Tampa Bay Rays
Last Updated: 1/30/22
General Manager:Mike
ProFSL ID: BojanglesTB

Team Budget (2022-2027)

Base Salary:	$96m	$84.5m	$72m	$65.5m	$23.5m	$15.5m
Cash Add-ons (near bottom of page):	$-1.5m	$0m	$0m	$0m	$0m	$0m
MiLB Uncounted MiLB Salary:	$10m	$10m	$10m	$10m	$10m	$10m
Total salary on Books:	$84.5m	$74.5m	$62m	$55.5m	$13.5m	$5.5m
Salary Caps by Year:	$108.5m	$108.5m	$108.5m	$108.5m	$108.5m	$108.5m
Cap Room by Year:	$24m	$34m	$46.5m	$53m	$95m	$103m

*Note that 2022-2023 salary caps are set in stone, future caps are estimates

Roster (34/40 players, cash add-ons below)

C Cumberland, Brett, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
C Kelly, Carson, $4m (2026)	$4m	$4m	$4m	$4m	$4m
C Ruiz, Keibert, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
C Zunino, Mike, $0.5m (2022)	$0.5m
CI Joe, Connor, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
CI Machado, Manny, $17m (2025)	$17m	$17m	$17m	$17m
CI Naylor, Josh, $0.5m (P-2022)	$0.5m
CI-MI Panik, Joe, $1m (2022)	$1m
CI-MI Wendle, Joe, $4m (2026)	$4m	$4m	$4m	$4m	$4m
MI Arraez, Luis, $0.5m (P-2022)	$0.5m
MI Franco, Wander Samuel, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Almonte, Abraham, $0.5m (2022)	$0.5m
OF Blackmon, Charlie, $10.5m (2025)	$10.5m	$10.5m	$10.5m	$10.5m
OF Davis, Jonathan, $0.5m (2022)	$0.5m
OF Fairchild, Stuart, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Hilliard, Sam, $0.5m (P-2023)	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Rojas, Johan, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Stanton, Giancarlo, $10.5m (2025)	$10.5m	$10.5m	$10.5m	$10.5m
OF Swaggerty, Travis, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Walker, Steele, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Beeter, Clayton, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Cease, Dylan, $0.5m (P-2022)	$0.5m
SP Crowe, Wil, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Gray, Jonathan, $4m (2023)	$4m	$4m
SP Hendricks, Kyle, $7m (2022)	$7m
SP Hudson, Dakota, $0.5m (P-2022)	$0.5m
SP Jameson, Drey, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Kershaw, Clayton, $8m (2023)	$8m	$8m
SP Manning, Matt, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Sandlin, Nick, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Sands, Cole, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Strasburg, Stephen, $4.5m (2023)	$4.5m	$4.5m
SP Wentz, Joey, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP-RP Hader, Josh, $4m (2025)	$4m	$4m	$4m	$4m

 
MiLB: Minor League Roster (20/20 players)

CI Hinds, Rece, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
CI Vukovich, AJ, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Goodman, Hunter, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Lugo, Matthew, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Marte, Noelvi, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Vargas, Alexander, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Waddell, Luke, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Crow-Armstrong, Pete, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Hernandez, Maikol, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Medina, Luis, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Zavala, Aaron, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Acker, Dane, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Bednar, Will, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Dollard, Taylor, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Gomez, Yoendrys, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Miller, Bobby, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Pepiot, Ryan, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Powell, Holden, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Roby, TK, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Vera, Norge, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m

Cash Exchanges, Cap Hits, and Signing Bonuses

X-C Zunino, Mike, Cash Exchange, $-0.5m in 2022	$-0.5m
X-CI-MI Panik, Joe, Cash Exchange, $-1m in 2022	$-1m

 
2022 Draft Picks (11 picks)
1-21
2-21
3-11  ( Nathan Eovaldi)
3-21 
4-21
5-21
6-21
7-21
8-21
9-21
10-21

Toronto Blue Jays
Last Updated: 11/21/21
General Manager: Jim W.
ProFSL ID: jimw

Team Budget (2022-2027)

Base Salary:	$68.5m	$57.5m	$49.5m	$37.5m	$33.5m	$22.5m
Cash Add-ons (near bottom of page):	$0m	$0m	$0m	$0m	$0m	$0m
MiLB Uncounted MiLB Salary:	$10m	$10m	$10m	$10m	$10m	$10m
Total salary on Books:	$58.5m	$47.5m	$39.5m	$27.5m	$23.5m	$12.5m
Salary Caps by Year:	$92.5m	$94.5m	$94.5m	$94.5m	$94.5m	$94.5m
Cap Room by Year:	$34m	$47m	$55m	$67m	$71m	$82m

*Note that 2022-2023 salary caps are set in stone, future caps are estimates

Roster (37/40 players, cash add-ons below)

C Barnes, Austin, $4m (2023)	$4m	$4m
C Knizner, Andrew, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
CI Aguilar, Jesus, $3m (2023)	$3m	$3m
CI Bradley, Bobby, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
CI India, Jonathan, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
CI Rios, Edwin, $0.5m (P-2023)	$0.5m	$0.5m
CI-MI Kieboom, Carter, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
CI-OF White, Evan, $0.5m (P-2023)	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Fox, Lucius, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Hernandez, Yonny, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Kiner-Falefa, Isaiah, $4m (2026)	$4m	$4m	$4m	$4m	$4m
MI Mountcastle, Ryan, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Park, Hoy, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI-OF Edman, Tommy, $0.5m (P-2022)	$0.5m
OF Baddoo, Akil, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Dickerson, Corey, $5.5m (2024)	$5.5m	$5.5m	$5.5m
OF Gosselin, Phil, $0.5m (2022)	$0.5m
OF Hernandez, Yadiel, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Nootbaar, Lars, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Soto, Juan, $9m (P-2021)	$9m	$9m	$9m	$9m	$9m	$9m
OF Tapia, Raimel, $4m (2025)	$4m	$4m	$4m	$4m
RP Antone, Tejay, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
RP Boxberger, Brad, $0.5m (2022)	$0.5m
RP Hill, Tim, $0.5m (2022)	$0.5m
RP Rogers, Taylor, $2.5m (2022)	$2.5m
RP Taylor, Blake, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Barlow, Scott, $1m (2022)	$1m
SP Flaherty, Jack, $7m (P-2021)	$7m	$7m	$7m	$7m	$7m
SP Medina, Luis, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Neidert, Nick, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Perez, Martin, $5m (2022)	$5m
SP Reid-Foley, Sean, $0.5m (P-2022)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Romero, Seth, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Schmidt, Clarke, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Singer, Brady, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Widener, Taylor, $0.5m (P-2024)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP-RP Merryweather, Julian, $0.5m (2022)	$0.5m				$CHm

