Fantasy Leagues

Welcome to the SABR Games and Simulations Fantasy Leagues. We created 3 weekly transaction leagues in 2023 and added a daily transaction league in 2024 using the rules outlined below.

Click here for our 2023 season recap!

Check out the 2023 SABR G&S Weekly League results here:

League Rules – Weekly Transaction Leagues

•       2025 Leagues will be hosted on the Fantrax Fantasy Baseball website
•       Only “virtual” dollars will be utilized – no money will be exchanged
•       League(s) purpose – enjoyment, competition and bragging rights with potential to research or explore whether any particular team construction methods consistently out-perform others.
•       We are looking for one or more volunteers to be league commissioners, depending on the number of team entries we receive
•       You can participate in more than one league (this will be determined on based on date/time when you respond that you are interested) as it may be necessary to fill in any gaps in a league
•       Three 12-team weekly transaction leagues using standard 5×5 categories:
• Batting – Batting Average, Runs Scored, Home Runs, Runs Batted In, Stolen Bases
• Pitching – Earned Run Average, WHIP (Walks + Hits/Innings Pitched), Strikeouts, Wins, Saves
•     Weekly transactions / set lineups on Mondays prior to start of first game on that date
•     Free agent acquisition budget (FAAB) of $100
•     $1 minimum waiver claim
•     Free agent claims processed on Sunday (allows time to move claimed players into active lineup on Monday)
•     Salary Cap – $260
•     Rosters – 5 outfielders, 2 catchers, 1 first baseman, 1 second baseman, 1 shortstop, 1 third baseman, 1 corner infielder, 1 middle infielder, 2 utility players, 5 starting pitchers, 4 relievers, 1 pitcher (sp/rp), 5 bench players, 3 injured list
•     Position Eligibility – batting: 10 games at the position in previous or current season
•     Position Eligibility – SP: 5 games started (previous) / 3 games started (current season)
•     Position Eligibility – RP: 8 relief appearances (previous) / 5 relief app. (current season)
•     Draft Type:     Live Salary Cap Draft
•     Trade Deadline: July 31 @ 12p EST
• You may keep up to 8 players going into the next season, at their previous season’s salary plus 5 “virtual” dollars. You need to have enough money to spend on players at the next auction/draft, even if that’s one dollar per player, in order to fill out your roster.

League Rules – Wizard League

SABR Games and Simulations presents the “Wizards League” –  where “everything just happens!”  There was no stopping Ozzie Smith when he was in the groove.  This “just for fun” league offers new incentive for owners to keep up with their regular team for the entire season.

This will be a mixed-league, 12 team, auction format weekly league consisting of the top 4 owners from each of our SABR G&S Fantasy Baseball weekly leagues, based on their placement in the standings during the previous season.  Any gaps (owners who are unable or do not wish to participate) will be filled using the next best team in the standings based on their total points scored in the prior year.

Owners who qualify for a team in the Wizards League would continue to play in their existing league throughout the season. Owners with more than one team in multiple leagues are eligible to play in the Wizards League in 2026 but not in the following year, in order to give others a chance to participate in the league.  The champion of the Wizards League automatically returns to defend their title during the following season, even if they don’t finish in the top 4 of their regular SABR G&S Fantasy Baseball league.

In the Wizards League, there are no keepers – each owner will acquire a new team of players via auction from the full pool of MLB players prior to the beginning of every season.  Playing in the Wizards League is based on owners’ finishes from the previous year.  If an owner doesn’t finish 4th or better in one of our regular weekly leagues in 2026, that owner will not qualify for the Wizards League in 2027.

Each team will have an auction salary cap of 260 (virtual) dollars and a free agent acquisition budget (FAAB) of 50 (virtual) dollars.

To discourage unfair trades and salary dumping, teams may not drop players on the Fantrax “Can’t Drop List”. The Can’t Drop List is used to preserve league integrity by preventing many of the elite players (the approximate # varies depending upon the sport) from being dropped by team managers. This list is updated by Fantrax on a regular basis during the season, with players being added and removed based on performance and injury. Players on this list can still be benched or traded.

There will be a trade veto process for the Wizards League. The other owners have 72 hours after a trade is submitted to accept or veto a trade.  Four vetoes are required to void a trade.

2026 Leagues will be hosted on the Fantrax Fantasy Baseball website

Only “virtual” dollars will be utilized – no money will be exchanged

League(s) purpose – enjoyment, competition and bragging rights with potential to research or explore whether any particular team construction methods consistently out-perform others.

Scoring – the standard 5×5 categories will be utilized:
Batting – Batting Average, Runs Scored, Home Runs, Runs Batted In, Stolen Bases
Pitching – Earned Run Average, WHIP (Walks + Hits/Innings Pitched), Strikeouts, Wins, Saves

Weekly transactions / set lineups on Mondays prior to start of first game on that date

$1 minimum waiver claim

Free agent claims processed on Sunday (allows time to move claimed players into active lineup on Monday)

Salary Cap – $260
FAAB – $50

Rosters – 5 outfielders, 2 catchers, 1 first baseman, 1 second baseman, 1 shortstop, 1 third baseman, 1 corner infielder, 1 middle infielder, 2 utility players, 5 starting pitchers, 4 relievers, 1 pitcher (sp/rp), 5 bench players, 3 injured list

Position Eligibility – batting: 10 games at the position in previous or current season
Position Eligibility – SP: 5 games started (previous) / 3 games started (current season)
Position Eligibility – RP: 8 relief appearances (previous) / 5 relief app. (current season)

Draft Type:     Live Salary Cap Draft

Trade Deadline: July 31 @ 12p EST

Baseball Sim Auction Leagues

We would like to offer the opportunity to participate in a Baseball Sim Auction league during the off-season. Committee member Andy Palomino is the commissioner / auctioneer and the brains behind Baseball Sim Auctions.

Here’s how it works:

1. Each General Manager selects a historical team – every team in MLB history going back to 1901 is available. (example: 1927 NYY, 1941 BOS, 1962 NYM, 1977 TOR, 2003 DET). Each Sim Auction League will be limited to 6 to 8 GM’s.
2. The players from the historical teams are made free agents and will serve as the player pool to create new teams during the auction.
3. Each General Manager starts the auction with $260 Sim dollars (a means to conduct the auction – not real money). The Auction will be scheduled with all of the participants and conducted via Zoom.
4. Each GM must purchase 26 players. Each team will need to meet innings pitched, plate appearance and defensive position requirements.
5. Each GM selects a Micro Manager to manage their team during the season simulation. You can choose from a collection of 88 Micro Managers.
6. A World Series is played to determine the best team – each “game” of the series is represented by the simulation of an entire season, the team that wins 4 out of 7 seasons, wins the World Series!
7. The APBA Baseball for Windows (BBW) computer program is used to conduct the season simulations (also scheduled and conducted via ZOOM) – games are simulated in small batches, the goal being to keep the process to approximately 1 hour. This will allow participants to watch the results in real-time.
8. The auction and season simulation Zoom meetings will be recorded and uploaded to our YouTube channel.

You can view Andy’s tutorial video for a thorough explanation:

You do not need to be a committee member, SABR member or purchase anything in order to participate. Please contact us via sabrbaseballgaming@gmail.com if you are interested!