Official Rules


2013 Homerun Derby Official Rules

1)    Entry Fee is $100

2)    Must pick 7 players for your roster (everyone has access to the same player pool)

3)    The 2012 HR totals of those 7 players CAN NOT equal more than 167

4)    Your roster is due Wednesday March 27th @ 9PM, NO EXCEPTIONS

5)    The league fee is due by opening day, March 31st. NO EXCEPTIONS

6)    There are NO drop/adds, even if a player is out for the season/suspended

7)    If in the 1 week period between the roster deadline and the start of the season a player is injured, you CAN change that player

8)    Rookies and players with no MLB HR total from a year ago are NOT eligible

9)    Standings will be posted on hrderby11.blogspot.com, they will updated daily unless I’m on vacation.

10) In the event that there is a play-in game for the playoffs, those HR totals will not count

11)  It is encouraged that all players keep track of there own teams and report any discrepancies immediately

12)  There are 8 ways to win. Here is an example of the  breakdown on the assumption we get 100 players. Final payouts will be sent out prior to the season and will be determined by the number of entries:

a.      $500 to top HR total per month (April, would include March 31st games, May, June, July, August, September)
b.     $2000 to most HR’s at the All-Star break
c.      $5000+ to most HR total at the end of the year (if we get more than 100 entries we would tack extra money onto end of year winner)



13)  For all ties prize money will be split up evenly

14)  Entry sheet must be printed out and handed in with your entry fee or emailed to HRDerby11@gmail.com.

15)  Any questions please contact Mike @ HRDerby11@gmail.com

16) There will be a 10% league maintenance fee. Last year we had 121 entries.  

GOOD LUCK!