Post by White Sox GM (Michael) on Dec 31, 2016 19:29:37 GMT -5
Please read below. If you have questions, please ask!
Start Date: 2022 Free Agency will begin with all hitters on Monday, January 3rd, at noon EST. Pitchers are Monday, January 17, at noon EST.
Free Agency
Free Agents will be auctioned off, meaning every team has the chance to acquire a free agent. As in an auction, the highest bidder wins. However, to win the auction, your bid must stand the highest for at least 24 hours. The minimum contract length is 1 year. The maximum is 5 years.
Note: the FA Calculator is the proper calculation because while the calculator is based on these guidelines, following these exactly when bidding is still under 10M AAV results in tied bids per the 100K AAV increase rule. The calculator fixes this. So use it.
Bidding System
Contract years add value based on the following: $1M = 1 point
1 Year = 1X multiplier - 1 Year @ 5 mil = 5 X 1 = 5 pts
2 Year = 1.2X multiplier - 2 Years @ 5 mil = 5 X 1.20 = 6 pts
3 Year = 1.4X multiplier - 3 Years @ 5 mil = 5 X 1.40 = 7 pts
4 Year = 1.6X multiplier - 4 Years @ 5 mil = 5 X 1.60 = 8 pts
5 Year = 1.8X multiplier - 5 Years @ 5 mil = 5 X 1.80 = 9 pts
The minimum allowed salary per year is $0.5M and bidding in $100K increments.
Remember, the per-year salary over the life of the contract remains constant for ODC-signed players. In other words, no front-loading or back-loading.
You are not allowed to bid more money than you have available to use. If a team has $30M available, it cannot have a winning bid of $25M on 1 player, $4M on another, and $3M on another (total: $32M) all at the same time.
Illegal bids
In addition to posting the offered contract and the bid points it's worth, you must place your current outstanding bids and your remaining cap with every bid for it to be valid. Noncompliance will result in an invalid bid.
You may NOT edit a bid outside of adding/correcting cash. You may NOT delete a bid. Editing a bid to invalidate it or deleting a valid bid will result in some currently undetermined punishment. It probably will depend on how much we like you at this second.
Once an illegal bid is upped by a new bid, the new bid is considered legal and the clock resets. In other words, quickly check that the previous bid is legal before upping it. We will not be tracking down illegal bids that are not the final winning bid.
Nobody is obliged to tell anyone they've made an illegal bid. If an illegal bid is the final bid, the prior bid is the new winner. If you bid over an illegal bid and your bid is valid, it stands. Again, please check if the previous bid is valid before you bid.
FA Contract Length (at the start of FA)
The maximum length of a FA offer is determined by their age at the start of free agency. This prevents signing a 39 y/o to a 5 year deal just to win that player.
Example: a 35 y/o or younger player can get a max 5 year deal.
Example: a 36 y/o player can only get a max of 4 years.
Example: a 37 y/o player can only get a max of 3 years.
Example: a 38 y/o player can only get a max of 2 years.
Example: a 39 y/o player can only get a max of 1 year.
Example: over 40 y/o can only get a 1 year max deal.
Home-Town Discount
The Home-Town Discount will follow the below structure:
Player owned for less than 1 year = 5% discount
Player owned for 1 full year = 10% discount
Player owned for 2 full years = 15% discount
Player owned for 3 full years = 20% discount
Player owned for 4 or more years = 25% discount
Sign-and-Trades
You will be allowed to trade free agents in the first 48 hours after signing them AS LONG AS BOTH TEAMS REMAIN BELOW THE CAP. After that time has passed, signed FA's cannot be traded until opening day of the year of acquisition. This only applies to off-season acquired Free Agents.
Free Agency Compensation
There will be compensatory picks for lost free agents.
Some free agents will be classified as "Type A" or "Type B" after the season according to the FANTRAX player rater (set to ODC settings). The following is a breakdown of Type A and Type B free agents:
Type A:
Ranked 1-15 SP in the previous season
Ranked 1-30 Batter in the previous season
Type B:
Ranked 16-45 SP in the previous season
Ranked 31-75 Batter in the previous season
Ranked 1-15 RP in the previous season
If the player is not resigned by his former team and is a Type A or Type B free agent, appropriate compensation is awarded to the player's former team. Teams that lose Type A free agents are compensated with a pick following the first round of the following year's amateur draft. Teams that lose Type B free agents are compensated with a pick following the second round of the following year's amateur draft. The draft order of the compensation rounds is ordered according to their ranking in the Player Rater.
These compensation picks may be traded at any time after the player is signed.
