Post by Marlins GM(Josh) on Jun 5, 2011 18:14:55 GMT -4
Rules for 2013
Free Agency
1. Free Agents will be auctioned off, meaning every team has the chance to acquire a free agent. As in an auction, the highest bidder wins. The minimum contract length is 1 years. The maximum is 5 years the free agency bidding will be open bidding the highest bidder will get the player the bid must hold for 24 hours
We are now using a Bidding Table to determine which team wins a bid.
Link to the Bidding Table: baseballdcdynasty.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=bidtble&action=display&thread=1319
-For major league players the minimum starting contract bid is 1 year 0.5M the max is 25M at 5 years in case we have multiple teams bid 25M 5 years we then will have a blind bid for a signing bonus highest one will win. The signing bonus is to be payed out that year not spread out over the 5 years and if player is traded the team who originaly signed him still has to pay the signing bonus
2. Minor League Free Agents: Minor league players are free add/drops and handled through fantrax. The salary for minors is $.2M per year. You no longer need to go through the waiver wire process on pro-boards. This system is currently locked until after the UFA draft. When the draft is over we will set a date to start adding or dropping prospects. There is a minimum of 20 prospects and a maximum of 40.
3. Contract Construction: To keep teams from front-loading or back-loading contracts, in any contract submitted, the highest salary year can only be 20% more than the contracts yearly average, and the minimum salary can only be 20% less than the contracts yearly average. If a contract does not meet these guidelines, the bid will not count. Teams may place a club option on the end of any contract, but it will not be counted toward the avg. yearly salary. Club options must be 20% higher than highest yearly salary in contract.
4. In order for a player to be eligible to be on a team in our league a player must have been drafted or have signed a professional contract. Any player that is drafted in the MLB Amateur Draft will be available to be drafted in our Amateur Draft. Any player that is not drafted in our MLB Amateur Draft, but was drafted in the MLB Amateur Draft will be available during our Free Agency Period. Any un-drafted player that signs a professional contract after our free agency period is over, but before our Amateur Draft, will be available in our Amateur Draft. Any un-drafted player that signs a professional contract in the time after our Amateur draft but before our Free Agency period will be available for bidding in the Free Agency Period. Any un-drafted player that signs a professional contract within our Free Agency Period will be eligible to be bid upon at any point following their signing.
5. Club Options: It is the owners discretion whether to exercise a club option at the end of the year. Owners will until early January (exact dates to be determined) to decide whether to exercise the option or not. If owners do not exercise the club option, then the player automatically becomes a free agent with no penalty to the former owner.
The free agent draft starts in February. In early January teams have a 3 week period to decide on whether to exercise opt out options or club options on players. Teams will also assign Franchise and Restricted tags at this time. (there will be exact dates on this for 2014... looking at sometime in early February to get things started)
6. Amateur Player Draft- Each year in July an Amateur Player Draft will take place. Order will be decided by the team standings from the previous year with the worst record picking first. The draft will be continuous in this order, not snake.
International free agents who are designated for the minors will also be a part of this draft. We will get as many names as possible and create a list prior to the Amateur Draft.
7. Rules for In-Season Free Agency Bidding
The bidding structure will be as follows.
Post the name of the player, the team they play for, and his position in both the subject box and the message box.
The message box should contain all information in the subject box plus your bid on the player including the number of points using the bidding table.
Bids start at 1 year for .5M per year but you can start your bid higher if you want. The Maximum Length of a contract is 5 years. Any owner wishing to trump a 1 year bid must beat the last bid by at least 1 point. If the bid is a multiple year deal then you need to trump the previous bid by 2 points.
An owner is declared a winner if he holds the highest bid for 24 hours. If someone makes an illegal bid it will not count and the win will go to the previous team who had the highest bid and held it for 24 hours. We do not have to warn any owners whether their bid is illegal. You are responsible to place legal bids.
Example of a legal bid:
Owner 1 places a bid on player X. 2 years @ 2.5M per year = 8.75 points.
Owner 2 (follows) by placing a bid on Player X. 3 years @ 2.5M per year = 11.25 points.
The second bid is a legal bid because he bid 2 points or more over the previous bid.
Example of an Illegal Bid:
Now lets say Owner 2 had bid this on player X. 2 years @ 3M per year = 10.5 points. This bid would be illegal since it is only 1.75 points more than the previous bid.
A bid will be won once it has been the winning bid for 24 hours.
You can add club option years onto the end of a bid if they do not put you over 5 years and they are 20% higher than the average annual bid. Club Option years are not included in figuring out the points per bid (bidding table).