 
MiLB: Minor League Roster (20/20 players)

C Herrera, Ivan, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
C Moreno, Gabriel, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
CI Pratto, Nick, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Acosta, Maximo, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Garcia, Luis (PHI), $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Martinez, Orelvis, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
MI Torres, Jose (CIN), $0.5m (P-n/a), signed 11/12/21	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Alcantara, Kevin, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Jimenez, Gilberto, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Kjerstad, Heston, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Knowles, D'Shawn, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Pena, Erick, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Rivera, Erik, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
OF Urbina, Misael, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Hoglund, Gunnar, $0.5m (P-n/a), signed 11/5/21	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Kirby, George, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Kuddrna, Ben, $0.5m (P-n/a), signed 11/8/21	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Lara, Andry, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Leiter, Jack, $0.5m (P-n/a), signed 10/23/21	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m
SP Woods-Richardson, Simeon, $0.5m (P-n/a)	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m	$0.5m

Cash Exchanges, Cap Hits, and Signing Bonuses
 
2022 Draft Picks (10 picks)
1-15
2-15
3-15
4-15
5-15
6-15
7-15
8-15
9-15
10-15

Basic Requirements
You must be an active member of the ProFSL forum as all transactions are decided by bidding on the Franchise GM board.  If you do not respond to a PM inquiry regarding your status in the league within two weeks then you may be let go due to inactivity.  If you plan on going on a hiatus of any type (vacation, busy with work) then please notify the commissioner ahead of time.

League Premise
To represent the current atmosphere of MLB for GMs in a manner that works effectively with fantasy baseball while not making it overly complicated to play.

Entry into League
There are no prerequisites for entry into this league.  New GM positions are based on the commissioner's approval of a waiting list compiled with the three people who are at the top of the overall waiting list and the two people who are at the top of the waiting list for the specific franchise that is open.  The basis of approval is judged by activity on the ProFSL forum, membership in other ProFSL leagues, experience, and reason for applying to FGM.

The league and the TC may appear harsh in judging a new GMs moves, but the purpose is to ensure the new member is knowledgeable of the rules and adheres to their plan.

Franchise Name
Your franchise name is tied to the actual MLB franchise.  If the team name changes, or the franchise moves to a different city, your team name must adapt.  In the event of contraction, your team name remains grandfathered unless you decide to take on a different franchise in MLB that may become open.

Roster Size
Your MLB roster can be no more than 40 players.  This does not include the entry draft roster.

Original Rosters (2009)
Original rosters reflect players that the franchise has as of June 25, 2009.  Any minor league players not inherited were considered free agents.  All optional contract extensions (options) were decided on as these are not used in MLFB Franchise GM.  GMs may have extended the current contract (if there are options) inherited of a player for any number of years up to the number of option years available after 2009.  After the option extension wass decided, the contract was final.

League Site
The league will be a free league on Fantrax.

Roster Positions
C (1)
CI (2)
MI (2)
OF (3)
Util (1)
SP (5)
RP (6)

Lineups
The lineups can be set daily.  The scoring period is weekly.  There is a maximum of 85 innings that your pitchers may throw per week.  Any amount over that will not be counted toward your score that week.

GM Job Change
A current GM may take on a position elsewhere only if they have served for at least nine months with their current franchise.  There is a priority list for the pecking order of GM transfers in the main board.

Regular Season Tiebreakers
If two or more teams in a division are tied for a playoff spot then the order of tiebreakers is determined by:
1) Head to head record
2) Divisional record (Win%)
3) Fantasy points scored
Two or more teams not in the same division that are tied for a playoff spot use fantasy points scored as the sole tiebreaker. 

Playoffs
The playoffs are based on MLB rulings in that each division winner makes it in addition to two wildcard teams from each league (effective 2012).  The team with the best record in each league will have home field advantage against the team with the worst record in the league.  However, such an opponent cannot be a team in that team's division.  The #1 and #2 best teams in each league have home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs - the divisional series.  The winners move on to play each other in each league's Championship Series.  The team with the home-field advantage is the division winner with the better record.  Home-field advantage in the World Series is indicative of which real life team won the MLB Allstar game that season.  Home-field advantage is used as a tiebreaker in all playoff matches.  Each round of the playoffs will be at least one week long with the World Series ending at least one week prior to the end of the MLB regular season. 

Note that for 2012, the wildcard round will actually cover the last week of the regular season.  Once the regular season finishes, the two wildcard teams will be determined in each league.  Their points from the final week of the regular season will be compared and the winner will advance to be divisional series.

Adopted on or about 11/3/14 (http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=170007.10)
Wildcard teams will be determined based on regular season records using the tie-breaker system above. The first week of the playoffs will be for wild card teams in both leagues. In playoff week 2 the wildcard winners will play the team with the best record in their respective leagues and the remaining division winners will play each other. Playoff Week 3 will be the League Championships, Week 4 and 5 is the World Series.

Flat Salary
There are no variable salary contracts.  Each year of a contract must have the same salary amount.  The only case where variable salaries are allowed is when a new contract extension is given.

Minimum Salary
All contracts must be signed to at least $500,000 and must be in multiples of $500,000.

Contract Terms
Except for any contract inherited in 2009, all contracts must be no longer than six years.  Also, for a given salary, all contacts have term limits (max years contract can be per the salary) as provided below.

