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 commitment = $200 (upcoming season plus year 2 pre-paid) PLUS $100 deposit EQUALS $300 total fee
3-year commitment = $300 (upcoming season plus year 2 & 3 pre-paid) PLUS $75 deposit EQUALS $375 total fee
4-year commitment = $400 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, & 4 pre-paid) PLUS $50 deposit EQUALS $450 total fee
5-year commitment = $500 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, 4, & 5 pre-paid) PLUS $25 deposit EQUALS $525 total fee
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
The hard cap for minor slots is 25, which would be reached in the 5th year of the league.
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 draftMinor 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.
ROTO League Rules/Adaptations
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
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 Commissioner 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 commitment = $200 (upcoming season plus year 2 pre-paid) PLUS $100 deposit EQUALS $300 total fee
3-year commitment = $300 (upcoming season plus year 2 & 3 pre-paid) PLUS $75 deposit EQUALS $375 total fee
4-year commitment = $400 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, & 4 pre-paid) PLUS $50 deposit EQUALS $450 total fee
5-year commitment = $500 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, 4, & 5 pre-paid) PLUS $25 deposit EQUALS $525 total fee
ROTO League Prize Pools
12-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)
Year 1 and Up – $1,000.00
13-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)
Year 1 and Up – $1,100.00
14-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)
Year 1 and Up – $1,200.00
15-Team Leagues
Year 1 and Up – $1,300.00
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:
Total League Entree Fees Collected MINUS
Fantrax.com Premium Hosting Services ($65) MINUS
Website Hosting Fee ($35) MINUS
Commissioner Free League Entry ($100) =
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 9 slots, advance 7 slots in year 2, advance 5 slots in year 3, advance 3 slots in year 4, and advance 1 slot in year 5 — hitting the league maximum of 25 minor slots.
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. Any excess players must be dropped to avoid illegal roster scenarios.
Each year, you can keep 25 players PLUS any Minor League and Veteran Credits earned during your tenure. NOTE: "Credit" information is posted below.
ROTO League Scoring
Scoring Grid
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. The Commissioner 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! You will not be given additional draft slots if you trade for additional players and/or picks.
Players taken in the Free Agent draft rounds start with zero (0) service time and progress by one (1) for every entire season they remain on your roster. After three (3) consecutive seasons on your roster, they become a credit. The standard progression is 0>1>2>C. For example, players drafted in round 1 of a 2025 draft will become a credit for you in the year 2028 (the 4th year of the league) as long as that player remains on your roster the entire time.
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 following 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 on 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. Pending claims like waiver claims will be canceled and not processed.
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, Dynasty Orphans (DO) will attempt to find new owners.
If necessary, DO will sell teams via a Dispersal Draft to keep the league intact with the current number of teams.