Hi All

First league for all of us (me and 11 friends) in a custom league.

How do the playoffs work?

Is there a day off between the regular season and the playoffs? Specifically in terms of rotations, should the 2 guys playing in the world series rest their starting pitchers the last few days of the season? Also, if they had a 4 man rotation during the season, can they get away with a 3 man rotations? Same for a 5 man rotation team, can they get away with a 4 man rotation? Since we're 12 team league, its only one best of 7 series.

All help appreciated.

Roger

I just had a playoff scheduled and it looks like four cycles will be skipped. The season ended with the 6/20 pm2 cycle and the playoffs start 6/22 pm.

Getting rested for the playoffs is wise if you are able. Someone else can add a correction if I'm not quite right, but I believe playoff games are handled fatigue-wise as an extension of the regular season, i.e. games 163,164,165 etc. You are not awarded any additional rest before the playoffs start. You are only awarded rest after a playoff series if you win your series in fewer games than your next round opponent (sounds like this won't apply to your league). A minimum of 90% of your regular season allotted PAs or IPs(technically alloted pitches) are assumed to be used up, so there is no point in "saving up" PAs and IPs below 90% usage.

I don't know if that 90% is 90% of their drafted PAs and IPs or 90% of the 110% allotment each player receives after being drafted. Maybe someone can speak to that.