<= $1m, 2 years
$1.5m - $5m, 3 years
$5.5m - $10m, 4 years
> $10m, 5 years (the overall limit)

Note that the term limits apply to the future years of a contract extension.  For example, a 2011 contract could get a three year extension starting in 2012 and ending in 2014.   We still have minimum and maximum years protecting this new contract status, so the total number of future years may not be more than five (for a salary > $10m).  For extensions, term limits apply for years after the current year, so for that 2011 contract example, a $1.5m salary could be given across three years: 2012-2014.  Another example, say it is 2011, and a player has a $1m (2012) contract.  You want to give them an extension at $1.5m/year (term limit of 3 years).  The term limit says that the contract extension can only run through 2014, so the player is paid $1m in 2011, $1m in 2012, $1.5m in 2013, and $1.5m in 2014.  The three-year limit applies to future years!

Contract extensions follow the contract maximum lengths as shown above as well as their own minimum standards.

$20m+ - 5 years
$16 to $19.5m - 4 years
$11 to $15.5m - 3 years
$5 to $10.5m - 2 years

Likewise, the minimum standards apply to future years of an extension.  For example, Kenny Lofton is the 11th ranked OF in 2011 (wouldn't that be something) which means he must be paid $12m.  Let's say his existing contract is $5m (2012).  The minimum years for a $12m deal is 3 years and the max is 5 years.  The overall max term limit of a contract is five years after the current year.  Lofton can be given a 4-year $36m extension starting in 2013, so he will be paid $5m in 2011, $5m in 2012, $12m in 2013, $12m in 2014, $12m in 2015, and $12m in 2016.


Original Contracts
All players came in to this league with original deals at July 1st, 2009.  Original contract values are taken from Cot's Baseball Contracts. 

Prospect Contracts
A player can be signed to a prospect contract as long as they have pitched less than 40 IP or played in less than 50 games in their career.  The contract is at the league minimum, but it can be more as in the case of some inherited contracts.  The player may be cut at any time, and the hit to the cap will be zero as long as their salary was at the league minimum (bonuses are fully guaranteed and stay with winning team for remainder of year).  Note that a player also becomes ineligible for a prospect contract when that player is released from a prospect contract that had its three year clock already start.

The contract lasts for three years after the point they accumulate 40 IP (pitcher) or play in 50 games (position player).  They may accumulate this over multiple years, but the three year rule does not take effect until the year they actually hit the accumulation threshold.  For example:

George Sherill
2004: 13.2 IP
2005: 19.0 IP
2006: 10.0 IP

He accumulate 40 IP for his career by 2006.  He may stay under a prospect contract until three years after 2006.  As of the beginning of the 2010 season (or end of 2009 season), he will be considered a free agent unless signed to a new deal.

Prospect Extension (went into effect after 2010 season)
Any player who is currently under a prospect contract may be signed to a regular contract extension (see below), but they may also be signed to a prospect extension.  Such an extension must be a 5-year deal where the annual salary is X% of their market value.  The resulting annual salary must be no less than $4m.  No matter what the current prospect contract is, the prospect extension kicks in the following year at the rate based on when the contract is given.

For the 20XX season, the following percentages would be used per prospect status.

20XX - 60%
20XX+1 - 50%
20XX+2 - 40%
20XX+3, n/a - 30%

There is a window after the season in which the multipliers above are still in effect.  This was a rule effective June 16th, 2011 for expiring prospect contracts.  Prospect extensions on expired prospect contracts will be the only type of extensions allowable for expired contracts in the offseason.  Therefore, after the 2011 regular season is over, a P-2011 contract is still eligible for the prospect extension at the 2011 rate.  This window for prospect extensions is open until one week prior to the beginning of offseason free agency.


The following rule on Restructuring Contracts has been stricken by a vote of the Rules Committee on 2/19/15.
Restructuring Contracts

• Annual salary after such restructuring must be $4m+
• Restructuring allows annual salary to be reduced if player's market value (extension price) is less than or equal to half that of what he is paid.
• Total reduction in salary is converted into a guaranteed signing bonus during the current (or upcoming for off-season) year.
• Restructuring of contracts is not allowed during the period after the trade deadline and before the off-season.

<div id=example>Here is an example using hypothetical rankings and market values with a real contract.

Derek Lowe, $15.5m (2012)

Let's say his market value is $5.5m, and the team owning him at the time has plenty of cap space.  The restructuring says that his new annual say is $5.5m.  However, the leftover money now front-loaded to him in the form of a bonus (100% guaranteed).  The signing bonus is then a whopping $30m.

Now, let's say the team doesn't have that cap room, but they want to restructure the contract a little bit.  Well, that example is the extreme... the team can play the middle ground and reduce the annual salary to $10.5m per say for a signing bonus of $15m.</div>

Such restructuring of contracts is not allowed from August 1st to the end of the playoffs to prevent teams from abusing the restructuring to make it count for an additional season.

Extensions
Players can be signed to actual contract extensions at any time.  The new salary for the extension kicks in after the current contract ends.  Players with expired contracts are lost to the FA pool after the regular season.  For example, a 2011 contract (non-prospect) will become a free agent unless the player was signed to an extension during the regular season (fantasy play).  Players signed to an extension cannot be traded for 60 days. 

A player may be given an extension that is less than their current salary.  However, such an extension has three restrictions. 
1) The eligibility period for granting a player an extension below their current salary is only in the last year of their contract.
2) On top of the minimum and maximum years for contracts, the longest this type of extension can be is two years.
3) New salary may be no less than 70% of previous salary.  Therefore, a player with market value of $2.5m, current one-year deal of $5m, can have an extension for two years equal to $3.5m (0.7 * 5 = 3.5).

Contract extensions are based on looking up the player's highest salary per ranking by each eligible position in both the current season and the last season.  If an extension is done during the season and before the trade deadline, then the previous TWO seasons and the current season must be looked at.  In the off-season, the last two seasons will be used.  Therefore...

OFFSEASON (2015-2016): 2014 and 2015 rankings are used
REGULAR SEASON, PRE-JUNE 1ST (2016): 2014, 2015, and 2016 rankings are used
REGULAR SEASON, AFTER MAY 31ST (2016): 2015 and 2016 rankings are used
OFFSEASON (2016-2017); 2015 and 2016 rankings are used

The salary information will be compiled in a spreadsheet calculator that is updated at the beginning of each regular season. 
All contract extensions must be approved by the commissioner.

