Welcome to year 8 of this unique Swap League. Here are the rules for the Swap League:

1) PROTECTION: Each manager is allowed to protect 5 players: 2 position players, 2 pitchers, and 1 player of their choice. Please post your protected players on the Yahoo Chat App or email them to me. You are allowed to change your protection AT ANY TIME. However, if you decide to change your protection at the last minute, you post on the Yahoo Cbat or email them to me to notify the league of the change. A master list of protected players has been made for reference:

PROTECTED PLAYERS MASTER LIST (Updated Week 13)

Avechucos- Freddie Freeman, Luis Arraez, Evan Phillips, Alex Bregman, Hunter Harvey

Batman- Julio Rodriguez, Gunnar Henderson, Oneil Cruz, Jared Jones, Paul Skenes

Captain Crunch- Kyle Tucker, Pablo Lopez, Michael Harris, Matt Strahan, Ketel Marte

Conway Podunks- Josh Hader, Nathan Eovaldi, Vladimir Guerrero, Bryce Harper, Kyle Bradish

Danger Zone- Corbin Carroll, Spencer Steer, Bryce Turang, Shota Imanaga, Dean Kremer

Geaux Tigers- Austin Riley, Zach Wheeler, Adley Rutschman, Tarik Skubal, Anthony Santander

Hard Nipples- Corbin Burnes, Marcus Semien, Manny Machado, Kyle Schwarber, Joe Ryan

Hobart Aces- Mookie Betts, Nolan Arenado, Ranger Suarez, Dylan Cease, Logan Gilbert

Human Air Conditioner- Chris Sale, Anthony Volpe, Bryan Reynolds, Christian Yelich, George Kirby

Iviadskillz- Shohei Ohtani, Elly De La Cruz, CJ Abrams, Luis Severino, Nestor Cortes

Long Island As- Matt Olson, Pete Alonso, Robert Suarez, Emmanuel Clase, Raisel Iglesias

Matt- Bobby Witt, Tyler Glasnow, Kyle Harrison, Corey Seager, Will Smith

Neutron Stars Collision- Jose Ramirez, Ozzie Albies, Zac Gallen, Framber Valdez, William Contreras

NY's Team- Juan Soto, Aaron Nola, Merrill Kelly, Grayson Rodriguez, Nick Castellanos

Nuke the Russians: Adolis Garcia, Aaron Judge, Luis Castillo, Christian Walker, Clay Holmes

Odessa P'Town USSR- Fernando Tatis, Seiya Suzuki, Cole Ragans, Willy Adames, Zach Eflin

Rangers- Rafael Devers, Yordan Alvarez, Logan Webb, Andre Gimenez, Blake Snell

Thanos- Trea Turner, Javier Assad, Jason Foley, Freddy Peralta, Nolan Gorman

The A Team- Riley Greene, Jose Altuve, Max Fried, Kevin Gausman, Ryan Helsely

Who's on First: Juckison Profar, Jake Cronenworth, Carlos Estevez, Bryan Abreu, Marcell Ozuna

2) SWAP PROCESS: Each week, if you defeat your opponent, you can trade 1 of your players for 1 of your opponent's UNPROTECTED players. This can only be done AFTER the conclusion of the week’s games. It MUST be position for position (IF for IF, RP for RP). Please post on the Yahoo Cbat or email them to me. It should follow this model: (Team 1 swaps with Team 2: Player A for Player B). The ideal time to post your swap is Monday morning, but there isn't really a deadline throughout the following week. However, the earlier you post, the more likely your swap will get processed on time. Post at your own risk.

There are 3 divisions with each division run by one of the co-commissioners:

A) (Kyle) Garlick Division run by Human Air Conditioner
B) (Jake) Burger Division run by Tim
C) (Seth) Beer Division run by Hari

If you win your matchup that week then the co-commissioner in your
division will process your swap. If you have a problem please contact
them. If swaps haven't been done by Tuesday morning, please email me
and I will perform the emergency trade and have a talk with the
co-commissioner of your division.

3) ALL-STAR SPECIAL PLAYOFF EXEMPTION: The team with the most all star players on their team when all stars are officially announced will get a reward: they will get to swap a PROTECTED player only ONCE during the playoffs. They are usually announced around July, and only original all stars will count (no replacement players). If there is a tie, h2h against the others involved will be the tiebreaker.

Winner =

4) Questions or concerns: Lastly, if ANYONE has a question or a suggestion on how to make the league better, feel free to post on the Yahoo chat or shoot me an email (aznbball08@yahoo.com) if you want it to be private. Thank you and have a great season!