Welcome one and all to the 2024 AltLB Winter Meetings. The Detroit Deacons come into 2024 looking to defend their AltLB Championship, with every other team looking to unseat them and claim the title. Before we can get to the season, which officially starts on March 28th, we have some roll calls and rules to look at.

PART ONE - Owner Roll Call
The first thing we will be doing is looking to see who will be joining us for the upcoming season. See the link at the end of the post to let us know whether you will be participating in the 2024 season of AltLB.

PART TWO - 2023 Rule Change review and 2024 Rule Change Proposal
Scoring System
We will be reviewing the major rule change that was instituted from last season, the move to points based scoring from category based scoring. After now having a season of each, this will give you the opportunity to "roll it back" if points wasn't your cup of tea. However, there would be a new option with categories as well.

Option 1 - Points scoring. This would be the same as 2023. You will earn points based on the performances of your players, and most points will get a single win for the week.
Option 2 - Category scoring with one win, loss, or tie. Return to the 2022 category scoring. There will be 10 categories, whichever person wins the most categories will get a single win for the week. This scoring led to many ties in season one. The passed rule from last off-season replacing Batting Average with On Base Percentage would be applied.
Option 3 - Category scoring with multiple wins, losses, or ties. Category scoring where each category will count as a win or a loss for the matchup, so each week you will get a total of 10 wins, losses, and ties based on the category outcomes. The passed rule from last off-season replacing Batting Average with On Base Percentage would be applied.

Position Eligibility
During the season, if a player were to play 10 games at a hitting position, 3 games as a starting pitcher, or 5 as a relief pitcher, they would gain eligibility at that position for the current season. However, the players need 20 games at a hitting position, 5 games as a starting pitcher, or 8 as a relief pitcher for that to carry over to the next season. An example of this is Mookie Betts, who in 2023 played 70 games at 2B, 16 at SS, and 107 at OF. So he qualified at all three positions in 2023, but in 2024 will start by only qualifying at 2B and OF.

Option 1 - No changes, some players will have earned a position for playing between 10 and 19 games during the 2023 season that will not carry that eligibility over to the 2024 season.
Option 2 - The lower numbers are used for both. If a player played 10 games at a hitting position, 3 games as a starting pitcher, or 5 games as a relief pitcher the previous season (2023 in this case), they will have those positional eligibilities the next season (2024 in this case).
Option 3 - The higher numbers are used for both. A player will have the eligibilities earned in 2023 based on the 20 games at a hitting position, 5 games as a starting pitcher, or 8 games as a relief pitcher. To earn the positional eligibility in 2024, they will have to meet those numbers.

Although you may abstain from the voting on these, I would recommend that you make a choice since it will affect how the league runs and functions.

PART THREE - Important Dates
2/3/2024 - Owner Roll Call and Winter Meetings
2/16/2024 - Roll Call and Winter Meetings Close.
2/17/2024 - Keeper list goes live, trading opens. All trades must be submitted to Gritty, Dan O'Mac, or QCS for review and posting. Official budget and process will be posted.
3/17/2024 - Keepers due, Trading halted until the draft completes
3/22/2024-3/24/2024 - Draft occurs. A post will be made checking for availability closer to the draft date to accommodate the most people
3/28/2023 - Opening Day

To do the ROLL CALL and RULES CHANGES please access this form:
CLICK HERE