Example of positional ranking look-up
OF Upton, Justin, $6.5m (2015)
Say I want to sign Justin Upton to a contract..  Upton, an OF, is ranked 25th by Fantrax points for OFs in 2015.  His 2014 ranking is higher at 15.  Therefore, to determine how much Upton is worth without going through the FA market, we look up the 15th highest OF contract.

If a player is eligible at more than one position, for example, C-CI Posey, Buster, $4m (2015), then I would have to look up his rankings for both positions and then use the highest ranking for my contract extension.  With Posey, in 2015, as a CI, his ranked 14th by Fantrax points.  In 2014, he is ranked 15th as a CI.  As a C, in 2015, Posey is ranked 1st and in 2014 he is ranked 2nd.  So his extension would be whatever ranking has the highest salary, in this case, as a C.  If his CI ranking would have been in the top 12, then his salary would be based on his CI ranking since it is a higher amount.

P Maholm, Paul, $5m (2011) To be edited
Under my proposal, if is before the end of the 2011 season, and I want to extend his contract beyond 2011, then it must be at least $5m.  However, say I want to extend the contract of the following player.

P Miller, Andrew, $1.5m (2009) To be edited
If I wait until after the 2009 season is over, then I may him to an extension less than $1.5m, but at least as great as 50% of $1.5m, rounded to the nearest half-million.  In other words, Miller would have to be signed to at least $1m (1.5*0.5 = 0.750 ~ 1).[/color]

Extension Values Per Position -- To be updated after each season
(Updated 10-1-15)
Rank       Catchers
C-1      $12.0    McCann, Brian
C-2      $  6.0    Molina, Yadier
C-3      $  5.0    Avila, Alex
C-4      $  5.0    Ruiz, Carlos
C-5      $  4.5    Montero, Miguel
C-6      $  4.5    Pinto, Josmil
C-7      $  4.0    Montero, Jesus
C-8      $  4.0    Doumit, Ryan
C-9      $  4.0    Gattis, Evan
C-10    $  4.0    Wieters, Matt
C-11    $  4.0    Posey, Buster
C-12    $  4.0    Martin, Russell
C-13    $  3.5    Saltalamacchia, Jarrod
C-14    $  3.5    Jaso, John
C-15    $  3.5    Pierzynski, A.J.
C-16    $  3.0    Suzuki, Kurt
C-17    $  3.0    Lucroy, Jonathan
C-18    $  2.5    Iannetta, Chris
C-19    $  2.5    Hanigan, Ryan
C-20    $  2.5    Rivera, Rene
C-21    $  2.0    Conger, Hank
C-22    $  2.0    Navarro, Dioner
C-23    $  2.0    Ramos, Wilson
C-24    $  2.0    Castro, Jason
C-25    $  2.0    Flowers, Tyler
C-26    $  1.5    Cervelli, Francisco
C-27    $  1.5    McKenry, Michael
C-28    $  1.0    Gosewich, Tuffy
C-29    $  1.0    Hundley, Nick
C-30    $  0.5    Perez, Roberto
C-31    $  0.5    Ross, David
C-32    $  0.5    Joseph, Caleb
C-33    $  0.5    Brantley, Rob
C-34    $  0.5    Ellis, AJ
C-35    $  0.5    Soto, Geovany
C-36    $  0.5    Trevino, Jose
C-37    $  0.5    Pena, Brayan


Rank         Corner Infielders
CI-1      $22.5    Fielder, Prince
CI-2      $20.0    Wright, David
CI-3      $19.0    Cabrera, Miguel
CI-4      $19.0    Gonzalez, Adrian
CI-5      $17.5    Tomas, Yasmany
CI-6      $17.0    Zimmerman, Ryan
CI-7      $16.5    Abreu, Jose
CI-8      $16.0    Encarnacion, Edwin
CI-9      $15.0    Pujols, Albert
CI-10    $14.0    Rizzo, Anthony
CI-11    $13.5    Votto, Joey
CI-12    $13.0    Mauer, Joe
CI-13    $11.5    Butler, Billy
CI-14    $11.0    Plouffe, Trevor
CI-15    $10.5    Laroche, Adam
CI-16    $10.5    Teixeira, Mark
CI-17    $10.0    Beltre, Adrian
CI-18    $10.0    Davis, Chris
CI-19    $10.0    Lind, Adam
CI-20    $  9.5    Morneau, Justin
CI-21    $  9.0    Loney, James
CI-22    $  9.0    Morales, Kendry
CI-23    $  8.0    Rodriguez, Alex
CI-24    $  8.0    Valbuena, Luis
CI-25    $  7.0    Alonso, Yonder
CI-26    $  7.0    Freese, David
CI-27    $  7.0    Ortiz, David
CI-28    $  6.0    Medica, Tommy
CI-29    $  6.0    Rendon, Anthony
CI-30    $  6.0    Santana, Carlos
CI-31    $  5.5    Reynolds, Mark
CI-32    $  5.5    Sandoval, Pablo
CI-33    $  5.5    Lowrie, Jed
CI-34    $  5.0    Uribe, Juan
CI-35    $  4.5    Howard, Ryan
CI-36    $  4.5    Callaspo, Alberto
CI-37    $  4.0    Alvarez, Pedro
CI-38    $  4.0    Belt, Brandon
CI-39    $  4.0    Chisenhall, Lonnie
CI-40    $  4.0    Davis, Ike
CI-41    $  4.0    Freeman, Freddie
CI-42    $  4.0    Headley, Chase
CI-43    $  4.0    Hosmer, Eric
CI-44    $  4.0    Johnson, Chris
CI-45    $  4.0    Lawrie, Brett
CI-46    $  4.0    Moreland, Mitch
CI-47    $  4.0    Morrison, Logan
CI-48    $  4.0    Seager, Kyle
CI-49    $  4.0    Smoak, Justin
CI-50    $  4.0    Adams, Matt
CI-51    $  3.5    Valencia, Danny
CI-52    $  3.5   Swisher, Nick
CI-53    $  3.0    Clark, Matt
CI-54    $  3.0    Longoria, Evan   
CI-55    $  3.0    Ramirez, Aramis
CI-56    $  2.5    Turner, Justin     
CI-57    $  2.0    Canha, Mark
CI-58    $  1.5    Pearce, Steve
CI-59    $  1.5    Flaherty, Ryan
CI-60    $  1.0    Moustakas, Mike
CI-61    $  1.0    Pena, Ramiro
CI-62    $  1.0    Blanks, Kyle
CI-63    $  0.5    Arias, Joaquin
CI-64    $  0.5    Campbell, Eric
CI-65    $  0.5    Colabello, Chris
CI-66    $  0.5    Arenado, Nolan
CI-67    $  0.5    Culberson, Charlie

