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I am not on the RC either but I do like Chris's idea for FA's. However as we have noticed teams like to backload contracts. So lets my team offers Holliday a 4 year contract at 100 mil, and no one tops that. Would I, for instance, be able to do something like yr1 - 15, yr 2 - 25, yr 3 - 30, yr 4 30... I think that is something to think about. Not that I have the room or the budget for Holliday, nor do I think he is worth that much in fantasy or in real life, but I think it is something we should consider, since we are trying to mimic the MLB.
Dan, this would pertain to you as the up and coming league executive, but that would require much more administration. This is why I set up the flat salaries. I think we could do something simple for bidding as Chris suggested. All bids are in form of annual salary with # of years (no years listed is assumed to be 1). Adding years to contract allows you to lower salary by 25%. Subtracting years to a contract bid forces you to raise salary by 50%.ExamplePirates open up bid on Matt Holliday for $10mCardinals bid at $7.5m for 2 years (25% less for one additional year)Rays bid $15m for 3 yearsRangers bid $11m for 4 years (25% less rounded up for one additional year)Blue Jays bid $18m for 4 yearsRays bid $13.5 for 5 years (25% less again)Yankees bid $18m for 5 yearsMariners bid $27m for 4 years (50% raise per 1 year)Phillies bid $20m for 5 years (25% less per 1 year)Blue Jays bid $22m for 5 years... at this point one less year will cost $11m more per year, so the contract will surely be the maximum of 5 yearsThis is about as simple as you can get with giving a lot of respect to a longer contract. Let the GM dictate how much they want to give (young or old). The home-team discount is already present in the extensions and RFA process.
Like it. Particularly like the simplicity in that it's just the last offer which you baseline the next step on - Add dollars, add years at -25%, take away years at +50%, or drop out of the running. 4 simple options.However referencing the above example I think we need to challenge or even remove the 25% threshold with possible tiering. In the example the step from the Rays to the Orioles reduces the contract value from $45m to $44m - and with one extra season played. I've just run some stats and as an example, a $25m deal for year 1 can be converted to $20m for year 2 ($45m total)...running this over at the maximum discount for a 5 year deal is total $50.2million, as the per year value continues to backflush and reduce the overall dollar value. Anyone would take the 2 year deal but that would not win out here. The 5 year deal would.Maybe just drop the 25% reduction alltogether? More years, More dollars, or 50% premium for less years would be the 3 options.Cheers,Chris
We are trying to keep it from being complicated. I like the idea of the years varying, so the 25% reduction is needed. We could always make it 20% if need be.Jake, if this rule went through, I would add the caveat that if a team with the RFA rights matched the bid then they could still choose the years. There has to be some inherent advantage for the RFA tag.