A Reboot applies when a player starts and plays, but leaves early due to injury. Normal substitutions, rest or coaching decisions do not qualify.
When a player exits early through injury, any pick already decided at that moment stands. Any pick still undecided is removed and the lineup shrinks one tier, the same as a DNP.
How it works
Say the line is Messi 2.5 shots:
- MORE, already passed: he has 3 shots, then gets injured and exits. The pick wins; he had already cleared the line.
- MORE, undecided: he has 1 shot, then gets injured and exits. The pick is removed and the lineup shrinks; there is no way to know whether he would have got there.
- LESS, already failed: he has 3 shots, then gets injured and exits. The pick loses; he had already gone over.
- LESS, undecided: he has 1 shot, then gets injured and exits. The pick is removed and the lineup shrinks; he was under, but left early, so nothing is settled.
When the early-exit window applies, by sport
- Soccer: the player must start, and the injury exit must come in the first half.
- Football: an injury exit in the first half, for all players.
- Baseball: batters who exit after two or fewer plate appearances, and pitchers who exit before completing their outing.
- Basketball: an injury exit in the first half.
Tennis retirements
- MORE already passed: the pick wins.
- LESS and the player has already passed the line: the pick loses.
- Otherwise the pick is removed, the same as a DNP.