Post by Sam (Rays & Commish) on Oct 1, 2012 17:57:39 GMT -5
Contracts
The best MLB contract info on the web:
Cot's - mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/
Types of Contracts in Rounding Third
REAL LIFE CONTRACT:
* a real life contract from before Opening Day of 2011 still inforce (if the real life contract includes options, please see the bottom of this thread)
* a real life contract for a prospect who was originally in your organization before Opening Day of 2011 or from a player you draft in Rounding Third Minor League Drafts
* a real life contract obtained via franchised tag
* a real life contract resulting from a player's 3 arbitration years
ROUNDING THIRD CONTRACT:
* player was signed through Rounding Third Free Agency
Franchise Tags
* To protect against the loss of all free agents in a particular calendar year, a GM can keep 2 players via Franchise Tag.
* You will have the ability at the end of the year to name 2 franchised players. These players, although having their contracts expire, will stay on the same team. The newly tagged franchise player will assume his real life contract IN FULL.
* Sometimes this will be a player who is in FA in real life - you will be forced to take on whatever contract he signs. At other times, the player's contract is expiring in Rounding Third but not in real life. In those cases, you already know what the salary would be, but you are still able to Tag that player. In this case, "real-life" acts as an arbitrator of sorts in determining a fair market value for these Tagged players.
* If a new "real-life" contract stemming from a Franchise Tag puts a franchise over the salary cap maximum, the GM will receive a notice from the Commissioner’s Office after which time he/she will have less than a week to get back under the cap.
* Franchise Tags themselves CANNOT be traded (players with a Franchise Tag on them can be traded)
Free Agency Bidding
* If a player is not under contract with any team but he has been signed to a MLB contract in real life before, he is a Rounding Third Free Agent. This means that players who have not been drafted/signed, or international players who have not been signed, are NOT eligible in Free Agency. Also, Minor League Players who are drafted in each June are NOT eligible to be bid on in FA until after our draft of those players in the following offseason.
* If you wish to add a Free Agent to your 60-Man Roster from free agency, we employ OPEN BIDDING FOR ALL FREE AGENTS: post a thread titled with the player's name and position in the Free Agent Bidding area of the message board stating what your contract offer is. Once this is done, the player is now open for bidding to all 30 GM's. Your contract offer should consider the following guidelines
Bidding Guidelines:
* If the player you are bidding on has played in more than 6 eligible seasons by Rounding Third's definition (50 games for position players, 10 starts for SP, 40 IP for RP), you must state how many years your offer will last.
* If the player you are bidding on has never played in a major league game), you do not have to bid an amount of years because that player is protected and the years defaults to 3 years. Your contract offer would extend for his first 3 years of the 6 year protection, while the final 3 years would be the real life arbitration results.
* If the player has played in the majors but has used up less than 3 of his protected years, the AAS offered extends through the end of his 3rd year of prospect status unless you state otherwise. For example, if a player has only used 1 year up, the default contract offer would be 2 years. However, if you only want to offer 1 year, that is your option and the contract would expire after that season.
* If your bid for a prospect is less than $1M, that prospect can be placed on your 20 man minor league roster without a salary cap hit, until he gains his first year of major league eligibility at which point you will pay him the flat AAS that you bid on him. If a GM bids $1 million or more, that player must stay on the active 40 man roster and count towards the salary cap each season at that amount until they reach arbitration years (protected years 4-6).
* In order to win a player, 24 hours must pass without a bid higher then the last bid for said player.
Bidding Restrictions:
* The league’s minimum salary requirement is $300,000 avg annual salary (AAS).
* You cannot bid more than $5M more than the prior bid.
* Teams must bid in $100K increments for $5M or less bids, $250k from $5M-$10M bids, and then $500k for $10M or more bids.
* The maximum offer for a 1 year contract is $18M.
* (per Ammendment 6.2) The maximum amount of years you can offer is 5 years.
