Rules & Scoring

MLB Series

In salary cap contests, participants will create a lineup by selecting players listed in the Player Pool. Each player listed has an assigned salary and a valid lineup must not exceed the salary cap of $50,000. MLB Series contests will include teams that are scheduled to play in multiple games (for example, an entire playoff series). Players will receive fantasy points for stats they accumulate in each game that is played in the contest.

Contest results will be determined by the total points accumulated by each individual lineup entry (scoring rules summarized below) across all the games in the series.

Participation in each contest must be made only as specified in the Terms of Use. Failure to comply with these Terms of Use will result in disqualification and, if applicable, prize forfeiture.

Scoring

Scoring Notes

• Hitting statistics for Pitchers will not be counted, and Pitching statistics for Hitters will not be counted.
• Bonus categories are awarded on a per game basis.

Lineup Requirements

Lineups will consist of 6 players and must include players from both teams.

The 6 roster positions are:

The player you select as your Captain will score 1.5x the standard fantasy point value for each statistic, but drafting a player as Captain will cost more salary than drafting them as UTIL.

Any player in the player pool is eligible to be selected as Captain. However, a player cannot be added at both Captain and UTIL in the same lineup.

Player Pool

The Player Pool will consist of all MLB players expected to be on the active roster for both teams scheduled to play in the contest Game Set. Occasionally a player may be missing from the Player Pool due to trades or other unforeseen circumstances. Each player listed in the player pool has an assigned salary and a valid lineup must not exceed the salary cap of $50,000.

In most circumstances, once the Player Pool is established for a Game Set, including positions and salaries, the Player Pool will not be adjusted. In the rare event that there is a mistake within the Player Pool that would significantly impact game quality, DraftKings reserves the right to correct the mistake after contests for that Game Set have become available. This may result in valid lineups becoming invalid. This would most likely occur shortly after the Player Pool becomes available, far in advance of the contest start time, and participants who have entered contests for the Game Set prior to the adjustment will be notified via email.

A "Game Set" is a set of games used for contests; each contest is tied to one Game Set. Contests tied to the same Game Set can be created at different times. Therefore, game policies are based on the timing of a Game Set being made available, not each individual contest.

Position Eligibility

Player positions are determined at the sole discretion of DraftKings.

Lineup Edits

Lineups may be edited at any time leading up to each player's first game. Each individual player will become "locked" at the scheduled start time of their team’s first game. A locked player cannot be added or removed from a roster spot. Locked roster spots for all entries are displayed in contest GameCenters.

If the scheduled start time for a game changes after contests for a Game Set containing that game become available, DraftKings will take measures to ensure the change is reflected on Draft Screens and for lineup editing purposes. In the rare case that a game starts before the scheduled start time, all players within that game will become locked as soon as our feed reflects that the game has begun. Additionally, any swaps that were made after the real-life start time of the game will result in those lineups being disqualified and refunded.

Cancelled, Postponed, and Rescheduled Games

In the event that a game is canceled, postponed, or rescheduled to a time outside of the original Scoring Period, the game will be disabled from the Game Set and players listed to play in that game will not be eligible to accrue points.

The Scoring Period for MLB is defined as the timeframe between the scheduled start of the first game within the Game Set and 11:59pm ET on the day after the last scheduled game within the Game Set.

In the event a game is postponed, Draftkings will make a decision no later than 11:59pm ET of the day of the game on how to handle the postponed game.

DraftKings may choose to adjust the Scoring Period for a Game Set at their sole discretion to accommodate schedule changes to any time before 12:00am ET on the day after the Game Set is scheduled to start.

Any games that are disabled will be indicated as such on Draft Screens. Emails and other notifications may also be used to notify users of disabled games.

If canceled or games rescheduled for a later date result in a Game Set including only one active game, then all contests for that Game Set will be canceled and refunded.

Games are "known" to be canceled or postponed once their status is updated as such by DraftKings

Suspended or Shortened Games

DraftKings uses official MLB statistics and only includes statistics from games the MLB deems to be official. If the MLB declares a game "suspended" then the statistics generated before the game is suspended, as well as any statistics generated at a later date but still within the scoring period, will count in Game Sets containing said game. Any future statistics generated on a date outside the scoring period will not be included.

Best-Of Series

Some MLB Series contests may be set up using games from a "best-of" series. For example, a best-of 7 playoff series where the first team to win 4 games wins the series. It is possible that not all games in the Series end up being played because the series ends early. In these cases, contests will be finalized using the stats from the games that were played in the series.