In order to earn compensation, the team must own the player before the regular season starts.
Start Date: 2022 Free Agency will begin with all hitters on Monday, January 3rd, at noon EST. Pitchers are Monday, January 17, at noon EST.
Free Agency
Free Agents will be auctioned off, meaning every team has the chance to acquire a free agent. As in an auction, the highest bidder wins. However, to win the auction, your bid must stand the highest for at least 24 hours. The minimum contract length is 1 year. The maximum is 5 years.
Note: the FA Calculator is the proper calculation because while the calculator is based on these guidelines, following these exactly when bidding is still under 10M AAV results in tied bids per the 100K AAV increase rule. The calculator fixes this. So use it.
Bidding System
Contract years add value based on the following: $1M = 1 point
1 Year = 1X multiplier - 1 Year @ 5 mil = 5 X 1 = 5 pts
2 Year = 1.2X multiplier - 2 Years @ 5 mil = 5 X 1.20 = 6 pts
3 Year = 1.4X multiplier - 3 Years @ 5 mil = 5 X 1.40 = 7 pts
4 Year = 1.6X multiplier - 4 Years @ 5 mil = 5 X 1.60 = 8 pts
5 Year = 1.8X multiplier - 5 Years @ 5 mil = 5 X 1.80 = 9 pts
The minimum allowed salary per year is $0.5M and bidding in $100K increments.
Remember, the per-year salary over the life of the contract remains constant for ODC-signed players. In other words, no front-loading or back-loading.
You are not allowed to bid more money than you have available to use. If a team has $30M available, it cannot have a winning bid of $25M on 1 player, $4M on another, and $3M on another (total: $32M) all at the same time.
Illegal bids
In addition to posting the offered contract and the bid points it's worth, you must place your current outstanding bids and your remaining cap with every bid for it to be valid. Noncompliance will result in an invalid bid.
You may NOT edit a bid outside of adding/correcting cash. You may NOT delete a bid. Editing a bid to invalidate it or deleting a valid bid will result in some currently undetermined punishment. It probably will depend on how much we like you at this second.
Once an illegal bid is upped by a new bid, the new bid is considered legal and the clock resets. In other words, quickly check that the previous bid is legal before upping it. We will not be tracking down illegal bids that are not the final winning bid.
Nobody is obliged to tell anyone they've made an illegal bid. If an illegal bid is the final bid, the prior bid is the new winner. If you bid over an illegal bid and your bid is valid, it stands. Again, please check if the previous bid is valid before you bid.
FA Contract Length (at the start of FA)
The maximum length of a FA offer is determined by their age at the start of free agency. This prevents signing a 39 y/o to a 5 year deal just to win that player.
Example: a 35 y/o or younger player can get a max 5 year deal.
Example: a 36 y/o player can only get a max of 4 years.
Example: a 37 y/o player can only get a max of 3 years.
Example: a 38 y/o player can only get a max of 2 years.
Example: a 39 y/o player can only get a max of 1 year.
Example: over 40 y/o can only get a 1 year max deal.
Home-Town Discount
The Home-Town Discount will follow the below structure:
Player owned for less than 1 year = 5% discount
Player owned for 1 full year = 10% discount
Player owned for 2 full years = 15% discount
Player owned for 3 full years = 20% discount
Player owned for 4 or more years = 25% discount
Sign-and-Trades
You will be allowed to trade free agents in the first 48 hours after signing them AS LONG AS BOTH TEAMS REMAIN BELOW THE CAP. After that time has passed, signed FA's cannot be traded until opening day of the year of acquisition. This only applies to off-season acquired Free Agents.
Free Agency Compensation
There will be compensatory picks for lost free agents.
Some free agents will be classified as "Type A" or "Type B" after the season according to the FANTRAX player rater (set to ODC settings). The following is a breakdown of Type A and Type B free agents:
Type A:
Ranked 1-15 SP in the previous season
Ranked 1-30 Batter in the previous season
Type B:
Ranked 16-45 SP in the previous season
Ranked 31-75 Batter in the previous season
Ranked 1-15 RP in the previous season
If the player is not resigned by his former team and is a Type A or Type B free agent, appropriate compensation is awarded to the player's former team. Teams that lose Type A free agents are compensated with a pick following the first round of the following year's amateur draft. Teams that lose Type B free agents are compensated with a pick following the second round of the following year's amateur draft. The draft order of the compensation rounds is ordered according to their ranking in the Player Rater.
These compensation picks may be traded at any time after the player is signed.
In order to earn compensation, the team must own the player before the regular season starts.
