NEXT SIM
Here are the notes about our next sim, Pre-Season Sim 1, which will be run on or soon after 2019-Oct-14 08:15:00 ET:
| Pre-Season Sim 1 |
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| This sim will start with Tuesday, February 15, and will conclude on Thursday, March 2, simulating a total of 16 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 27 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 18 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league first 15 days of the Pre-Season. NOTE: GMs should be familiar with TheShows rules regarding contracts and contract incentives before submitting offers. These rules are posted in the League Rules section of the website. |
The sim after that will be Pre-Season Sim 2, which will be run on 16Oct:
| Pre-Season Sim 2 |
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| This sim will start with Thursday, March 2, and will conclude on Saturday, March 11, simulating a total of 9 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to -46823 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 18 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league through the remaining days of the Pre-Season. NOTE: GMs should be familiar with TheShows rules regarding contracts and contract incentives before submitting offers. These rules are posted in the League Rules section of the website. |
CURRENT SEASON'S PROJECTED SIM SCHEDULE
This schedule is subject to change without notice. Please advise the Commissioner if the dates are off or need updated or if any other notes or reminders should or could be added.
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| 21Jun | Spring Sim 1: This sim will start with Monday, March 1, and will conclude on Thursday, March 11, simulating a total of 10 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 25 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 18 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This is the NEW Season! Commish needs to roll over the IP files. Incentive Point Spending are processed during this sim. |
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| 24Jun | Spring Sim 2: This sim will start with Thursday, March 11, and will conclude on Saturday, March 20, simulating a total of 9 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 23 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 16 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. Incentive Point Spending are processed during this sim. |
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| 26Jun | Spring Sim 3: This sim will start with Saturday, March 20, and will conclude on Monday, March 29, simulating a total of 9 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 21 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 14 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim will simulate the remaining days of Spring Training, stopping 1 day before Opening Day to allow GMs to demote players auto assigned to the ML roster without using Options. Incentive Point Spending are processed during this sim. |
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| 28Jun | Season Sim 1: This sim will start with Monday, March 29, and will conclude on Monday, April 5, simulating a total of 7 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 21 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 14 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. All GMs should make sure that all of their 25 Man active roster players have a * by their name on the Rosters and Transactions page, ensuring that all non-roster invites are now on the 40 man roster before the season begins. Be mindful of minor league roster limits when demoting. The last of the Incentive Point Spending are processed during this sim. Commissioner will remove the Comp status from any player that was previously listed as Compensation Eligible. |
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| 01Jul | Season Sim 2: This sim will start with Monday, April 5, and will conclude on Monday, April 12, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 03Jul | Season Sim 3: This sim will start with Monday, April 12, and will conclude on Monday, April 19, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 05Jul | Season Sim 4: This sim will start with Monday, April 19, and will conclude on Monday, April 26, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 08Jul | Season Sim 5: This sim will start with Monday, April 26, and will conclude on Monday, May 3, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 10Jul | Season Sim 6: This sim will start with Monday, May 3, and will conclude on Monday, May 10, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 12Jul | Season Sim 7: This sim will start with Monday, May 10, and will conclude on Monday, May 17, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 15Jul | Season Sim 8: This sim will start with Monday, May 17, and will conclude on Monday, May 24, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 17Jul | Season Sim 9: This sim will start with Monday, May 24, and will conclude on Monday, May 31, simulating a total of 7 days. All-Star Voting is open in Stats+: https://statsplus.net/theshow/awards?league=135#ballotlist |
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| 19Jul | Season Sim 10: This sim will start with Monday, May 31, and will conclude on Monday, June 7, simulating a total of 7 days. All-Star Voting is open in Stats+: https://statsplus.net/theshow/awards?league=135#ballotlist |
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| 22Jul | Season Sim 11: This sim will start with Monday, June 7, and will conclude on Monday, June 14, simulating a total of 7 days. All-Star Voting is open in Stats+: https://statsplus.net/theshow/awards?league=135#ballotlist |
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| 24Jul | Season Sim 12: This sim will start with Monday, June 14, and will conclude on Monday, June 21, simulating a total of 7 days. All-Star Voting is open in Stats+: https://statsplus.net/theshow/awards?league=135#ballotlist |
