Offseason Schedule

What happens after your season is over?

After the end of the regular season, annual awards and lifetime achievements are declared:

Timeline of Post-season Awards

All-Stars (September 30th)
Most Valuable Player (October 10th)
Cy Young (October 10th)
Rookie of the Year (October 10th)
Fireman of the Year (October 10th)
Gold Gloves (October 20th)
Hall of Fame (October 30th)

The "Flip"

On November 2nd of a league's season, the season "flips". Essentially, the current season ends and the game fast-forwards to the next year's pre-season. When a season "flips", the following takes place:

Players decide whether or not to retire (based on career happiness)
Players meet with arbitrators and get their contracts for the next season (contract dollars are based on a player's ratings and age)
Players age by one year and may experience increases and/or decreases in ratings
Additional Free Agents (FA) are automatically signed if a team's roster is below the league minimum 25 players (due to retirements)

As of the June 2022 Update, many league setting changes don't occur until the Flip.

Changes to Scouting must be submitted as a Community Request and will not occur until the next flip. This is a data-intensive process and we may need to put limits on the number of changes that leagues can ask for in Scouting.
Changes to Potentials, Sim Era, and Draft Type/Lottery can be selected by a league commissioner, and will take effect at the next flip
Changes to Salary Cap can be done at any time during the season.

Please note: Leagues which have less than 10 owned teams at the end of a season will be suspended from advancing to the next season.