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Franchise GM: FGM Commissioner News & Tid Bits / Scoring Categories
« on: June 26, 2009, 12:01:35 PM »
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Franchise GM: FGM Commissioner News & Tid Bits / Scoring Categories« on: June 26, 2009, 12:01:35 PM »
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Franchise GM: Original Rules / Salary Cap Structure« on: June 18, 2009, 02:02:45 PM »
Salary Cap Structure
Salary caps are different for each team based on their market, historic payrolls, and club performance. GMs must ensure that their team stays under the year's salary cap. As of a ruling on June 16th, 2011, GMs must also ensure that their team stays under future salary caps with a margin that gives them room equal to the minimum of 30% of the cap and $20m. The rule has been dubbed the 2010 Angels rule as is prevents GMs from financially ruining future years with cash exchanges. Example: The year is 2011 and the Pirates’ cap in 2013 is expected to be $62m. The 30% buffer allows the team to have a projected salary based on current contracts of $80.6m in 2013. In 2011, the league's variable salary cup structure switched from a tier-based to a formula that is based on averages of team financial numbers from 2007-2009. It is designed to take into account current market position, winning, and real life economic fluctuations. This new system fixed two problems that exist in the previous structure: huge swings in cap year-to-year for mid-large market teams AND the lack of a tie to real life salaries over time. Explanation of the formula can be found below. As a GM, all you need to know is that you can spend freely without that affecting your cap position for future years. The more you win over time, the higher your cap will eventually go. The three-year average with a one-year delay prevents it from immediately happening, so the effects will be seen over several years rather than over one off-season. Stand Real life payrolls + $20m are used. The standings are based on the real life franchises before 2009 and the fantasy franchises for years after 2008. A final standing of 8th place in a season would correlate with the real life payroll (+$20m) to determine the Stand value for that year. Return The return is the ultimate formula in determining the cap for a year. The new salary cap is 25% of the stand value plus 75% of the prior year's salary cap. A three-year average of returns is then used two years down the line. Therefore, the average returns between 2007 and 2009 would be used in calculating the 2011 cap. Limitation of Return The return is bounded to be no more and no less than $20m or 20% of the prior year's salary cap. This prevents huge fluctuation in salary caps year to year. Example
New York Mets Franchise GM Standing 2007-2009: 10th, 10th, 30th 10th highest salary in 2007: $93.5m 10th highest salary in 2008: $98.9m 30th highest salary in 2009: $21.8m Mets Caps 2007-2009: $135.2m, $169.4m, $200m The 2010 cap cannot be more than $20m or 20% away from the 2009 cap which would restrict it within a range of $180m - $220m. The 2010 cap will therefore drop to $180m for the Mets. 753
Franchise GM: Original Rules / Contracts« on: June 18, 2009, 01:57:17 PM »
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.
<div id=example> 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. 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 754
Franchise GM: Original Rules / Free Agency« on: June 18, 2009, 01:54:02 PM »
FA Bidding
Bids are in format of total contract value. Note that the number of years does not need to be listed until the bid is won. The resulting salary will be the final bid divided by number of years, rounded to the nearest $500k. The winning bid will be the highest total contract amount. If the bid is less than $20m then contract can be valued in multiples of $500k. If it is $20m or more then it must be in multiples of $1m. Players who are eligible for a prospect contract can have the bid (less $500k) turned into a guaranteed signing bonus. Note that signing bonuses are 100% guaranteed and stay on the issuing team's books, regardless if that player is later traded. Each player is auctioned in a separate thread at the ProFSL website that may be started by anyone. There is no limit to the number of players that can be auctioned at one time or the number of bids for a player. A bid on a player is considered final when it has been open for 72 hours. Amendment Adopted 4/7/15 Upon the expiration of the 72 hr. clock the winning bid will be modified to show the winning team and "Stickied" on the board. It is the responsibility of the GM who won the bid to declare the contract terms within 48 hrs. If, after 48 hrs have expired, terms are not posted, the 2nd highest bidder has the OPTION to petition the league for the rights of the player. Should that option be declined, the player will be returned to the free agent pool. Trading Recently Signed Free Agents Free Agent signings cannot be traded until 60 days after they have signed. This date will be shown per each player in the official rosters section. In addition to our 60-day NTC rule, any players signed to extensions as well as FA contracts in the offseason cannot be traded until June 1st the following year. Compensation for losing a FA The following rules apply only to players lost in the OFA bidding period. FAs are to be classified as Type A, B, or a regular FA. Type A FA (as dictated by MLB is a player in the top 20% of their position). Type B FA are the next 20%. Therefore, for Franchise GM, Type A FA are: Top 6 C Top 12 MI, CI Top 15 OF Top 30 SP Top 6 RP (Revised by Rules Committee on August 28, 2015) Type B FA are: 7th - 12th ranked C 13th - 24th ranked MI, CI 16th - 30th ranked OF 31st - 60th ranked SP 7th - 12th ranked RP (Revised by Rules Committee on August 28, 2015) You are eligible to extra compensation if you lose the player. If the player was a Type A FA, then you will receive the winning team's 1st round pick and gain a supplemental pick (After 1st round, before 2nd). If that team's 1st round pick