Rank      Middle Infielders
MI-1      $19.0    Cano, Robinson
MI-2      $18.0    Phillips, Brandon
MI-3      $14.0    Peralta, Jhonny
MI-4      $13.0    Prado, Martin
MI-5      $11.0    Zobrist, Ben
MI-6      $10.5    Kinsler, Ian
MI-7      $10.5    Reyes, Jose
MI-8      $10.5    Utley, Chase
MI-9      $10.0    Ramirez, Hanley
MI-10    $  9.5    Guerrero, Alexander
MI-11    $  8.0    Escobar, Yunel
MI-12    $  8.0    Kendrick, Howie
MI-13    $  7.0    Hardy, J.J.
MI-14    $  7.0    Pedroia, Dustin
MI-15    $  7.0    Ramirez, Alexi
MI-16    $  7.0    Rollins, Jimmy
MI-17    $  6.5    Aybar, Erick
MI-18    $  6.5    Moncada, Yoan
MI-19    $  6.0    Castro, Starlin
MI-20    $  6.0    Escobar, Alcides
MI-21    $  6.0    Hill, Aaron
MI-22    $  6.0    Infante, Omar
MI-23    $  5.0    Andrus, Elvis
MI-24    $  5.0    Cabrera, Asdrubal
MI-25    $  5.0    Tulowitzki, Troy
MI-26    $  4.5    Espinosa, Danny
MI-27    $  4.0    Altuve, Jose
MI-28    $  4.0    Beckham, Gordon
MI-29    $  4.0    Herrera, Odubel
MI-30    $  4.0    Ackley, Dustin
MI-31    $  4.0    Murphy, Daniel
MI-32    $  4.0    Segura, Jean
MI-33    $  4.0    Simmons, Andrelton
MI-34    $  4.0    Walker, Neil
MI-35    $  3.5    Kang, Jung-Ho
MI-36    $  3.0    Cabrera, Everth
MI-37    $  3.0    Crawford, Brandon
MI-38    $  3.0    Furcal, Rafael
MI-39    $  3.0    Tejada, Ruben
MI-40    $  2.5    Turner, Justin
MI-41    $  2.5    Refsnyder, Robert
MI-42    $  2.0    Roberts, Brian
MI-43    $  2.0    Sardinas, Luis
MI-44    $  1.5    Aviles, Mike
MI-45    $  1.5    Drew, Stephen
MI-46    $  1.5    Escobar Eduardo
MI-47    $  1.5    Pastornicky, Tyler
MI-48    $  1.5    Uggla, Dan
MI-49    $  1.0    Barney, Darwin
MI-50    $  1.0    Amarista, Alexi
MI-51    $  1.0    Santana, Danny
MI-52    $  1.0    Weeks, Rickie
MI-53    $  0.5    Adrianza, Ehire
MI-54    $  0.5    Descalso, Daniel
MI-55    $  0.5    Elmore, Jake
MI-56    $  0.5    Forsythe, Logan
MI-57    $  0.5    Galvis, Freddy
MI-58    $  0.5    Descalso, Daniel
MI-59    $  0.5    Elmore, Jake
MI-60    $  0.5    Forsythe, Logan
MI-61    $  0.5    Goins, Ryan
MI-62    $  0.5    Gonzalez, Marwin
MI-63    $  0.5    Gordon, Dee
MI-64    $  0.5    Miller, Brad
MI-65    $  0.5    Sogard, Eric


