Voting History

Season Proposal Options New Rule or Change Margin Required Vote in Favor Outcome
2017 A. Enable managers to add players from free agents/waivers directly to their team's DL slots. Yes, No Change Two thirds 7/8 Pass
2017 B. Replace pitching wins (W) with quality starts (QS). Yes, No Change Two thirds 3/7 Fail
2016 A. Replace pitching wins (W) with quality starts (QS). Yes, No Change Two thirds 5/8 Fail
2016 B. Replace home runs (HR) with total bases (TB). Yes, No Change Two thirds 5/8 Fail
2016 C. Instead of three OF positions, use one CF and two generic OF slots. Yes, No Change Two thirds 4/8 Fail
2015 A. Implement a continuous waiver system, with claims processed daily and rosters changes set to "Daily–Today". Yes, No Change Two thirds 3/4 Pass
2015 B. Move our playoffs up by one week so that the championship concludes before the last week of the MLB season. Yes, No Change Two thirds 5/5 Pass
2015 C. Hold the sum of all teams' draft budgets constant at last year's amount plus $50 for the 50 additional players to be drafted: $2650 (plus/minus a few dollars due to rounding). Yes, No New Simple majority 4/4 Pass
2015 D. If proposal C passes, adjust the keeper cap in proportion to the reduced team budgets. Yes, No New Simple majority 3/4 Pass
2015 E. Should returning managers be allowed to protect...
  1. A specific number of players, or
  2. A specific dollar amount?
 New Simple majority
  1. 1/5
  2. 4/5
 Option (ii) passes
2015 F-1. If proposal E option (i) passes, set the protection limit to 5, 10, or 15 players? Select the response that reflects your order of preference (most to least preferred).
  1. 5, 10, 15
  2. 10, 5, 15
  3. 10, 15, 5
  4. 15, 10, 5
 New Highest average rank N/A N/A
2015 F-2. If proposal E option (ii) passes, set the protection limit to a dollar amount that is 50%, 75%, or 100% of the keeper cap? Select the response that reflects your order of preference (most to least preferred).
  1. 50%, 75%, 100%
  2. 75%, 50%, 100%
  3. 75%, 100%, 50%
  4. 100%, 75%, 50%
 New Highest average rank
  • 50%: 1.3
  • 75%: 1.7
  • 100%: 3
 "50%" passes
2015 G. How many players should the expansion teams pick (combined, not apiece) from each returning team? In other words, how many players should each returning team lose? Select the response that reflects your order of preference (most to least preferred).
  1. 1, 2, 3
  2. 2, 1, 3
  3. 2, 3, 1
  4. 3, 2, 1
 New Highest average rank "Two" is unanimous first choice "Two" passes
2015 In-season vote: Extend the trade deadline to the latest option, Aug 30, one week before the playoffs. Yes, No Change Two thirds 2/2 Pass
2014 A. Replace SB with Net SB. Yes, No Change Two thirds 5/7 Pass
2014 B. Change the stat categories (other than SB) according to the results of Addendum B. Yes, No Change Two thirds 5/6 Pass
2014 Addendum B. If Prop B passes, change the categories to... (rank your preferences; highest average rank wins; note that Prop A decides between SB and Net SB)
