My SLT2026/SLT1977 Thoughts:

Copied on 2/10/2026.

Copied a lot from the SLT2025/1984 setup.

Tourney ORG Reminder: Use a different org file for each tournament round (quarters, semis, finals). For ease of managing and following usage rules. (This one is for Keith).

Tournament Rotation Reminder: SLT starters can start a tournament game on 3 days rest. Each series in a round starts on the same day, and there is one day of rest after the end of longest previous series. So if three quarterfinals series go 4, 5, and 6 games, the day of rest is Day 7, and the next round starts on Day 8. Each of the advancing teams would have 3, 2, and 1 day of rest.


Overview:

1977 disk.
48 (7-team) game season
4-man rotations
4-game series - 4 home and 4 road games against each opponent
No free agent draft
Post-Draft Draft does exist
21 GS rotation eligibility (back to historical number after using 20 for last two seasons)
25 round draft since no 5th and 6th starters 
7-team tournament using the same bracket setup as previous 7-team years (2020, 2022/1987, 2023/1955, 2025/1984)



General Player Usage: 30% and 45% for 48 game season 48 games: The old 100% rule (Position Player Games, Reliever Games, CF Games, Relief Games) changes to: 48g / 162 = .296296296296 so we round that up to 30% example: player who played 154 MLB games can play 46 SLT games. The old 150% rule (PA, SBA, relief IP, starting IP) changes to: (48g*1.5) / 162 = .444444444 so round that up to 45% example: player with 68 MLB SBA gets 31 SLT SBA.
CF games in tournament series, borrowed from 1987/1984 rules.

MLB CF Games PlayedSL Tournament CF Games Allowed
0 - 10 games0
11 - 19 games1
20 - 39 games2
40 - 59 games3
60 - 79 games4
80 - 99 games5
100 - 125 games6
126 - 162 games7