Rank      Outfielders
OF-1      $27.5    Bautista, Jose
OF-2      $22.5    Trout, Mike
OF-3      $18.0    Hamilton, Josh
OF-4      $17.0    Granderson, Curtis
OF-5      $16.5    Gordon, Alex
OF-6      $12.5    Cabrera, Melky
OF-7      $12.0    Kemp, Matt
OF-8      $11.5    Beltran, Carlos
OF-9      $11.0    Zobrist, Ben
OF-10    $11.0    Gonzalez, Carlos
OF-11    $11.0    Cespesdes, Yoennis
OF-12    $10.5    Aoki, Norichica
OF-13    $  9.5    Jackson, Austin
OF-14    $  9.0    Pagan, Angel
OF-15    $  9.0    Ethier, Andre
OF-16    $  8.5    Markakis, Nick
OF-17    $  8.0    Soler, Jorge
OF-18    $  7.5    Young, Delmon
OF-19    $  7.5    Gardner, Brett
OF-20    $  7.5    Jones, Garret
OF-21    $  7.5    McCutchen, Andrew
OF-22    $  7.5    Holliday, Matt
OF-23    $  7.0    Bruce, Jay
OF-24    $  7.0    Werth, Jayson
OF-25    $  7.0    Cuddyer, Michael
OF-26    $  7.0    Choo, Shin -Soo
OF-27    $  6.5    Ellsbury, Jacoby
OF-28    $  6.5    Joyce, Matt
OF-29    $  6.5    Upton, Justin
OF-30    $  6.5    Cruz, Nelson
OF-31    $  6.5    Ruf, Darin
OF-32    $  6.0    Smith, Seth
OF-33    $  6.0    Castillo, Rusney
OF-34    $  6.0    Upton, B.J.
OF-35    $  5.5    Raburn, Ryan
OF-36    $  5.5    Crisp, Coco
OF-37    $  5.5    Hunter, Torri
OF-38    $  5.5    Pence, Hunter
OF-39    $  5.5    Braun, Ryan
OF-40    $  5.0    Stanton, Giancarlo
OF-41    $  5.0    DeJesus, David
OF-42    $  5.0    Jones, Adam
OF-43    $  4.0    Doumit, Ryan
OF-44    $  4.0    Gattis, Evan
OF-45    $  4.0    Dirks, Andy
OF-46    $  4.0    Rasmus, Colby
OF-47    $  4.0    Herrera, Odubel
OF-48    $  4.0    Ackley, Dustin
OF-49    $  4.0    Reddick, Josh
OF-50    $  4.0    Trumbo, Mark
OF-51    $  4.0    Murphy, David
OF-52    $  4.0    Jay, Jon
OF-53    $  4.0    Brantley, Michael
OF-54    $  4.0    Fowler, Dexter
OF-55    $  4.0    Heyward, Jason
OF-56    $  4.0    Span, Denard
OF-57    $  4.0    Brown, Domonic
OF-58    $  4.0    Marte, Starling
OF-59    $  4.0    Parra, Gerardo
OF-60    $  4.0    Maybin, Cameron
OF-61    $  4.0    Byrd, Marlon
OF-62    $  4.0    Rios, Alex
OF-63    $  4.0    Jennings, Desmond
OF-64    $  3.5    Crawford, Carl
OF-65    $  3.5    Santana, Domingo
OF-66    $  3.0    Ruggiano, Justin
OF-67    $  3.0    Shuck, J.B.
OF-68    $  3.0    Schafer, Jordan
OF-69    $  2.5    Blanco, Gregor
OF-70    $  2.5    Young, Chris
OF-71    $  2.5    Denorfia, Chris
OF-72    $  2.5    Gomez, Carlos
OF-73    $  2.5    Moss, Brandon
OF-74    $  2.0    Tabata, Jose
OF-75    $  2.0    Stubbs, Drew
OF-76    $  2.0    Duda, Lucas
OF-77    $  2.0    Young Jr., Eric
OF-78    $  2.0    Suzuki, Ichiro
OF-79    $  2.0    Viciedo, Dayan
OF-80    $  2.0    Inciarte, Ender
OF-81    $  1.5    Victorino, Shane
OF-82    $  1.5    Reimold, Nolan
OF-83    $  1.5    Borenstein, Zach
OF-84    $  1.5    deAza, Alejandro
OF-85    $  1.5    Pearce, Steve
OF-86    $  1.5    Nava, Daniel
OF-87    $  1.5    Lagares, Juan
OF-88    $  1.5    Bourne, Michael
OF-89    $  1.5    Baker, Jeff
OF-90    $  1.5    Lough, David
OF-91    $  1.5    Coghlan, Chris
OF-92    $  1.5    Smolinski, Jake
OF-93    $  1.5    Gutierrez, Franklin
OF-94    $  1.5    Maxwell, Justin
OF-95    $  1.0    Sands, Jerry
OF-96    $  1.0    Davis, Rajai
OF-97    $  1.0    Venable, Will
OF-98    $  1.0    Heisey, Chris
OF-99    $  1.0    Pillar, Kevin
OF-100  $  1.0    Rodriguez, Sean
OF-101  $  1.0    Snider, Travis
OF-102  $  1.0    Pham, Tommy
OF-103  $  1.0    Dyson, Jarrod
OF-104  $  0.5    Holt, Brock