* (per Ammendment 6.1) You cannot trade a newly signed free agent for 2 weeks.
Releases
* To waive a player and drop him to free agency, you must post the player's name that you are releasing in a new thread in the board titled "Player Releases". This will make permanent the decision to waive a player to free agency. Once posted, there is no turning back.
* A GM will still be responsible for half that player's salary for that season. At the end of that season, the GM will no longer be responsible for that contract, BUT, said GM will not be able to resign that player for a full calendar year OR until the life of his next contract.
* During the year in which you cannot resign said player, you are not allowed to trade for this player as well.
* If you release a player after your season is over (including playoffs), you will still be required to pay half of their salary in the following season.
* If you drop a minor leaguer from your 20 Man Roster, you will not be responsible for half of that players salary. He will become a Free Agent.
Retired Players
* If a player on your team retires and was on your team when he retired, you are not responsible for his contract and can immediately drop that player with no penalty.
*Options Containted in Real Life Contracts
- Team Options: A team that has player(s) with Team Options are able to exercise or decline the Team Option. If you exercise the player(s) Team Option then you will have that player(s) under contract through the year(s) and salary for the Team Option. If you decline the Team Option that player will become a Free Agent and you will not have that player under contract.
- Mutual Options: A team that has player(s) with Mutual Options are able to exercise or decline the Mutual Option. If you exercise the player(s) Mutual Option then you will have that player(s) under contract through the year(s) and salary for the Mutual Option. If you decline the Mutual Option that player will become a Free Agent and you will not have that player under contract.
- Player Options: A team that has player(s) with Player Options are NOT able to exercise or decline the Player Option. Player(s) with Player Options will not have their Player Options picked up. They will automatically be declined and the player(s) will become a Free Agent and you will not have that player under contract.
- Vesting Options: A team that has player(s) with Vesting Options are NOT able to exercise or decline the Vesting Option. Player(s) with Vesting Options will NOT have their Vesting Options picked up. They will automatically be declined and the player(s) will become a Free Agent and you will not have that player under contract.
The best MLB contract info on the web:
Cot's - mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/
Types of Contracts in Rounding Third
REAL LIFE CONTRACT:
* a real life contract from before Opening Day of 2011 still inforce (if the real life contract includes options, please see the bottom of this thread)
* a real life contract for a prospect who was originally in your organization before Opening Day of 2011 or from a player you draft in Rounding Third Minor League Drafts
* a real life contract obtained via franchised tag
* a real life contract resulting from a player's 3 arbitration years
ROUNDING THIRD CONTRACT:
* player was signed through Rounding Third Free Agency
Franchise Tags
* To protect against the loss of all free agents in a particular calendar year, a GM can keep 2 players via Franchise Tag.
* You will have the ability at the end of the year to name 2 franchised players. These players, although having their contracts expire, will stay on the same team. The newly tagged franchise player will assume his real life contract IN FULL.
* Sometimes this will be a player who is in FA in real life - you will be forced to take on whatever contract he signs. At other times, the player's contract is expiring in Rounding Third but not in real life. In those cases, you already know what the salary would be, but you are still able to Tag that player. In this case, "real-life" acts as an arbitrator of sorts in determining a fair market value for these Tagged players.
* If a new "real-life" contract stemming from a Franchise Tag puts a franchise over the salary cap maximum, the GM will receive a notice from the Commissioner’s Office after which time he/she will have less than a week to get back under the cap.
* Franchise Tags themselves CANNOT be traded (players with a Franchise Tag on them can be traded)
Free Agency Bidding
* If a player is not under contract with any team but he has been signed to a MLB contract in real life before, he is a Rounding Third Free Agent. This means that players who have not been drafted/signed, or international players who have not been signed, are NOT eligible in Free Agency. Also, Minor League Players who are drafted in each June are NOT eligible to be bid on in FA until after our draft of those players in the following offseason.