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| 26Jul | Season Sim 13: This sim will start with Monday, June 21, and will conclude on Monday, June 28, simulating a total of 7 days. All-Star Voting is open in Stats+: https://statsplus.net/theshow/awards?league=135#ballotlist |
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| 29Jul | Season Sim 14: This sim will start with Monday, June 28, and will conclude on Monday, July 5, simulating a total of 7 days. All-Star Voting is open in Stats+: https://statsplus.net/theshow/awards?league=135#ballotlist |
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| 31Jul | Season Sim 15: This sim will start with Monday, July 5, and will conclude on Monday, July 12, simulating a total of 7 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 19 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 14 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. |
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| 02Aug | Season Sim 16: This sim will start with Monday, July 12, and will conclude on Monday, July 19, simulating a total of 7 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 14 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 12 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. |
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| 05Aug | Season Sim 17: This sim will start with Monday, July 19, and will conclude on Monday, July 26, simulating a total of 7 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 14 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 7 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. |
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| 07Aug | Season Sim 18: This sim will start with Monday, July 26, and will conclude on Saturday, July 31, simulating a total of 5 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 16 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 9 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. |
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| 09Aug | TradeDeadline: This sim will start with Saturday, July 31, and will conclude on Monday, August 2, simulating a total of 2 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 21 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 14 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. |
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| 12Aug | Season Sim 20: This sim will start with Monday, August 2, and will conclude on Monday, August 9, simulating a total of 7 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 21 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 14 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. |
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| 14Aug | Season Sim 21: This sim will start with Monday, August 9, and will conclude on Monday, August 16, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 16Aug | Season Sim 22: This sim will start with Monday, August 16, and will conclude on Monday, August 23, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 19Aug | Season Sim 23: This sim will start with Monday, August 23, and will conclude on Monday, August 30, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 21Aug | Season Sim 24: This sim will start with Monday, August 30, and will conclude on Monday, September 6, simulating a total of 7 days. Upcoming: Rosters expand to 40 on Sept. 1 |
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| 23Aug | Season Sim 25: This sim will start with Monday, September 6, and will conclude on Monday, September 13, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 26Aug | Season Sim 26: This sim will start with Monday, September 13, and will conclude on Monday, September 20, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 28Aug | Season Sim 27: This sim will start with Monday, September 20, and will conclude on Monday, September 27, simulating a total of 7 days. | |
| 30Aug | Season Sim 28: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. | |
| 30Aug | Tie-Breaker: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. This sim will be used for any one-game playoffs to determine tie breakers for Division titles going into the playoffs. This sim may not be needed, and thus the schedule will skip down to the Wild-Card Round. |
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| 02Sep | Wild Card Sim: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. This sim includes the entire Wild Card Series of the Playoffs and the off days until the League Divisional Series start. NOTE: GMs should start protecting Rule 5 eligible players as the Rule 5 Draft is coming up. Also, no free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until the Rule 5 Draft has concluded. Teams not involved in the Playoffs are allowed to make trades for any players that are NOT pending free agents. |
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| 04Sep | LDS Sim 1: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. This sim includes the first three of five games of the League Division Series of the Playoffs. NOTE: GMs should start protecting Rule 5 eligible players as the Rule 5 Draft is coming up. Also, no free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until the Rule 5 Draft has concluded. Teams not involved in the Playoffs are allowed to make trades for any players that are NOT pending free agents. Commissioner to run a test sim to get CPU nominations and open polls to accept nominations for Comeback/Breakout Player Awards. |