Rank           Starting Pitcher
SP-1      $23.0    Hernandez, Felix
SP-2      $18.5    Wainwright, Adam
SP-3      $17.0    Kershaw, Clayton
SP-4      $15.0    Darvish, Yu
SP-5      $14.5    Samardzija, Jeff
SP-6      $14.5    Hamels, Cole
SP-7      $14.0    Price, David
SP-8      $13.0    Lester, Jon
SP-9      $11.5    Scherzer, Max
SP-10    $11.0    Shields, James
SP-11    $11.0    Greinke, Zack
SP-12    $10.5    Tanaka, Masahiro
SP-13    $10.0    Verlander, Justin
SP-14    $  9.5    Weaver, Jered
SP-15    $  9.5    Cain, Matt
SP-16    $  9.5    Salazar, Danny
SP-17    $  9.5    Rodriguez, Wandy
SP-18    $  9.0    Ross, Tyson
SP-19    $  9.0    Dickey, R.A
SP-20    $  8.5    Bumgarner, Madison
SP-21    $  8.0    Cueto, Johnny
SP-22    $  7.5    Sanchez, Anibal
SP-23    $  7.0    Buehrle, Mark
SP-24    $  7.0    Gallardo, Yovani
SP-25    $  7.0    Wilson, CJ
SP-26    $  7.0    Morrow, Brandon
SP-27    $  7.0    Latos, Mat
SP-28    $  7.0    Lee, Cliff
SP-29    $  7.0    Kennedy, Ian
SP-30    $  7.0    McCarthy, Brandon
SP-31    $  7.0    Liriano, Francisco
SP-32    $  7.0    Haren, Dan
SP-33    $  6.5    Gonzalez, Gio
SP-34    $  6.5    Leake, Mike
SP-35    $  6.5    Tillman, Chris
SP-36    $  6.5    Hughes, Phil
SP-37    $  6.0    Estrada, Marco
SP-38    $  6.0    Sale, Chris
SP-39    $  6.0    Cahill, Trevor
SP-40    $  6.0    Fister, Doug
SP-41    $  6.0    Cobb, Alex
SP-42    $  6.0    Garza, Matt
SP-43    $  6.0    DeSclafani, Anthony
SP-44    $  6.0    Harvey, Matt
SP-45    $  5.5    Miley, Wade
SP-46    $  5.5    Billingsley, Chad
SP-47    $  5.5    Keuchel, Dallas
SP-48    $  5.5    Matz, Steven
SP-49    $  5.5    Hellickson, Jeremy
SP-50    $  5.5    Gonzalez, Miguel Alredo
SP-51    $  5.5    Jackson, Edwin
SP-52    $  5.5    Ryu, Hyun-Jin
SP-53    $  5.5    Volquez, Edinson
SP-54    $  5.5    Zimmerman, Jordan
SP-55    $  5.5    Lewis, Colby
SP-56    $  5.0    Lohse, Kyle
SP-57    $  5.0    Graveman, Kendall
SP-58    $  5.0    Beachy, Brandon
SP-59    $  5.0    Feldman, Scott
SP-60    $  4.5    Chacin, Jhoulys
SP-61    $  4.5    Peavy, Jake
SP-62    $  4.5    Johnson, Josh
SP-63    $  4.5    Norris, Bud
SP-64    $  4.5    Richard, Clayton
SP-65    $  4.0    Moore, Matt
SP-66    $  4.0    Vargas, Jason
SP-67    $  4.0    Kelly, Joe
SP-68    $  4.0    Lyles, Jordan
SP-69    $  4.0    Lincecum, Tim
SP-70    $  4.0    Strasburg, Stephen
SP-71    $  4.0    Porcello, Rick
SP-72    $  4.0    Buchholz, Clay
SP-73    $  4.0    Medlen, Kris
SP-74    $  4.0    Holland, Derek
SP-75    $  4.0    Minor, Mike
SP-76    $  4.0    Guthrie, Jeremy
SP-77    $  4.0    Marcum, Sean
SP-78    $  3.5    Roark, Tanner
SP-79    $  3.5    Detwiler, Ross
SP-80    $  3.5    Sabathia, CC
SP-81    $  3.5    Collmenter, Josh
SP-82    $  3.5    Lackey, John
SP-83    $  3.5    Hudson, Tim
SP-84    $  3.5    Burnett, A.J.
SP-85    $  3.0    Chen, Wei Yin
SP-86    $  3.0    House, TJ
SP-87    $  3.0    Nova, Ivan
SP-88    $  3.0    De La Rosa Jorge
SP-89    $  2.5    Niese, Jonathon
SP-90    $  2.5    Gee, Dillon
SP-91    $  2.5    Alvarez, Yadier
SP-92    $  2.5    Baker, Scott
SP-93    $  2.5    Paulino, Felipe
SP-94    $  2.5    Buchanan, David
SP-95    $  2.5    Martinez, Nick
SP-96    $  2.0    Saunders, Joe
SP-97    $  2.0    Danks, John
SP-98    $  2.0    Noesi, Hector
SP-99    $  2.0    Carrasco, Carlos
SP-100  $  2.0    Kazmir, Scott
SP-101  $  2.0    Floyd, Gavin
SP-102  $  2.0    Simon, Alfredo
SP-103  $  2.0    Correia, Kevin
SP-104  $  2.0    Santigo, Hector
SP-105  $  2.0    Wada, Tsuyoshi
SP-106  $  2.0    Happ, J.A.
SP-107  $  2.0    Arroyo, Bronson
SP-108  $  2.0    Colon, Bartolo
SP-109  $  2.0    Harang, Aaron
SP-110  $  2.0    Morton, Charlie
SP-111  $  1.5    Kendrick, Kyle
SP-112  $  1.5    Garcia, Jaime
SP-113  $  1.5    Turner, Jacob
SP-114  $  1.5    Gonzalez, Miguel
SP-115  $  1.5    Hochevar, Luke
SP-116  $  1.5    Slowey, Kevin
SP-117  $  1.5    Vogelsong, Ryan
SP-118  $  1.5    Williams, Jerome
SP-119  $  1.5    Frias, Carlos
SP-120  $  1.5    Jimenez, Ubaldo
SP-121  $  1.5    McHugh, Collin
SP-122  $  1.5    Hand, Brad
SP-123  $  1.5    Alvarez, Henderson
SP-124  $  1.5    Marquis, Jason
SP-125  $  1.5    Rasmus, Cory
SP-126  $  1.5    Blanton, Joe
SP-127  $  1.5    Hammel, Jason
SP-128  $  1.5    Nolasco, Ricky
SP-129  $  1.5    Wood, Travis
SP-130  $  1.5    Duffy, Danny
SP-131  $  1.0    Young, Chris
SP-132  $  1.0    Nicasio, Juan
SP-133  $  0.5    Luebke, Cory
SP-134  $  0.5    Archer, Chris




Rank      Relief Pitchers
RP-1      $12.0    Carrasco, Carlos, ARZ
RP-2      $10.5    Martinez, Carlos, TEX
RP-3      $  9.0    Estrada, Marco, WAS
RP-4      $  8.5    Warren, Adam, MIL
RP-5      $  8.0    May, Trevor, PIT
RP-6      $  7.5    Phelps, David, TOR
RP-7      $  7.0    Betances, Dellin, LAD
RP-8      $  6.5    Graveman, Kendall
RP-9      $  6.0    Jungman, Taylor
RP-10    $  5.5    Rodon, Carlos
RP-11    $  5.0    Chapman, Aroldis
RP-12    $  5.0    Feliz, Neftali
RP-13    $  4.5    Petit, Yusmeiro
RP-14    $  4.0    Clippard, Tyler
RP-15    $  4.0    Papelbon, Jonathan
RP-16    $  4.0    Kimbrel, Craig
RP-17    $  3.5    Uehara, Koji
RP-18    $  3.0    Jensen, Kenley
RP-19    $  3.0    Romo, Sergio
RP-20    $  3.0    Perkins, Glen
RP-21    $  2.5    Hernandez, David
RP-22    $  2.5    Banuelos, Manny
RP-23    $  2.5    Davis, Wade
RP-24    $  2.5    Britton, Zach
RP-25    $  2.5    Robertson, David
RP-26    $  2.5    Holland, Greg
RP-27    $  2.0    Marshall, Evan
RP-28    $  2.0    Hunter, Tommy
RP-29    $  2.0    Quackenbush, Kevin
RP-30    $  2.0    Miller, Andrew
RP-31    $  2.0    Kintzler, Brandon
RP-32    $  1.5    Gomez, Jeanmar
RP-33    $  1.5    Rodriguez, Francisco
RP-34    $  1.5    Santos, Sergio
RP-35    $  1.5    Gregerson, Luke
RP-36    $  1.5    Motte, Jason
RP-37    $  1.5    Rondon, Bruce
RP-38    $  1.5    O'Day, Darren
RP-39    $  1.5    Ziegler, Brad
RP-40    $  1.5    Janssen, Casey
RP-41    $  1.5    Cishek, Pat
RP-42    $  1.5    Grilli, Jason
RP-43    $  1.5    Smith, Joe
RP-44    $  1.5    Soria, Joakim
RP-45    $  1.5    McGee, Jake
RP-46    $  1.5    Webb, Ryan
RP-47    $  1.5    Duke, Zach
RP-48    $  1.5    Firbush, Charlie
RP-49    $  1.5    Otero, Dan
RP-50    $  1.5    Benoit, Joaquin
RP-51    $  1.5    Soriano, Rafael
RP-52    $  1.5    Tazawa, Junichi
RP-53    $  1.5    Maurer, Brandon
RP-54    $  1.5    Shaw, Bryan
RP-55    $  1.5    Martin, Cody
RP-56    $  1.5    Stauffer, Tim
RP-57    $  1.0    Stammen, Craig
RP-58    $  1.0    Badenhop, Burke
RP-59    $  1.0    Putnam, Zach
RP-60    $  1.0    Watson, Tony
RP-61    $  1.0    Strop, Pedro
RP-62    $  1.0    Russell, James
RP-63    $  1.0    Neshek, Pat
RP-64    $  1.0    Dunn, Mike
RP-65    $  1.0    Hawkins, Latroy
RP-66    $  1.0    Villanueva, Carlos
RP-67    $  1.0    Rodney, Fernando
RP-68    $  1.0    Wilson, Brian
RP-69    $  1.0    O'Flaherty, Eric
RP-70    $  1.0    Casilla, Santiago
RP-71    $  1.0    Torres, Carlos
RP-72    $  0.5    Johnson, Jim
RP-73    $  0.5    Peralta, Joel