Free Agency
1. Free Agents will be auctioned off, meaning every team has the chance to acquire a free agent. As in an auction, the highest bidder wins. The minimum contract length is 1 years. The maximum is 5 years the free agency bidding will be open bidding the highest bidder will get the player the bid must hold for 24 hours
We are now using a Bidding Table to determine which team wins a bid.
Link to the Bidding Table: baseballdcdynasty.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=bidtble&action=display&thread=1319
-For major league players the minimum starting contract bid is 1 year 0.5M the max is 25M at 5 years in case we have multiple teams bid 25M 5 years we then will have a blind bid for a signing bonus highest one will win. The signing bonus is to be payed out that year not spread out over the 5 years and if player is traded the team who originaly signed him still has to pay the signing bonus
2. Minor League Free Agents: Minor league players are free add/drops and handled through fantrax. The salary for minors is $.2M per year. You no longer need to go through the waiver wire process on pro-boards. This system is currently locked until after the UFA draft. When the draft is over we will set a date to start adding or dropping prospects. There is a minimum of 20 prospects and a maximum of 40.
3. Contract Construction: To keep teams from front-loading or back-loading contracts, in any contract submitted, the highest salary year can only be 20% more than the contracts yearly average, and the minimum salary can only be 20% less than the contracts yearly average. If a contract does not meet these guidelines, the bid will not count. Teams may place a club option on the end of any contract, but it will not be counted toward the avg. yearly salary. Club options must be 20% higher than highest yearly salary in contract.
4. In order for a player to be eligible to be on a team in our league a player must have been drafted or have signed a professional contract. Any player that is drafted in the MLB Amateur Draft will be available to be drafted in our Amateur Draft. Any player that is not drafted in our MLB Amateur Draft, but was drafted in the MLB Amateur Draft will be available during our Free Agency Period. Any un-drafted player that signs a professional contract after our free agency period is over, but before our Amateur Draft, will be available in our Amateur Draft. Any un-drafted player that signs a professional contract in the time after our Amateur draft but before our Free Agency period will be available for bidding in the Free Agency Period. Any un-drafted player that signs a professional contract within our Free Agency Period will be eligible to be bid upon at any point following their signing.
5. Club Options: It is the owners discretion whether to exercise a club option at the end of the year. Owners will until early January (exact dates to be determined) to decide whether to exercise the option or not. If owners do not exercise the club option, then the player automatically becomes a free agent with no penalty to the former owner.
The free agent draft starts in February. In early January teams have a 3 week period to decide on whether to exercise opt out options or club options on players. Teams will also assign Franchise and Restricted tags at this time. (there will be exact dates on this for 2014... looking at sometime in early February to get things started)
6. Amateur Player Draft- Each year in July an Amateur Player Draft will take place. Order will be decided by the team standings from the previous year with the worst record picking first. The draft will be continuous in this order, not snake.
International free agents who are designated for the minors will also be a part of this draft. We will get as many names as possible and create a list prior to the Amateur Draft.
7. Rules for In-Season Free Agency Bidding
The bidding structure will be as follows.
Post the name of the player, the team they play for, and his position in both the subject box and the message box.
The message box should contain all information in the subject box plus your bid on the player including the number of points using the bidding table.
Bids start at 1 year for .5M per year but you can start your bid higher if you want. The Maximum Length of a contract is 5 years. Any owner wishing to trump a 1 year bid must beat the last bid by at least 1 point. If the bid is a multiple year deal then you need to trump the previous bid by 2 points.
An owner is declared a winner if he holds the highest bid for 24 hours. If someone makes an illegal bid it will not count and the win will go to the previous team who had the highest bid and held it for 24 hours. We do not have to warn any owners whether their bid is illegal. You are responsible to place legal bids.
Example of a legal bid:
Owner 1 places a bid on player X. 2 years @ 2.5M per year = 8.75 points.
Owner 2 (follows) by placing a bid on Player X. 3 years @ 2.5M per year = 11.25 points.
The second bid is a legal bid because he bid 2 points or more over the previous bid.
Example of an Illegal Bid:
Now lets say Owner 2 had bid this on player X. 2 years @ 3M per year = 10.5 points. This bid would be illegal since it is only 1.75 points more than the previous bid.
A bid will be won once it has been the winning bid for 24 hours.
You can add club option years onto the end of a bid if they do not put you over 5 years and they are 20% higher than the average annual bid. Club Option years are not included in figuring out the points per bid (bidding table).