MHS Fantasy Baseball leagues offer the choice of Rotisserie style and Head to Head leagues.

There are 12 -14 teams in each MHS Baseball league.

MHS baseball leagues are all continuous leagues.

New Head to Head Leagues for the 2009 Season are 22 weeks followed by 4 weeks of playoffs.
The top 9 teams will qualify to play in the playoffs.

Week 1:
The top 3 teams from the regular season will earn a bye. Fourth Place vs Ninth Place, Fifth Place vs Eighth Place, Sixth Place vs Seventh Place.

Week 2:
The top 2 teams from the regular season will earn a bye. The Third Place Team from the regular season vs The lowest ranked winner from Week 1. The next ranked teams will play each other.

Week 3:
The first place from the regular season vs the lowest ranked team winner from week 2 and the second place team from the regular season vs the remaining team from Week 2.

Week 4:
The winners from Week 3 play each other to determine the Playoff Champion.

Unlimited trading in all leagues.

Trading resumes on Tuesday February 3, 2009.

Trades must be advised by both owners BEFORE 8 PM ET on Sunday to use the players effective on Monday.

Players received in a trade & again traded may lead to both deals being canceled if the first trade is disputed by one or more owners and then voided by the commissioner.

If a trade is disputed by two or more owners, the commissioner will review the trade and make the final decision on approving the trade.

Mega $$ league owners may ONLY trade with teams within 8 places (above and below) based on Monday's standings as of June 29, 2009, and within 6 places of themselves (above and below) based on Monday's standings from August 3, 2009, to the conclusion of the trading deadline.

Teams may trade end of season draft picks during the regular season beginning August 1, 2009.

If a team elects to trade an end of season draft pick during the regular season, a $50 non refundable deposit is required within 24 hours of making the trade. Teams may begin making trades with End of Season picks beginning August 1, 2009. If the payment is not made the trade will be canceled.

Credit card payments may be made using the credit card Order Form or by check using Paypal. mark@mhssports.com

The last day of trading is Tuesday September 8, 2009, with all trades being reported before 3 PM ET.

Free agent requests are due on your league website BEFORE 9 AM ET each Friday.

A maximum of 2 free agents may be drafted each week with rosters having a maximum of 27 players.

Players are drafted in the reverse order of Monday morning's standings.

During pre season players are drafted at the position they played their most games at during the 2008 season.

Once the 2009 regular season begins players are drafted at the position they played their most games at during the 2009 season.

ONLINE free agent drafts will begin on Thursday February 5, 2009.

The last regular season free agent draft is Friday September 11, 2009.

Weekly lineups consist of 16 players. One player at each position, 2 DH's and ANY 6 pitchers. Lineup changes should be made by each owner BEFORE 1 PM ET on Monday's on your leagues stats league web site.

If a lineup is not updated, the previous weeks lineup will be used.

Owners may ONLY play players at positions listed on Rosters for Members and Rosters for Guests. Playing a player at an illegal position will result in no statistics for that player for the week.

Playing injured players or minor league players is NOt allowed and may result in being removed from MHS Fantasy Sports.

Owners will be responsible to update lineups after trades are made

Each team may have a maximum of 27 players on their team.

In MHS Baseball, there is no duplication of players on more than one team.

Teams may update their 8 protected players from last season until 12 NOON ET on Monday February 2, 2009. At the end of the 2009 season each team will protect any 8 players from their team.

A $25 deposit is required by each team owner when protecting your 8 players.

Player positions are based on most games played at a position during the current season.

During the season a player may be eligible at more than one position by playing at least 25 games at an additional position.

At the conclusion of the season players will be eligible ONLY at the position they played their most games during the 2009 season.

Rotisserie and Head to Head leagues play the entire 26 week schedule.

The Choo Choo Coleman, Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays Leagues have two 13 week seasons. On week 14 the stats start over from zero.

Established league owners receive multiple team discounts of $20 only off your second baseball team.

In the 2009 baseball season Standard and Mega $$ leagues will receive multi team discounts of $20 only on your second baseball team.

Refer a friend and receive a $35 credit for each person you refer to MHS Fantasy Sports.

All team fees MUST be paid in FULL before the start of the season.

If an owner threatens an owner/owners or is disruptive to the league, he/she may be removed from league and not be given a refund of fees paid.

Once the season has begun there is no refund on fees paid.

If a league has more than 4 teams available at the end of the season, it will be the decision of MHS Fantasy Sports on continuing that league.

Cash prizes will be paid within 2 weeks of the conclusion of the major league baseball season.

There is a $30 fee if the bank returns a check.