Releasing Players

• Any player dropped before the trade deadline still has part of his contract count against the cap in the following manner:  Current year: 90%, Next year: 60%, All future years after: 30%.
• If the player is dropped after the trade deadline, then the hit to the cap changes to 75%, 50%, 25%, respectively.
• The hit against the cap is rounded to the nearest $500,000.  Therefore, if it ends up being less than $250,000, the hit to the cap will be zero for that year.
• You may not bid on a player that you have released for a period of 30 days.  If you resign a player, their original contract is restored.
• Any player released under a prospect contract will not cause a hit to the cap.

Contract Buyout
Money owed to a player released under contract may be financed through a contract buyout.  This can be done by adding up the total remaining contract amount, multiplying it by 1.1 rounded up to the nearest $500k.  This amount may be divided up any way you choose as long as the number of years is not more than what it was before AND that no salary owed in any year is more than an amount in a prior year.  I will use some current examples to highlight the effects of the buyout and its 10% tax.

Money owed to a player released under contract may be financed through a contract buyout.  This is done by first releasing the player by using the aforementioned formula (Releasing Players). Then the remaining contract amounts are added together, multiplied by 1.1, and the total is rounded up to the nearest $0.5m.  This amount may be divided up any way you choose as long as the number of years is not more than what it was before AND that no salary owed in any year is more than an amount in a prior year.  I will use some current examples to highlight the effects of the buyout and its 10% tax.

Contract Buyout One time payment
SP Chacin, Jhoulys, $4.5m (2017)
2015 $4.5M- (75%) $3.5M CAP Hit for 2015
2016 $4.5M- (50%) $2.5M CAP Hit for 2016
2017 $4.5M- (25%) $1M CAP Hit for 2017

Take Jhoulys Chacin cap hits ($3.5 + $2.5 + $1) all this year. $7m total*1.1 = $7.7m rounded up to $8M

Jones, Andruw, Released Under Contract ($5m in 2009, $3m from 2010 to 2014)
Jones' salary hit doesn't fall under the 90/60/30 cap hit rules because these liabilities were inherited. The lump sum as of 2009 is $20m.  Applying the buyout tax of 10% ($2m), and the cap hit can be consolidated into $22m for 2009.

Now, the Dodgers don't have the room to take on such a hit, so what if they wanted to arrange something for 2010 instead of 2009?  I would vouch for an additional rule to say that when a cap hit is consolidated, it must start in the current year and not increase in any future years.  Also, the number of years of the buyout must be less than or equal to the number of years in the current cap hit.  Say the Dodgers only have $4.5m in cap room, but they wish to max that out for Jones' contract buyout.  Now, note that Jones already has a $5m cap hit in 2009, so that needs to be taken out of the equation.  They really have $9.5m in cap room without Jones' liability.

They may now divide the $22m liability in a myriad of different ways as long as it does not go beyond 2014 and is never increasing from one year to the next...

• $9.5m, $9.5m, $3m
• $9.5m, $8m, $4m
• $8m, $7m, $7m
• $7m, $6m, $5m, $4m
• $6m, $5m, $4m, $4m, $3m

The point of consolidating the cap hit is to relieve your team from liabilities in future years, so I imagine the first option would be taken.  Let's do another example with Carlos Silva, formerly of the Seattle Mariners.

Silva, Carlos, Released under contract (2012 option not exercised), $7m in 2010, $3.5m in 2011, $11m in 2009
The lump sum is $21.5m (10% is $2.15m, rounded up to $2.5m), so the buyout lump sum is a whopping $24m.  With no room under the cap, a buyout isn't possible for 2009.  The team will have to wait until the offseason, so they can arrange a 2010 buyout.  Assume the Mariners have tons of cap room in the 2009-2010 offseason, so they arrange this buyout as one of the top priorities.  The lump sum is now $10.5m (10% is $1.05m, rounded up to $1.5m), so the buyout lump sum is $12m.  They may decide to take it all in 2010, or split it between 2010 and 2011 where the 2010 cap hit is not less than the 2011 cap hit.

Another example with a mid-market team that has some room under the cap for 2009...

Riske, David, Released Under Contract, $2.5m in 2010, $4m in 2009
The Brew Crew is $5.5m under the cap, but without Riske in the situation, they are $8m under the cap.  The lump sum for Riske's contract is $6.5m (10% is $650k, rounded up to $1m), so the buyout lump sum is $7.5m.  They may opt to consolidate the cap hit into 2009.