It's in the constitution.
No offense but "it's in the constitution" is horrible advice for people who are new managers in this league (which is about half the league). I've searched the threads and there is no plain language walk through.
1. Do we extend players where FA shows up in 2014 column? As in, if we don't they'll become a FA?
2 Or do we extend them in the last year of their ARB? (as in during the next offseason or this one?0
3 I just took over a team where players have FA in the 2014 column, shouldn't they already be removed from my roster?
4 If I know I have 4 players that are all reaching their final year of ARB next year, can I extend 2 early THIS year, then the other 2 next year?
5 Is there an easy way to see rank of a player on FANTRAX other than searching for all Corner Infielders then counting where your guy falls out?
6. Clarify that this process from the constitution is correct: gather list of all players on your roster that are eligible for extension (depending on what the answer to question 1 and 2 above), Do FANTRAX search for all players at that position, for each player figure out where he ranked in 2012 AND 2013. Ensure he was in the 85th percentile during either one of those years, Now he is eligible for extension. For each player?
7 When you extend a guy whose value says ARB, Do you just follow these rules:
The minimum salary for a player on the 40-man reserve roster is $400,000. A player in their
second year of their rookie contract receives 110% of the league minimum salary and a player
in their third year receives 120% of the league minimum. Players in their fourth to sixth year of
AFB service time receive their MLB salary from the previous year.
If so, who is calculating all these ARB guys against my budget and cap? I've got a metric butt-ton of ARB guys, why not just plug in the numbers into the rosters instead of having 5 ARBs for the next 5 years?
8 When the constitution says
CONTRACT EXTENSIONS
5. Sort the salaries of the free agent signings from the past 3 years. If there have been less than
3 off-seasons in the League, use as many as available. Find the salary with the same percentile
rank as the player's percentile rank as fantasy points. This will be done automatically via a
spreadsheet. The salary will be uniform throughout the duration of the contract.
Is it referring to this Google Doc:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgJNRgyntNO1dHNrUS13aU1ibmFyUDg4YXZuaXIwTkE&single=true&gid=2&output=htmlIf so, why does the percentile go all the way down to 70 if only players at the 85th percentile
and higher may be extended?
9 Whoever owned this team before me thought it was a great idea to sign Rick Ankiel for multiple years at $5mil a year. If I outright drop him, am I on the hook for his $5mil a year for all future years? Anyway I can outright drop him, have him clear waivers, then get him back for cheap (see question 11)?
10 As players are drafted, which roster are they placed on?
11 Explain in more detail the waiver process here
Waivers
Unconditional Release Waivers
If a player is placed on Unconditional Release Waivers, any other organization may choose to
claim him. If claimed, the new team will inherit the player’s contract in its entirety. If no team
claims him, he will become a free agent and the remainder of the contract will be paid in full by
the waiving organization. Other organizations have 48 hours to make a claim.
Irrevocable Outright Waivers
A team that wishes to remove a player from the 40-man roster and place him in the minor
league system first needs to place him on irrevocable outright waivers. The team may not pull
him back if another team claims the player. Other organizations have 48 hours to make a claim.
If the organization does not specify the type of waivers, this is the default.
Are any of these available to the owner that wants to drop
12 I noticed some owners have posted their moves as "We will offer ARB to *liist of 20 players*" (specifically looking at
). They did this for players that are under ARB for multiple years (Chris Tillman, Jake Arrieta) into the future and did it for veterans that were listed as FA (Koji Uehara). What affect is this having on those players?
13 What is the strategy of just dropping players via Irrevocable Outright Waivers? Why not just designate for assignment? For example, why would you bypass a Carl Crawford trade and get nothing in return:
http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=114772.msg624038#msg624038Basically, there are lots of unknowns here even with a constitution. I'm sure I'll be one of those smartaleck managers who says stuff like "It's in the constitution" but until some of us get through the first offseason, there's plenty of knowledge gaps that the more senior owners are taking advantage of hoping the noobs don't catch on for the first season or two.
Any help is appreciated and MAD props to the commissioner who have to track all of this shieza...