  1. R TB RBI [SB/NetSB] OBP / QS K SV+HLD ERA WHIP
  2. R HR RBI [SB/NetSB] OBP / W K SV+HLD ERA WHIP
  3. R HR RBI [SB/NetSB] AVG OBP / W QS K SV+HLD ERA WHIP
  4. No change; keep R HR RBI [SB/NetSB] AVG OBP / W SV K HLD ERA WHIP
  5. R RBI [SB/NetSB] SLG OBP, W K SV+H ERA WHIP
 New Highest average rank
  1. 2.71
  2. 2.71
  3. 3.29
  4. 2.43
  5. 3.86
 Option (iv) passes
2014 C. Increase the number of DL slots from 4 to the maximum, 5. Yes, No Change Two thirds 6/7 Pass
2014 D. Allow auction dollars to be traded. Yes, No Change Two thirds 5/7 Pass
2013 A. Modify or eliminate last year’s divisions. Yes, No Change Two thirds 2/2 Pass
2013 Addendum A.1. If Prop A passes, organize the divisions as follows (rank your preferences).
  1. East/West
  2. According to last year's standings
  3. Eliminate divisions
 New Highest average rank
  1. 1.75
  2. 2.75
  3. 1.5
 Option (iii) passes
2013 B. Increase the number of DL slots from 4 to 5. Yes, No Change Two thirds 1/2 Fail
2013 C. Add NA slots. Yes, No Change Two thirds 1/2 Fail
2012 A. Do not permit a player's salary from the previous year to be higher than his...
  1. Base salary
  2. Adjusted salary
 New Simple majority
  1. 1/6
  2. 5/6
 Option (b) passes
2012 B. Apply the extension penalty to...
  1. A player's cost in the auction as well as his cost against the keeper cap (both penalties are equal)
  2. A player's cost in the auction as well as his cost against the keeper cap (penalties are different)
  3. Only how much the player counts against the keeper cap
 New Simple majority
  1. 4/6
  2. 0/6
  3. 2/6
 Option (a) passes
2012 Addendum B.1. If Option (a) passes on Prop B, what is the magnitude of the extension penalty as a percentage of base salary? Open-ended New Median value submitted 3 votes for 20%, 3 votes for 15% "17.5%" passes
2012 Addendum B.2. If Option (b) passes on Prop B, what are the magnitudes of the extension penalties (auction and cap) as a percentage of base salary? Open-ended New Median value submitted N/A N/A
2012 Addendum B.3. If Option (c) passes on Prop B, what is the magnitude of the extension penalty as a percentage of base salary? Open-ended New Median value submitted N/A N/A
2012 C. Do not permit managers to keep any player added during the playoffs. Yes, No Change Two thirds 6/6 Pass
2012 Addendum C.1. If Prop C passes, apply the rule retroactively to players added during the 2011 playoffs. Yes, No Change Two thirds 3/6 Fail
2012 D. Replace OBP with OPS. Yes, No Change Two thirds 3/5 Fail
2011 A. Replace the Assists and Errors categories with On-Base Percentage (OBP). Yes, No Change Two thirds 5/7 Pass
2011 B. Set the new auction keeper cap at $145. (If this proposition fails, we'll discuss it further before voting on other options.) Yes, No New Simple majority 7/7 Pass
2011 C. Vary managers' auction budgets according to the reverse order of the previous year's regular season standings. Yes, No Change Two thirds 4/6 Pass
2011 C1. If Prop C passes, the spread between consecutive positions in the standings should be...
  1. $1
  2. $2
  3. $3
 New Highest average rank Option (b) is the unanimous first choice Option (b) passes
2011 D. Divide the league into two divisions. Yes, No Change Two thirds 6/6 Pass
2011 D1. If Prop D passes, the divisions should be based on...
  1. Geography (manager's city of residence)
  2. Last season's playoff finishes (distributed evenly)
  3. Being a Robinson
 New Highest average rank Of the 7 managers who voted, 6 preferred geography as 1st choice and 1 preferred geography as 2nd choice Option (a) passes
2011 D2. If option (a) wins on Prop D1, the geographical basis should be...
  1. East vs West
  2. North vs South
 New Simple majority
  1. 1/3
  2. 2/3
 Option (b) passes
2010 A. Hold an auction draft. Yes, No Change Two thirds 10/10 Pass
2010 B. Increase roster size. Yes, No Change Two thirds 4/9 Fail
2010 C. Increase number of DL slots. Yes, No Change Two thirds 7/10 Pass
2010 Addendum C-a. If Prop C passes, how many DL slots should we use?   New Average value submitted Votes average to 4 slots "4" passes
2010 D. Replace the pitching K category with K/9. Yes, No Change Two thirds 6/10 Fail
2010 E. Replace AVG with OBP. Yes, No Change Two thirds 4/8 Fail