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Summer League Playoff Rules

One Game Playoff Rules
Seven Game Playoff Rules

One Game Playoff

General

If a division or the wild card ends in a two-way tie, the teams will meet in a one game playoff (three-way ties or four way ties result in MLB's multiple-tie playoff scenario). The home team in the playoff will be determined randomly (via dice roll, coin flip, rock-paper-scissors, etc.).

For starting pitcher and injury purposes, the game will be played on the "day" following the last regular season game. Example: Last day of regular season is Day 162, one game playoff occurs on Day 163.

All observed regular season rules that are not mentioned still apply in the one game playoff. In the event of an injury, the prescribed "games missed" will become days missed and the injured player will be eligible to play in future a playoff series according the fulfillment of days missed, with the next series beginning on the day following the one game playoff. (One game playoff on Day 163, Semi-Finals begin Day 164)

Game Restrictions

Only starting pitchers who have received 4 days of rest can start. Starting pitchers not given 4 days rest or more also will be excluded from pitching in relief. 6th starters are ineligible to pitch unless an injury has moved them onto the regular roster and they have received 4 days of rest.

Because in reality they play so infrequently, J-4 players who have used all of their regular season games will only be allowed one pinch-hit appearance. If following the one pinch-hit appearance, the J-4's team should bat around, he can continue to bat until the end of the half inning.

Steal Restrictions

Stealing and hit-and-run attempts may only done with baserunners who have a "Steal Allowance" of N (i.e., the players who never attempted a steal during the MLB season under the SL's "Go ahead and try with your horrible odds" rule) or those who have not used their maximum amount of regular season steal attempts.

Seven Game Playoffs

General

The Semi-Finals and the World Series will be played in a best of seven game format. The Semi-Finals will be played on Day 164, following the season-ending on Day 162 (any one game playoffs occur on Day 163), that is, there is an additional day of rest for injured players and starting pitchers. The Semi-Finals, in the current three division format, will match the division winner with the most regular season wins with the wild card and the other division winners together. The team with the higher seed will host each series in the Semi-Finals and the World Series. For injury and starting pitcher purposes, the winners of the Semi-Finals will meet in the World Series on the second day following the completion of the last Semi-Final series. For example, if one series goes four games, with the last game on Day 167, and the other series goes six games, with the last game on Day 169, the World Series will begin on Day 171.

The winner of the World Series shall be honored with the Spit Cup.

Game Restrictions

Starting pitchers can pitch in a 4-man rotation (on 3 days rest) once the seven game playoffs begin. The 5th starter can be used in relief and must abide by the restrictions of his J rating in terms of how many appearances he is allowed. The 6th starter is ineligible for the series unless two injuries to starting pitchers have moved them onto the regular roster and into the rotation. In the event of a single injury in the starting 4, the 5th starter must be moved into the playoff rotation. In the event the 5th starter is forced to make a start, he can not make any relief appearances for the remainder of the series.

Starting pitchers need 3 days of rest from their last start to start a playoff game. For example, if a pitcher started game 160, he would be eligible to start the first game of the playoffs after resting days 161, 162, 163. There are no days off during playoff series.

Player restrictions are as follows:
J-0's and J-1's are eligible to play all games
J-2's must sit 1 of the first 4 games
J-3's can play 4 total games and cannot appear in 3 consecutive games
J-4's can play 2 total games and cannot appear in more than 1 of the first 4 games

Relief pitcher restrictions are as follows:
A reliever can pitch no more than 2 innings (3 if the game goes extra innings) during a single appearance. A reliever is also limited to 8% of his RL IP during any playoff series.

Thru 4 games:
J-0's can appear in 3 games
J-1's can appear in 2 games
J-2's can appear in 2 games
J-3's can appear in 1 game
J-4's can appear in 1 game

Thru 5 games:
J-0's can appear in 4 games
J-1's can appear in 3 games
J-2's can appear in 2 games
J-3's can appear in 2 game
J-4's can appear in 1 game

Thru 6 games:
J-0's can appear in 4 games
J-1's can appear in 3 games
J-2's can appear in 3 games
J-3's can appear in 2 game
J-4's can appear in 1 game

Thru 7 games:
J-0's can appear in 5 games
J-1's can appear in 4 games
J-2's can appear in 3 games
J-3's can appear in 3 game
J-4's can appear in 2 game

Steal Restrictions

The following are the steal restrictions for baserunners according to their Steal Allowance

A - No restrictions
B - 2 successful attempts per game
C - 2 attempts per game
D - 1 successful attempt per game
E - 1 attempt per game
F - 1 attempt per game
G - 2 attempts per series
R - 1 attempt per series
N - No restrictions