was protected (first half of 1st round) then you will instead receive two supplemental picks. If the player was a Type B FA, then you will receive a supplemental pick. Order of supplemental picks is based solely on fantasy points scored in the previous season of each FA lost. If one team wins bids on multiple Type A FA, then the player with the most points is the one that has a team receive the 1st rounder. The other teams will receive two supplemental picks. Off-season free agency (OFA) OFA begins at a set date (see Deadlines) and is no different than regular season free agency other than the dates positions open. The exact dates will be posted in the league schedule. FA Prospects Note that bids on players that may fall under prospect contracts work differently. The prospect contract has its own set of rules at a league minimum salary. Any amount over $0.5m is considered a signing bonus, and is on a team's books even if they release the player. Signing bonuses are guaranteed money! Penalties for not clearing roster space/cap for a final bid Upon winning a bid that sets a team over the cap, the GM is granted 24 hours to post the transactions that will make the cap work (either a trade or releasing players). If the transactions are not valid or not posted within 24 hours of the bids being finalized, that team no longer receives the player. If this is a first time offense, the GM is given a warning. For all subsequent offenses, the team is penalized a 10% cap penalty for the current season. After such a failed bid, the player goes back to the bidding board, leaving off at the highest bid prior to the winning bid, and the 72 hour clock is restarted. The offending team can no longer bid on that player, even if they clear up the cap space to do so. No exceptions are granted to teams that won the bid but had a trade fall through - if you're not certain you'll have room, make the trade first. In other words, don't bid on a player you can't afford! Note that this applies only to FA. No trades can be completed that set a team over the cap - the trade must be re-worked. 755
Franchise GM: Original Rules / Releasing Players« on: June 18, 2009, 01:52:45 PM »
Releasing Players
Contract Buyout 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...
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. 756
Franchise GM: Original Rules / Draft Picks and Entry Draft« on: June 18, 2009, 01:46:22 PM »
A.) Entry Draft Timing
1.) The annual entry draft starts at noon EST on the day after MLB's signing deadline for draftees. Each GM will be given a maximum of eight hours to make their pick. Once you make your pick, the eight hour clock starts for the next GM. If you do not pick within that time frame then the following will happen. 2.) If you had supplied the EC with a pre-rankings list, then the best available signed player from such a list will be taken. If no such list is available then the pre-draft ranking list of signed players that is used for the draft will determine which player is taken by your team. At this point, you will be placed on an auto-draft list until you request to be off of such list. B.) Trading Draft Picks Trading of draft picks is not allowed. C.) Entry Draft Contracts Players drafted in the FGM entry draft will be given Prospect Contracts, (P-n/a),and can be placed on a teams MiLB roster or 40 man roster. D.) How Draft Will Be Conducted 1.) If a team is not present for the draft / times out, and did not provide a proxy pick, they'll be awarded the next highest ranked signed player, and then placed on auto-draft. 2.) The players ranking list is of the same order of Baseball America followed by the actual draft order. 3.) Entry Draft eligible players will consist of players who have been drafted and signed in the real life MLB Entry Draft. 4.) The Franchise GM Entry Draft will last 10 rounds, but teams are not required to make picks if they do not wish to make room on either their 40 man or MiLB rosters. 5.) Only players drafted and signed in the MLB Entry Draft will be eligible for the Franchise GM Entry Draft - foreign players and unprotected prospects will be handled via free agency (however foreign players may warrant consideration for an additional rule) 6.) The 60-day no trade ruling is extended to include draftees. 757
Franchise GM: Archives / Deadlines« on: June 18, 2009, 01:44:47 PM »
Important Deadlines
2014 1/13/2014 - FA opens up for CI / DH 1/27/2014 - FA opens up for P 2/10/2014 - FA opens up for OF 2/24/2014 - FA opens up for MI 3/10/2014 - FA opens up for C 7/31/2014 - Trade Deadline, Cap Hits Lowered from 90/60/30 Percent to 75/50/25 Percent 8/24/2014 - Free Agency Ends at 11:59 PM EST (no more opening of bids) 8/25/2014 - Playoffs Begin - ALDS/NLDS 9/1/2014 - ALCS/NLCS 9/8/2014 - World Series matchup (two weeks) 9/22/2014 - Entry Draft Begins at Noon EST 9/30/2014 - All expiring contracts must be resigned 10/1/2014 - Unsigned Players Become FA, Cap Hits Raised From 75/50/25 Percent to 90/60/30 Percent 758
Franchise GM: Original Rules / MLB Effects« on: June 18, 2009, 01:42:57 PM »
Fantasy Baseball
Your player's stats come from what they actually do on a major league field. Your role is General Manager, and your control over whether players start or not is dependent upon what happens in MLB. MLB League Expansion, Contraction In the event the fantasy league adds one or more franchise due to MLB expansion, an auction will take place for all new teams. Each team must option at least one player with contract value at least as great as x% of the team payroll, where x = 1 over the # of teams in the league after expansion. Also, each team must auction off as much of their team in addition to that. The total market value of players made available in the auction draft must be at least 1-y/x% where y is original league size and x is new league size. Players, when taken by an expansion team, are treated as new UFA. Their previous contracts are null and void. In the event of contraction, all players' contracts are null and void and they immediately become UFA. |
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