Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2011 15:47:36 GMT -5
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1 Franchise Tag
2 Restricted Tag
2 Rookie Tags (1 available to carry over)
Franchise
Each off-season, there are always a number of players who have their contracts expire. These players naturally become free agents and are available on the “free market” for auction by any team in the league. You will have the ability once per year to name a “franchise player”. This player, although having his contract expired, will not be eligible for free agency within our league and will be forced to sign with the same team. In this specific case ONLY, the franchise player will have to assume the real life contract he received. This can either improve or hinder your team depending on how much the player signs for. If the new contract puts you over your salary cap maximum, you will receive a notice from the LO after which time you will have 5 days to correct the problem. Suggested site for real life contracts: mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/
Restricted Players
In addition to having franchise player(s) each year, a team will also have the ability to name restricted players. Restricted players will, in effect, be treated just like free agents with one BIG difference. Restricted players can be made contract offers just like any other free agent. Once the offering period ends, the team who restricted the player will have 48 hours to match the offer. If a GM fails to match the offer, the player will then be able to sign with the new team at the terms offered in the contract.
The GM's ability to match and restructure the winning bid on his/her restricted free agent players provides a small measure of. It is of the best interest of the restricting team to bid on its own RFA players, usually a low bid but none the less ensures that if said player goes unbid by others that player will still be property of the restricting team. If no bids at all are received on a RFA player, that player becomes unrestricted and will be bid on at the appropriate UFA bidding time.
Each season a GM may designate a certain number of players as "Restricted", making those players Restricted Free Agents ("RFAs"). These players must be publicly announced and displayed in the proper thread on or before the League announced annual deadline. Please note that FAILURE to publicly declare said players as "Restricted" shall forfeit the right of that GM to restrict ANY players for that season. Any and all unrestricted Free Agents shall be subject to regular (unrestricted) FA bidding as outlined and defined in the Rules.
Once a GM properly designates no more than the allowable number of Restricted players, those players will be eligible for Restricted free agency bidding. All free agent bidding, whether restricted or unrestricted, will follow the league's FA bidding procedures in place at that time.
Any GM may initiate bidding on a RFA at scheduled times (set by league annually) during the period specifically noted for RFAs.
**NOTE - In the event no bids are received on a RFA, that player will be then considered an unrestricted free agent.
As in all FA bidding, the bidder must clearly state the 1.) contract term (number of years), 2.) total contract amount, 3.) AAS, and 4.) breakdown of the salary offer for each year of the term of the contract OR clearly state it is equally allocated to each year. If the offer is not specific and include the above criteria, then it will be deemed an invalid bid.
The 48 hour acceptance "clock" will commence with the winning bid being posted for said player.
The discussion above applies ONLY TO RESTRICTED free agent bidding. Normal, or Unrestricted, free agent bidding is covered under general FA bidding rulings.
"Rookie" Protection Tags
"Rookies" are defined as players that HAVE played 250 (or more) at bats (hitters), 100 innings (or more) pitched (RP/SP) for their career and are contract protected. A player is a Rookie for 2 seasons after losing prospect status. Accordingly, the season in which the player loses his minor league status will, in retrospect, become his first Rookie season. He will then be Rookie protected at his salary for 2 more seasons.
Annually, each team can elect to provide additional protection to no more than two (2) of its Rookies who are completing their third season (unless a 3rd tag has been carried over from previous season) . These additional "protections" are to known as Rookie Protection Tags and each tag can be for 1 OR 2 years.
A Rookie may only be tagged once, so a rookie tagged for 1 year is NOT eligible to be rookie tagged again. Said player MAY be franchise or restrict tagged after his Rookie protection tag expires.
In general, any player in his 3rd season after passing rookie limits will be eligible to be tagged for 1 OR 2 additional seasons after the conclusion of that (the player's 3rd and final rookie protected MLB) season. The choice to attach said tag is solely at the discretion of the GM.
The player's salary in his first year of protection is $3M while the cost of a second year protection is $5M. If the 1 year option on the rookie tag is taken the salary would be $3m
Rookie tags are tradeable
Each year if a GM has no rookies to tag then said GM has the opportunity to carry one tag over to the following year. Any tags that are not used, traded, or carried over are deemed void after the tagging period expires. Only 1 tag can be carried over to the next season.