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| 06Sep | LDS Sim 2: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. This sim includes the remaining games of the League Division Series of the Playoffs and the off days until the League Championship Series start. NOTE: GMs should start protecting Rule 5 eligible players as the Rule 5 Draft is coming up. Also, no free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until the Rule 5 Draft has concluded. Teams not involved in the Playoffs are allowed to make trades for any players that are NOT pending free agents. Nominations still accepted for Comeback/Breakout Player Awards. |
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| 09Sep | LCS Sim 1: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. This sim includes the first four of seven games of the League Championship Series of the Playoffs. NOTE: GMs should start protecting Rule 5 eligible players as the Rule 5 Draft is coming up. Also, no free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until the Rule 5 Draft has concluded. Teams not involved in the Playoffs are allowed to make trades for any players that are NOT pending free agents. Nominations still accepted for Comeback/Breakout Player Awards. |
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| 11Sep | LCS Sim 2: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. This sim includes the remaining games of the League Championship Series of the Playoffs and the off days until the World Series starts. NOTE: GMs should start protecting Rule 5 eligible players as the Rule 5 Draft is coming up. Also, no free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until the Rule 5 Draft has concluded. Teams not involved in the Playoffs are allowed to make trades for any players that are NOT pending free agents. After the sim, the Nomination posts for Comeback/Breakout Player Awards are closed and polls are created in the forums for these Awards. Stats+ Award ballots opened for all other awards. |
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| 13Sep | World Series 1: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. This sim includes the first four games of the World Series. NOTE: GMs should start protecting Rule 5 eligible players as the Rule 5 Draft is coming up. Also, no free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until the Rule 5 Draft has concluded. Teams not involved in the Playoffs are allowed to make trades for any players that are NOT pending free agents. Voting for all Post Season Awards continues in the forums and in the Stats+ Awards Page. |
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| 16Sep | World Series 2: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. | |
| 18Sep | Post Season 1: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. This sim takes the league just before the Post Season Award announcements. IMPORTANT NOTES: · GMs should check in-game messages for Player Option emails and start protecting Rule 5 eligible players as the Rule 5 Draft is coming up. · No free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until the Rule 5 Draft has concluded. · Trades can be submitted (for players that are not pending Free Agents), but the GMs are responsible for designating and assigning newly acquired players to prevent them from becoming Rule 5 eligible. · GMs may set their Ticket Prices for the next season. Ticket Prices can only be changed from the time the off season starts through to the end of the winter meetings. |
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| 20Sep | Post Season 2: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. This sim takes the league just past the Post Season Award announcements. IMPORTANT NOTES: · GMs should check in-game messages for Player Option emails and start protecting Rule 5 eligible players as the Rule 5 Draft is coming up. · No free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until the Rule 5 Draft has concluded. · Trades can be submitted (for players that are not pending Free Agents), but the GMs are responsible for designating and assigning newly acquired players to prevent them from becoming Rule 5 eligible. · GMs may set their Ticket Prices for the next season. Ticket Prices can only be changed from the time the off season starts through to the end of the winter meetings. |
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| 23Sep | Post Season 3: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 11 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 5 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league through the player contract arbitration hearings and concludes after the eligible players file for Free Agency and takes us to the start of the Rule 5 Draft (TheShow"s Rule 5 Draft FAQ entry). IMPORTANT NOTES: · GMs can protect Rule 5 eligible players until the Rule 5 Draft begins, since the Rule 5 Draft is completed in-game with lists. · No trades will be processed this sim. · No free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until the Rule 5 Draft has concluded. · GMs may set their Ticket Prices for the next season. Ticket Prices can only be changed from the time the off season starts through to the end of the winter meetings. |
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| 25Sep | Post Season 4: The days simulated in this sim period will be determined at a later date. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 18 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 11 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league through to the conclusion of the Rule 5 Draft. IMPORTANT NOTES: · No free agent offers are allowed through the Playoffs and until after this sim"s files are posted. · GMs may set their Ticket Prices for the next season. Ticket Prices can only be changed from the time the off season starts through to the end of the winter meetings. |
