
  - 3rd pick – Highest seed to lose in consolation 2nd round
  - 4th pick – Lowest seed to lose in consolation 2nd round
  - 5th pick – Highest seed to lose in consolation 1st round
  - 6th pick – Lowest seed to lose in consolation 1st round
  - 7th pick – Finished 9th in final season standings
  - 8th pick – Finished 8th in final season standings
  - 9th pick – Finished 7th in final season standings
  - 10th pick – Lowest seed to lose 1st round
  - 11th pick – Highest seed to lose in 1st round
  - 12th pick – 3rd place game loser
  - 13th pick – 3rd place game-winner
  - 14th pick – Runner up
  - 15th pick – Champ

Dynasty Sports Empire reserves the right to manage and maintain the integrity and longevity of its leagues by issuing judgments made by the Dynasty Sports Empire Administrative team. League changes, rulings, and outcomes may be overturned if the Administration does not believe the result was in the league’s best interest. Administration voting occurs and decides the outcome of any scenario that may be deemed inappropriate or not in the league’s best interest. Dynasty Sports Empire reserves the right to change, alter, or amend any league guideline.

Fair Play and Conduct

While fantasy sports is usually an extremely competitive endeavor, it is important to remember that enjoyment of the game is predicated on a certain level of sportsmanship displayed by the participants. Occasionally, some team owners intentionally or unknowingly cross the line.

PRIZE-ELIGIBLE & SPORTSMANSHIP RULES

A: More than one team in the same league

One person can’t control more than one team in the same league. If two or more teams in the same league are under the same account, they must be controlled by different people sharing that account, but not sharing the teams. Violation of this will lead to the cancellation of the teams and expulsion from the game.

If an owner finds himself in this situation by accident, he/she should e-mail the League Office immediately and explain the situation.

B: Collusive transactions

Collusion occurs when one team makes moves to benefit another team, without trying to improve its own position. One-sided trades are an obvious example of this. Another example is when a player drop is made so another team can pick up that player. Teams found in violation of this policy will be canceled and their owners prohibited from participating in future Fantasy Games.

C: Impeding other owners

Certain transactions made solely to impede other owners are not allowed. Tanking games for the sole purpose of denying another player’s chance to make the playoffs is against the rules. In particular, cycling through players in free agency to put them on waivers and make them unavailable to other teams in your league is strictly prohibited and is grounds for expulsion from the game.

D: Roster Dumping

Owners that are found to have dumped their players to the player pool in an attempt to undermine the league may be subject to expulsion from the game. If you are giving up on the season, we ask that you maintain league strength by providing the other owners with the most competitive team you are able to field.

E: Owner interaction

Owners should always be polite and gracious when dealing with one another. Threats and obscenities are not only against the Rules, they are illegal in many jurisdictions. Owners that are found to have sent a threatening email to another owner will be warned and/or kicked out of the game completely. This extends to message board posts as well.

F: Offensive posts

Any posts of a derogatory nature are strictly prohibited, whether it is in a chat room, message board, or on a league’s bulletin board. This includes personal attacks and sexist or racist remarks. There will be a zero-tolerance level – if someone in your league is violating this policy, please contact the League Office.

G: Inactivity

In order to maintain the integrity of the league, the commissioner may contact owners of teams that remain inactive for extended periods of time. The commissioner will send a notification to the email of record. Shortly thereafter, if the team remains inactive, the commissioner reserves the right to reassign ownership of the inactive team.

H: Daily Lineups

Deliberately choosing to start incomplete or weak lineups (a.k.a. tanking) is classified as unsportsmanlike and is grounds for removal from a league.

I: Free Agent Moves

Free-agent moves for reasons other than the improvement of the owner’s fantasy team are classified as unsportsmanlike and will be reversed by the league commissioner. Repeated violations of unsportsmanlike free agent moves will result in the owners’ removal from the league.

If an owner refuses to comply with the sportsmanship rules, or that an owner has acted in an unsportsmanlike manner, Dynasty Sports Empire reserves the right to disqualify the owner and/or remove that owner from the league without a refund. All decisions by Dynasty Sports Empire will be final.

REMEMBER: The game is fun! Creating confrontation in your league inevitably leads to a bad game experience for all involved. Play hard, but play fair!

Dynasty Sports Empire acts as the League Manager for all Prize-Eligible Leagues. The League Manager has the power to rule on all aspects of Dynasty Sports Empire’s Fantasy Baseball game, including but not limited to League business, player trades, infractions of these rules, and disputes among franchise owners.

The League Commissioner will investigate all overall winners for collusion before awarding overall prizes and it has the right to disqualify owners or remove them from the league if deemed necessary.

The decisions of the League Commissioner shall be final and irreversible. The League Commissioner has the right to make any necessary changes to the game and rules as the season progresses. Any changes will be properly noted on the homepage of the league.

The use of DynastySportsEmpire.com and participation in the Fantasy Baseball Dynasty League games are subject to Fantrax.com’s guidelines which are incorporated into this rule set and the Fantrax.com Legal Restrictions. This includes the additional fee Fantrax.com charges to host our leagues (Approximately $70.00-$100.00 per league, per year)

Leagues are filling as you read this. Please feel free to contact us for more info. Thank you for choosing the Dynasty Sports Empire!

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