With the help of Fantrax.com, we incorporate just about every facet of MLB baseball into our dynasty baseball scoring system, design, and gameplay. 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.

ROTO 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 (consists of 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 for startups
Daily rosters | Rotisserie
LIVE and Automated “Slow” Draft via Fantrax.com (extended clock & e-mail notifications if enabled by user)
The draft runs from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. ET daily. The clock pauses during the off-hours; however, draft selections can be made while the clock is stopped.
The draft is divided into 2 parts:
- Minors Eligibile Draft
  - Year 1 Minors Draft is 7 rounds
  - Year 2 Minors Draft is 5 rounds
  - Year 3+ Minors Draft is 3 rounds
- Free Agent Draft
  - Year 1 Free Agent Draft starts in round 8
  - Year 2 Free Agent Draft starts in round 6
  - Year 3+ Free Agent Draft starts in round 4
All start-up leagues use a Serpentine draft
- Minor League Draft & Free Agent Draft flip positions
All 2nd year and beyond, leagues use the following:
- The previous season’s final rankings determine ROTO league draft order but will not be the reverse order of the final season standings. The draft order will be as follows:
  - 15-team leagues:
    - 5,6,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,4,3,2,1
  - 14-team leagues:
    - 5,6,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,4,3,2,1
  - 12-team leagues:
    - 4,5,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,3,2,1
50-man active/reserve rosters + Minors Eligible roster slots
Open player universe
- Our player pool includes college, independent league, international, prep school, and high school players.
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 registering.

2024 ROTO League Rules/Adaptations

NEW in 2024: Expansion of the Minors Eligible Draft for years 1 & 2 (startups only)
- Minors Eligibile Draft
  - Year 1 Minors Draft is 7 rounds
  - Year 2 Minors Draft is 5 rounds
  - Year 3+ Minors Draft is 3 rounds
- Free Agent Draft
  - Year 1 Free Agent Draft starts in round 8
  - Year 2 Free Agent Draft starts in round 6
  - Year 3+ Free Agent Draft starts in round 4
NEW in 2024: Net Saves (NS) scoring category is being adjusted
- Old formula: Saves minus Blown Saves = Net Saves
- New formula: Saves minus (0.5 x Blown Saves) = Net Saves 5 (NS5)
  - NS5 is the Fantrax.com scoring option
NEW in 2024: The grace period for minors getting called up 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.
NEW in 2024: There will be a hard cap on the number of minor slots each league expands to; that cap will be 40 players.
NEW in 2024: If you have a skipped pick – outside of the Minors Eligible Rounds – you will lose that pick. Substitutions are NOT permitted outside of the minors eligible draft.
- Skipped picks happen because owners do not move minors-eligible players to the minors’ roster section.
- If you have a skipped pick, you must fill your roster AFTER the draft via the waiver/bidding system.
Trade Deadline: 8/11/24
A CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in each Slack league chat room after the final payment for your league is paid in full. Failure to make the necessary cuts by the CUT DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS HALF of your available FAAB per day.
A MAX ROSTER CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in the main Slack Baseball chat room. Failure to get your roster at, or under, the MAX ROSTER LIMIT by the posted DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS of HALF YOUR TEAMS AVAILABLE FAAB per day.
All remaining FAAB money and Free Agent claims will be locked at NOON during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
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.

ROTO League Yearly 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

ROTO League Prize Pools

12-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)

Year 1 and Up – $970.00

13-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)

Year 1 and Up – $1,070.00

14-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)

Year 1 and Up – $1,170.00

15-Team Leagues

Year 1 and Up – $1,270.00

ROTO League Payouts

12-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues) & 13-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)

League Champion: 55%
Runner-Up: 30%
Third Place: 15%

14-Team Leagues (Exiting Leagues) & 15-Team Leagues

League Champion: 55%
Runner Up: 30%
Third Place: 10%
Fourth Place 5%

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

ROTO League Rosters (Start-up Leagues ONLY)

Each new start-up will draft 50 roster spots (not including Minors Rosters).
Minors Rosters start with 7 slots, advance 5 slots in year 2, and advance 3 slots in year 3+, to a maximum of 40 minor slots, to accommodate the players selected in the Minor League Draft.
Zero positional limitations. You decide how many players to keep and draft at each position.
FAAB waivers start from the conclusion of your draft and continue until the end of our Fantasy Regular Season.
Rosters will be set to the league max for your specific league. To avoid illegal roster scenarios, any excess players must be dropped.
Coming into each new year, you can keep 25 players PLUS any Minor League or Veteran Credits you have earned during your tenure. NOTE: “Credit” information is posted below.

