I agree with Sean. How about we just make a new annotation for offering this type of contract instead of using time to distinguish when it is okay to sign a vet to minor league deal. In real baseball vets are signed all the time to minor league deals before other bigger players are signed. I say let the market dictate which vets can be signed to minor league deals. Following my proposal as shown below votto could be offered a minor league deal (of course like real life it would immediately be blown out the water) but it would help for those tweeners.

Instead of PC + $ you can offer a major league vet IST (Invitation to Spring Training) + $

Each bid offer must increase by 50K. Winner pays the one time bonus amount and has the player in minor leagues for 1 season only. At any point if that player is called up the salary defaults to 400K. Basically the same as minor league free agents except you only have them for one season regardless if you ever put them on 40 man roster

At any point during FA bidding if someone offers a ML contract of any value then it trumps all IST + $ bids.

Real teams do this every year for players trying to hang on but are not good enough for ML contracts.

Thoughts?

1 year 900k

At some point, every team has to be responsible for making sure their players on their rosters.  It's impossible for a handful of people to police the entirety of every roster.  So I'll try to check each player that's listed in free agency to make sure he's available but ultimately that's the responsibility of each owner to verify.

I agree as well. If I happen to notice something on my own like Kenley Jansen I feel it's my responsibility as a fantrax exec to fix it but I do agree that it is each teams responsibility to make sure their own players are on fantrax and spreadsheets accordingly.

I would vote 4th option as well.