January 01, 2012

Classification Procedures

Guidelines

1. Team classifications are based on the roster as submitted and in accordance with the MASA Classification Code.
2. Classify from the bottom-up. Start all classifications by classifying the lowest team in the lowest level of play within your district.
3. In classifying teams, the philosophy is having the ability to compete and not necessarily to win a level of competition. Teams that play within three or four runs of each other in games they have played, can compete and should be placed in the same classification.
4. Both team rosters and team records shall be used in determining a teams classification.
   NOTE: Keep in mind that teams with rostered players who do not participate on a regular basis in sanctioned league play, may have a direct impact on their team's classification.
5. Teams that win their league easily will play at least one class higher than the rest of the league.