ROTO League Roster Grid

Pos	Max Active
Catcher (C)	1
1st Base (1B)	1
2nd Base (2B)	1
3rd Base (3B)	1
Shortstop (SS)	1
Infield (INF)	3
Left Field (LF)	1
Center Field (CF)	1
Right Field (RF)	1
Outfield (OF)	2
Utility (Any Hitter) (UT)	1
Starting Pitcher (SP)	5
Relief Pitcher (RP)	4
Pitcher (P)	2

ROTO League Roster Size

League	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROTO1	50/21	50/24	50/27	50/30
ROTO2	50/21	50/24	50/27	50/30
ROTO3	50/21	50/24	50/27	50/30
ROTO4	50/21	50/24	50/27	50/30
ROTO5	50/18	50/21	50/24	50/27
ROTO6	50/18	50/21	50/24	50/27
ROTO7	46/15	50/18	50/21	50/24
ROTO8	46/15	50/18	50/21	50/24
ROTO9	44/12	46/15	50/18	50/21
ROTO10	42/9	44/12	46/15	50/18
ROTO11	42/9	44/12	46/15	50/18
ROTO12	42/6	42/9	44/12	46/15
ROTO13	42/6	42/9	44/12	46/15
ROTO14	42/6	42/9	44/12	46/15
ROTO15 :: 2022 Startup	50/3	50/6	50/9	50/12

ROTO League Scoring

Scoring Group	Scoring Category	Weight
Hitting	Home Runs (HR)	1
Hitting	Stolen Bases Net (SBN)	1
Hitting	Runs Batted In (RBI)	1
Hitting	Runs Scored (R)	1
Hitting	Doubles + Triples (2B+3B)*	1
Hitting	On Base Percentage (OBP)	1
Pitching	Holds (HLD)	1
Pitching	Net Saves (NS)**	1
Pitching	Quality Starts (QS)	1
Pitching	Strikeouts Pitched (K)	1
Pitching	Earned Run Average (ERA)	1
Pitching	WHIP Ratio (WHIP)	1
	* Premium Scoring
	** Premium Scoring (Net Saves - (0.5*Blown Saves))

ROTO League Scoring Example

Rank	Player	Team	Position(s)
1	Shane Bieber	CLE	SP
2	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,INF
3	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	SS,INF
4	Yu Darvish	SD	SP
5	Freddie Freeman	ATL	1B,INF
6	Trevor Bauer	(N/A)	SP
7	Trea Turner	WSH	SS,INF
8	Lance Lynn	CHW	SP
9	Jacob deGrom	NYM	SP
10	Zac Gallen	ARI	SP
11	Gerrit Cole	NYY	SP
12	Lucas Giolito	CHW	SP
13	Jose Abreu	CHW	1B,INF
14	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	SP
15	Mookie Betts	LAD	RF,OF
16	German Marquez	COL	SP
17	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	SP
18	Kenta Maeda	MIN	SP
19	Trevor Story	COL	SS,INF
20	Aaron Nola	PHI	SP
21	Manny Machado	SD	3B,INF
22	Dinelson Lamet	SD	SP
23	Luis Castillo	CIN	SP
24	Marcell Ozuna	(N/A)	LF,OF
25	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	SP
26	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	SP
27	Dansby Swanson	ATL	SS,INF
28	Max Scherzer	WSH	SP
29	Kyle Tucker	HOU	LF,RF,OF
30	Framber Valdez	HOU	SP
31	Dylan Bundy	LAA	SP
32	Aaron Civale	CLE	SP
33	Marco Gonzales	SEA	SP
34	Zach Davies	CHC	SP
35	Devin Williams	MIL	RP
36	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SP
37	Mike Trout	LAA	CF,OF
38	Juan Soto	WSH	LF,OF
39	Bryce Harper	PHI	RF,OF
40	Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	CF,RF,OF
41	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SP
42	Corbin Burnes	MIL	SP
43	Kyle Freeland	COL	SP
44	Adam Wainwright	(N/A)	SP
45	Zach Plesac	CLE	SP
46	Corey Seager	LAD	SS,INF
47	Wil Myers	SD	RF,OF
48	Luke Voit	NYY	1B,INF
49	Whit Merrifield	KC	2B,INF,CF,RF,OF
50	Trent Grisham	SD	CF,OF