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| 27Sep | Free Agency 1: This sim will start with Monday, December 6, and will conclude on Saturday, December 11, simulating a total of 5 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 21 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 13 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league through the first four days of Free Agency to allow for some responses to come in. IMPORTANT NOTES: · GMs should be familiar with TheShows rules regarding contracts and contract incentives before submitting offers. These rules are posted in the League Rules section of the website. · GMs may set their Ticket Prices for the next season. Ticket Prices can only be changed from the time the off season starts through to the end of the winter meetings. |
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| 30Sep | Free Agency 2: This sim will start with Saturday, December 11, and will conclude on Friday, December 17, simulating a total of 6 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 30 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 15 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. |
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| 02Oct | Free Agency 3: This sim will start with Friday, December 17, and will conclude on Friday, December 24, simulating a total of 7 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 38 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 23 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. |
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| 04Oct | Free Agency 4: This sim will start with Friday, December 24, and will conclude on Saturday, January 1, simulating a total of 8 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 45 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 30 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. |
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| 07Oct | Free Agency 5: This sim will start with Saturday, January 1, and will conclude on Sunday, January 16, simulating a total of 15 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 46 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 30 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league through the next 15 days of Free Agency. Commish to set Waiver Period to 30 days and DFA period to 45 days (both will be set back before Spring Training). NOTE: GMs should be familiar with TheShows rules regarding contracts and contract incentives before submitting offers.These rules are posted in the League Rules section of the website. Also know that this sim will include the Almanac creation for the previous season and will take a little longer to complete. |
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| 09Oct | Free Agency 6: This sim will start with Sunday, January 16, and will conclude on Monday, January 31, simulating a total of 15 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 40 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 31 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league through the next 15 days of Free Agency. NOTE: GMs should be familiar with TheShows rules regarding contracts and contract incentives before submitting offers.These rules are posted in the League Rules section of the website. |
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| 11Oct | Free Agency 7: This sim will start with Monday, January 31, and will conclude on Tuesday, February 15, simulating a total of 15 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 34 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 25 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league through the remaining days of Free Agency. NOTE: GMs should be familiar with TheShows rules regarding contracts and contract incentives before submitting offers.These rules are posted in the League Rules section of the website. |
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| 14Oct | Pre Season 1: This sim will start with Tuesday, February 15, and will conclude on Thursday, March 2, simulating a total of 16 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to 27 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 18 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league first 15 days of the Pre-Season. NOTE: GMs should be familiar with TheShows rules regarding contracts and contract incentives before submitting offers. These rules are posted in the League Rules section of the website. |
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| 16Oct | Pre Season 2: This sim will start with Thursday, March 2, and will conclude on Saturday, March 11, simulating a total of 9 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to -46823 and the waiver days setting will be changed to 18 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim takes the league through the remaining days of the Pre-Season. NOTE: GMs should be familiar with TheShows rules regarding contracts and contract incentives before submitting offers. These rules are posted in the League Rules section of the website. |
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| 18Oct | Spring Sim 1: This sim will start with Saturday, March 11, and will conclude on Monday, March 20, simulating a total of 9 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to -46832 and the waiver days setting will be changed to -46832 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This is the NEW Season! Commish needs to roll over the IP files and set Waiver and DFA periods back to 14 and 21. This sim will simulate the first 10 days of Spring Training. Incentive Point Spending are processed during this sim. Commish to set messages to 10 days to ensure that all in-game messages are included with the files. |
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| 21Oct | Spring Sim 2: This sim will start with Monday, March 20, and will conclude on Wednesday, March 29, simulating a total of 9 days. Upon completion of the simulated days, the DFA days setting will be changed to -46841 and the waiver days setting will be changed to -46841 based upon the upcoming days scheduled to be simulated. This sim will simulate the next 10 days of Spring Training. Incentive Point Spending are processed during this sim. |
