Idea bin - future change thoughts/musings for later discussion

[TACeu]

Disagree on this, though.  Kristian Campbell.  Jackson Merrill.

Fair. But I?m really referring more to guys who are in their walk year, not guys who are still sitting on 5 or more years of service time. Soto, Ohtani, Burnes, very likely Tucker next year, etc

[Rob]

Fair. But I?m really referring more to guys who are in their walk year, not guys who are still sitting on 5 or more years of service time. Soto, Ohtani, Burnes, very likely Tucker next year, etc

Vlad

[TACeu]

And he signed before what would be our extension deadline

[Jon]

I would like to propose that during the off-season, each team gets to release one bad contract, maybe two, and no more, free of charge. 

[TACeu]

One seems reasonable, but I don't think it should be completely free of charge. It should still come with a one year salary penalty, or a loss of a 4th/5th round draft pick or something.

[TACeu]

Roster construction idea: Change two of the pitching roster spots from SP to P, allowing them to be used for a relief pitcher or a starting pitcher.

This will allow teams to have more of their bullpens available, rather than picking four on any given day and hoping they pick who happens to get used.

[TACeu]

I would like to propose that during the off-season, each team gets to release one bad contract, maybe two, and no more, free of charge.

I wonder if this should be reserved for bottom 10 or 20 teams. Help with parity and help worse teams shed bad contracts faster and get them competitive sooner.

[TACeu]

Since IR positions have no impact on cap, I wonder if we should just remove the IR limit. Not sure what the difference is of having 6 guys on the IR or 10, besides just making for dead roster spots if you get unlucky with injuries. Would match MLB more, as there is no limit on IR slots in the majors, either.

[STLBlues91]

Idea-Make HBP the same amount of points as a walk. Currently there is zero points for HBP

[TACeu]

Idea for releases- From when a release is posted on the Transactions board, any team has the opportunity to claim a player for 24 hours. The lowest team in the current standings to make a claim gets the player.

For contracts, here is how it would work: The releasing team still needs to pay a penalty with the same value as before. However, the claiming team pays the remaining balance of the contract. This more similarly reflects how if a team DFA's a player, another team can sign them and only pay the minimum, while the original team is still on the hook for paying the player.

Here's how it could work, in practice:

- Team A signs a player for 3 years at 1,000,000 per year.  Then releases the player, opting to pay the penalty (660,000 per year) over three years, which they have to pay regardless of what happens next.
- Team B makes a claim within 24 hours, and is the lowest team in the standings to do so. They get the player, and then have to pay the player 340,000 per year for three years.

This allows for poorly performing teams to be able to grab players at really good rates, while also making dropping players a more exciting process because it is creating a direct opporunity for other teams.