ROTO League Minor League Draft

Minors Eligibile Draft
- Year 1 Minors Draft is 7 rounds
- Year 2 Minors Draft is 5 rounds
- Year 3+ Minors Draft is 3 rounds
Players with GREEN ‘M’ (Minors Eligible) are the ONLY players available for the Minors Eligible Draft. Any owner who makes an illegal pick will be given (1) mulligan and allowed to swap the player out. If you time out and the system auto-picks an illegal player, you can re-make your selection at the end of the Minors Eligible Draft. A DSE admin will pause the draft and swap out the player before the free-agent rounds begin.
Players drafted in the Minor League Draft will accumulate credits for your team after completing the draft. PLEASE NOTE: issuing credit status to players is a manual process done by the league commissioner and, as such, may take some time to complete. A message will be posted in the league chat on Slack when the credits have been updated.
Once the database is unlocked, players who were previously added to the database during the season will only be available starting each new offseason, Minor League, or Free Agent draft.
No NEW players will enter the database unannounced or randomly selected by our host site, Fantrax.com.
Each roster will receive additional Minor League slots yearly to accommodate Minor Eligible Draft selections.
For startup leagues, the reverse order of the Free Agent draft will be used for the Minor League draft in Year 1 only.
Said player will earn you a credit toward your following off-season drop total.
- EXAMPLE: Each year, you can keep 25 players IN ADDITION to any credits you have accumulated.
  - If you have 2 credit players on your roster at the end of the season, you keep 27 players (25+2=27).
  - If you have 8 credit players on your roster at the end of the season, you keep 33 players (25+8=33).
Players taken in the Minors-Eligibile draft rounds earn you immediate credits; however, once traded, those players lose that credit until they become a 3-year tenured player for the receiving team.

ROTO League Free Agent Draft

The free-agent draft order will remain the same for existing leagues throughout the entire draft. Start-up Dynasty Leagues use a serpentine or snake draft for their first year.
Most Non-Playoff teams will have their position determined by order of finish in the postseason Draft Bracket.
Draft Order Change: Most teams that do not make the playoffs will play in a consolation bracket to determine the Draft Order for the following season. The team with the worst record gets the 1 seed. The following seeds get the next lowest bracket slot. Reseeding will occur each round until a winner is determined. Refer to the Draft Bracket rules section for the league-by-league outline.
The free-agent draft clock is 2 hours per pick. It is on from 10 a.m. ET to midnight ET daily until the draft is completed.
After two (2) consecutive time-out picks, you will be placed on auto-pick
If you miss a Free Agent draft selection, the system will select based on your queue first, then by ADP for the current season.
Once your team hits the DRAFT ROSTER CAP (league cap plus 5 additional off-season slots), your draft is OVER! If you trade for additional players and/or picks, you will not be given additional draft slots.
The previous season’s final rankings determine ROTO league draft order but will not be the reverse order of the final season standings. The draft order will be as follows:
- 15-team leagues:
  - 5,6,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,4,3,2,1
- 14-team leagues:
  - 5,6,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,4,3,2,1
- 13-team leagues:
  - 4,5,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,3,2,1
- 12-team leagues:
  - 4,5,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,3,2,1

ROTO League Waiver Guidelines

In all leagues, we use a two-part claiming system
- All waived players are eligible for bidding daily using a Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB).
- All waiver claims are processed the next day at 9 AM ET.
- After the 9 AM ET waiver run, all remaining players will be available on a First Come, First Serve (FCFS) basis until each player’s game-time lock. At the start of each player’s respective game, players will be waived and available to bid on for the next day’s waiver run.
- All dropped players will be automatically waived and locked for at least 24 hours to allow everyone in the league to bid on said player. Dropped players will be included in the next 9 AM ET waiver run after their 24-hour lock.
- There is a season-long cap on FCFS claims. Once you have reached this cap, you can no longer claim players via FCFS. The FCFS claims limit begins immediately after the draft ends and ends on the first day of the playoffs.
All undrafted players will go to waivers for 24 hours after your league’s yearly draft concludes.
- All players will go to waivers at the start of their respective games.
- Waivers run daily at 9 am ET.
- After the 9 am ET waivers, all players will be available FCFS (first come, first serve) until the start of their game that day.
- Any player whose team does not play on any given day will go to waivers at the start of the last game of that day.

ROTO 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.

ROTO 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.
Future picks can be traded.

ROTO League Tie Breakers

1st place tiebreakers

Most Categories lead
Most Categories won (1st place in cat)
Split pot

2nd through 4th place is split pots, with no tiebreakers

ROTO League Offseason

The number of cuts for each team is different due to the number of Minor League credits kept on your roster, PLUS any 3+ year tenured players.
A CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in each Slack league chat room after the final payment for your league is paid in full. Failure to make the necessary cuts by the CUT DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS HALF of your available FAAB per day.
A MAX ROSTER CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in the main Slack Baseball chat room. Failure to get your roster at, or under, the MAX ROSTER LIMIT by the posted DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS of HALF YOUR TEAMS AVAILABLE FAAB per day.
Once players reach 3+ yrs of continuous service, they will also give you credit towards your CUTS.
Rosters will expand to accommodate Minor League Picks yearly as CUTS will expand to protect your team’s growth.
DROPS will only come from your final Regular Season Roster from the previous season.
Your offseason cannot begin until CUTS and payment has been made.
If the last team pays within 3 weeks of the MLB season starting, CUTS will be 48 hours after the final payment is received, and the draft clock will change from 2 hours to 1 hour per pick.
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.

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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