* If you wish to add a Free Agent to your 60-Man Roster from free agency, we employ OPEN BIDDING FOR ALL FREE AGENTS: post a thread titled with the player's name and position in the Free Agent Bidding area of the message board stating what your contract offer is. Once this is done, the player is now open for bidding to all 30 GM's. Your contract offer should consider the following guidelines
Bidding Guidelines:
* If the player you are bidding on has played in more than 6 eligible seasons by Rounding Third's definition (50 games for position players, 10 starts for SP, 40 IP for RP), you must state how many years your offer will last.
* If the player you are bidding on has never played in a major league game), you do not have to bid an amount of years because that player is protected and the years defaults to 3 years. Your contract offer would extend for his first 3 years of the 6 year protection, while the final 3 years would be the real life arbitration results.
* If the player has played in the majors but has used up less than 3 of his protected years, the AAS offered extends through the end of his 3rd year of prospect status unless you state otherwise. For example, if a player has only used 1 year up, the default contract offer would be 2 years. However, if you only want to offer 1 year, that is your option and the contract would expire after that season.
* If your bid for a prospect is less than $1M, that prospect can be placed on your 20 man minor league roster without a salary cap hit, until he gains his first year of major league eligibility at which point you will pay him the flat AAS that you bid on him. If a GM bids $1 million or more, that player must stay on the active 40 man roster and count towards the salary cap each season at that amount until they reach arbitration years (protected years 4-6).
* In order to win a player, 24 hours must pass without a bid higher then the last bid for said player.
Bidding Restrictions:
* The league’s minimum salary requirement is $300,000 avg annual salary (AAS).
* You cannot bid more than $5M more than the prior bid.
* Teams must bid in $100K increments for $5M or less bids, $250k from $5M-$10M bids, and then $500k for $10M or more bids.
* The maximum offer for a 1 year contract is $18M.
* (per Ammendment 6.2) The maximum amount of years you can offer is 5 years.
* (per Ammendment 6.1) You cannot trade a newly signed free agent for 2 weeks.
Releases
* To waive a player and drop him to free agency, you must post the player's name that you are releasing in a new thread in the board titled "Player Releases". This will make permanent the decision to waive a player to free agency. Once posted, there is no turning back.
* A GM will still be responsible for half that player's salary for that season. At the end of that season, the GM will no longer be responsible for that contract, BUT, said GM will not be able to resign that player for a full calendar year OR until the life of his next contract.
* During the year in which you cannot resign said player, you are not allowed to trade for this player as well.
* If you release a player after your season is over (including playoffs), you will still be required to pay half of their salary in the following season.
* If you drop a minor leaguer from your 20 Man Roster, you will not be responsible for half of that players salary. He will become a Free Agent.
Retired Players
* If a player on your team retires and was on your team when he retired, you are not responsible for his contract and can immediately drop that player with no penalty.
*Options Containted in Real Life Contracts
- Team Options: A team that has player(s) with Team Options are able to exercise or decline the Team Option. If you exercise the player(s) Team Option then you will have that player(s) under contract through the year(s) and salary for the Team Option. If you decline the Team Option that player will become a Free Agent and you will not have that player under contract.
- Mutual Options: A team that has player(s) with Mutual Options are able to exercise or decline the Mutual Option. If you exercise the player(s) Mutual Option then you will have that player(s) under contract through the year(s) and salary for the Mutual Option. If you decline the Mutual Option that player will become a Free Agent and you will not have that player under contract.
- Player Options: A team that has player(s) with Player Options are NOT able to exercise or decline the Player Option. Player(s) with Player Options will not have their Player Options picked up. They will automatically be declined and the player(s) will become a Free Agent and you will not have that player under contract.
- Vesting Options: A team that has player(s) with Vesting Options are NOT able to exercise or decline the Vesting Option. Player(s) with Vesting Options will NOT have their Vesting Options picked up. They will automatically be declined and the player(s) will become a Free Agent and you will not have that player under contract.
