Let the preparation begin!

Guys! It's already here!  Fantasy baseball is already here!  Like every year, the first post needs to address the nuts and bolts of the season, including what to take care of as soon as you can.  In no particular order, I will remind you of a few things to better prepare you for success in the 2016 season.

1. Draft: Date and time is TBD.  The goal is always to get everyone at the draft, so we will continue to discuss draft dates until we find one that works for everyone or at least as many people as possible.
2. League Fee: $50 due ASAP . Please don't make me harass you (ahem, Colin Regis).  
• You can send it to me via paypal account: lenzx071@d.umn.edu
• You can send it to me directly: 4350 Brookside Ct, Apt 114, Edina, MN 55436
• You can send it to me via venmo: @Lenzy2108
3. Payouts: $600 will be distributed in the following ways
• $10/week for weekly category winner = $210
• $200 for league champion
• $140 for runner up
• $50 for 3rd place
4. Draft Order: Picks 1-6 are determined by the reverse order of positions 7-12 in the 2015 final regular season standings.  Picks 7-12 are determined by the reverse order of positions 1-6 in the 2015 winners bracket.
1. Team Pup 'N Suds (Colin Regis) finished 12th place in Regular Season Standings
2. Chaw Big Chief (Cameron Stelljes) finished 11th place in Regular Season Standings
3. Well Played Mauer (Max Geary) finished 10th place in Regular Season Standings
4. You Mad Bum? (DJ Lemmage) finished 9th place in Regular Season Standings
• Will receive 1st pick in 3rd round for winning 2015 Consolation Bracket
5. Puig City (Brian Michaud) finished 8th place in Regular Season Standings
6. Disabled List (Ryan Roberts) finished 7th place in Regular Season Standings
7. ** JP ** (Jack Pederson) finished 6th place in Winners Bracket
8. Tits, Clits, and Baseball Mitts (Juan Copas) finished 5th place in Winners Bracket
9. In Pence, I Trust (Matt Lenz) finished 4th place in Winners Bracket
10. No Ragrets (Chris Musser) finished 3rd place in Winners Bracket
11. Team Reints (Colin Reints) finished 2nd place in Winners Bracket
12. Dick N Trout (Tyler Starr) finished 1st place in Winner Bracket
5. Keepers: This is the first year of our new keeper rule being put into effect.  On the right side of this blog, you will see a section for "Useful Links" within that section you will see "Yearly Keepers".  Keepers are due one week prior to the draft.  This will be updated to reflect who has been kept in previous years, as well as who has been kept prior to the draft.  This new rule is best described in the handbook.  You can keep one player 5 times (6 seasons) and the other player 1 time (2 seasons).  The 5 time designation can change from year to year.
   1. The 5 time and 1 time designations follows that player in a trade.
   2. You can switch a 5 time keeper at any point...you do not have to keep him 5 times.
   
   
6. Contact Information: This information will be kept on the ESPN League Homepage, because this blog is visible to the public. Please double check to make sure that the information is up to date.