Unrestricted Free Agents
All unrestricted bidding will follow the rules spelled out in this thread: http://warningtrackbaseball.proboards.co....splay&thread=10
1 Franchise Tag
2 Restricted Tag
2 Rookie Tags (1 available to carry over)
Franchise
Each off-season, there are always a number of players who have their contracts expire. These players naturally become free agents and are available on the “free market” for auction by any team in the league. You will have the ability once per year to name a “franchise player”. This player, although having his contract expired, will not be eligible for free agency within our league and will be forced to sign with the same team. In this specific case ONLY, the franchise player will have to assume the real life contract he received. This can either improve or hinder your team depending on how much the player signs for. If the new contract puts you over your salary cap maximum, you will receive a notice from the LO after which time you will have 5 days to correct the problem. Suggested site for real life contracts: mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/
Restricted Players
In addition to having franchise player(s) each year, a team will also have the ability to name restricted players. Restricted players will, in effect, be treated just like free agents with one BIG difference. Restricted players can be made contract offers just like any other free agent. Once the offering period ends, the team who restricted the player will have 48 hours to match the offer. If a GM fails to match the offer, the player will then be able to sign with the new team at the terms offered in the contract.
The GM's ability to match and restructure the winning bid on his/her restricted free agent players provides a small measure of. It is of the best interest of the restricting team to bid on its own RFA players, usually a low bid but none the less ensures that if said player goes unbid by others that player will still be property of the restricting team. If no bids at all are received on a RFA player, that player becomes unrestricted and will be bid on at the appropriate UFA bidding time.
Each season a GM may designate a certain number of players as "Restricted", making those players Restricted Free Agents ("RFAs"). These players must be publicly announced and displayed in the proper thread on or before the League announced annual deadline. Please note that FAILURE to publicly declare said players as "Restricted" shall forfeit the right of that GM to restrict ANY players for that season. Any and all unrestricted Free Agents shall be subject to regular (unrestricted) FA bidding as outlined and defined in the Rules.
Once a GM properly designates no more than the allowable number of Restricted players, those players will be eligible for Restricted free agency bidding. All free agent bidding, whether restricted or unrestricted, will follow the league's FA bidding procedures in place at that time.
Any GM may initiate bidding on a RFA at scheduled times (set by league annually) during the period specifically noted for RFAs.
**NOTE - In the event no bids are received on a RFA, that player will be then considered an unrestricted free agent.
As in all FA bidding, the bidder must clearly state the 1.) contract term (number of years), 2.) total contract amount, 3.) AAS, and 4.) breakdown of the salary offer for each year of the term of the contract OR clearly state it is equally allocated to each year. If the offer is not specific and include the above criteria, then it will be deemed an invalid bid.
The 48 hour acceptance "clock" will commence with the winning bid being posted for said player.
The discussion above applies ONLY TO RESTRICTED free agent bidding. Normal, or Unrestricted, free agent bidding is covered under general FA bidding rulings.
"Rookie" Protection Tags
"Rookies" are defined as players that HAVE played 250 (or more) at bats (hitters), 100 innings (or more) pitched (RP/SP) for their career and are contract protected. A player is a Rookie for 2 seasons after losing prospect status. Accordingly, the season in which the player loses his minor league status will, in retrospect, become his first Rookie season. He will then be Rookie protected at his salary for 2 more seasons.
Annually, each team can elect to provide additional protection to no more than two (2) of its Rookies who are completing their third season (unless a 3rd tag has been carried over from previous season) . These additional "protections" are to known as Rookie Protection Tags and each tag can be for 1 OR 2 years.
A Rookie may only be tagged once, so a rookie tagged for 1 year is NOT eligible to be rookie tagged again. Said player MAY be franchise or restrict tagged after his Rookie protection tag expires.
In general, any player in his 3rd season after passing rookie limits will be eligible to be tagged for 1 OR 2 additional seasons after the conclusion of that (the player's 3rd and final rookie protected MLB) season. The choice to attach said tag is solely at the discretion of the GM.
The player's salary in his first year of protection is $3M while the cost of a second year protection is $5M. If the 1 year option on the rookie tag is taken the salary would be $3m
Rookie tags are tradeable
Each year if a GM has no rookies to tag then said GM has the opportunity to carry one tag over to the following year. Any tags that are not used, traded, or carried over are deemed void after the tagging period expires. Only 1 tag can be carried over to the next season.
Unrestricted Free Agents
All unrestricted bidding will follow the rules spelled out in this thread: http://warningtrackbaseball.proboards.co....splay&thread=10