Post by jumperjah on Dec 20, 2009 11:45:24 GMT -5
This is a work in progress....
BASICS
Q: What is the lineup for my team?
A: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF, DH, SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, RP, RP, RP
Q: What about the bench?
A: The bench is still a bit of a work in progress until we know for sure where we will be playing.
Q: Well, where are we playing? How is it going to be setup?
A: This is still to be determined. However, it appears that the most likely thing to occur is that we will have two leagues (AL, NL), separate from each other.
Q: There's mention of a salary cap?
A: Every team has a hard salary cap of $100 M per year.
SCORING
Q: Why are K's used in the scoring system for offensive players? How are they scored? More K's = more points? or vice versa?
A: Strikeouts for batters are a negative category - The team that finishes with less in a matchup will win it.
Q: Is it head-to-head scoring?
A: Yes. One matchup per week.
INITIAL ROSTER
Q: Do I have to keep every player with less than 6 years of service time?
A: No.
Q: When do I have to make a final distinction about these players?
A: March 1st.
Q: What happens to these players on March 1st?
A: They will go on waivers.
Q: Is the free agent list at each position complete?
A: We aim to make it as complete as possible, but there could be omissions. As we continue into future seasons it should become much easier to track, as it should only be players who have ended contracts.
PLAYERS WITH LESS THAN 6 YEARS OF SERVICE TIME
Q: What is the contract for a player with less than 6 years of service time?
A: As follows:
1st year - $0.3 M
2nd year - $0.5 M
3rd year - $0.7 M
4th year - $0.8 M
5th year - $1.0 M
6th year - $1.5 M
Q: Do we use arbitration, or are these salaries locked in?
A: They are locked in. There is no arbitration.
Q: If I claim one of these players off of waivers, how do I determine their salary?
A: It is based on their service year. See above for each year's salary.
FREE AGENCY
Q: Which players are eligible for free agency initially?
A: Only players with 6 or more service years.
Q: What is a service year and how is it judged?
A: A service year is judged to be any year where a player has reached either 130+ at bats, or either 50 innings pitched or 25 appearances.
Q: What happens if a player has a year where they don't meet this number? Does that season count as a service year if that year is surrounded by 2 other service years?
A: No. If a player does not reach those totals in a season, it is not a service year. Therefore, it is possible for a player to have appeared in numerous seasons, but not accrue any service years.
Q: What is the minimum initial bid for a free agent?
A: 1 year/$0.1 M
Q: What is the minimum secondary bid for a free agent?
A: You must increase any previous bid by at least $0.5 M in total value.
Q: How do you win a free agent?
A: The highest bid for a free agent must not be outbid for a period of 24 hours. The player who bids the highest total contract amount is considered to be the winner.
Q: Can I bid less money for a shorter period of time, and win a free agent?
A: No
Q: Are there any other conditions for a new bid?
A: If you add length to a contract, the new yearly amount of the contract must be at least 80% of the previous bid's yearly amount for each year added.
Example:
I bid 1 yr/$10 M
You could bid: 2 yr/$16 M ($8M per year), 3 yr/$19.2 ($6.4M per year), etc.
Q: Can I sign a player of mine to an extension prior to them reaching free agency?
A: No
Q: How does the hometown discount work with free agency
A: A player is eligible for a 15% hometown discount if the following conditions are met: The team he ended the previous season with must resign him.
Q: How is the hometown discount calculated? Should I include it in my bid
A: You shouldn't include it in your bid. If you sign the free agent, you should account for the discount when adding the player to the roster.
FREE AGENT COMPENSATION
Q: If I don't resign one of my free agents, do I receive compensation?
A: Compensation is determined based on the Elias rankings, and by information provided by MLBTradeRumors and Eddie Bajek of Detroit Tigers Thoughts.
Q: Elias Rankings? Those things are a joke right?
A: They're definitely something else. But these are the easiest rankings to come up with, and even though they're not perfect, they are the easiest to find and verify.
Q: So what do I get for a Type A free agent? A Type B?
A: A Type A free agent will draw a sandwich pick between Rounds 1 and 2 of the next amateur draft. A Type B free agent will draw a sandwich pick between Rounds 3 and 4 of the next amateur draft.
Q: Do I just get compensation automatically when they sign with someone else?
A: No. They must earn at least as much per year (Average Annual Value) in their new contract as they did in the last season of their previous contract.
Q: What about crazy contracts like Player X and his $18 M per year contract?
A: Any player who has a contract with an AAV over $10 M has that number reduced to 2/3 when judging for compensation. In the example above, the salary a new contract would have to match would be $12 M (2/3 of $18M)
Q: Where do you get the contract information?
A: We use mlbcontracts.blogspot.com (Cot's Baseball Contracts). He appears to be the most accurate and up to date.
AMATEUR DRAFT
Q: When is the amateur draft?
A: We will hold it starting after the end of each season.
Q: Who is eligible to be drafted in the initlal draft?
A: Any player who was drafted in 2009, or is eligible to be drafted in a year after that. Also, any player who was an international signing in the 2009 year.
Q: So I can draft players eligible in 2010, 2011, or 2012 and so on?
A: Yup. If you want, you can draft your 8 year old brother. (But I don't recommend that).
Q: How long do I retain the rights to a player I draft?
A: Until he is either released by you, traded by you, or reaches 6 years of service time.
Q: What salary are prospects kept at?
A: $0.3 M per year, every year they are in the minors
Q: What happens when a player is called up?
A: You can add them to your roster if you want.
Q: What contract do they have when they are called up?
A: They follow the standard rules for players with less than 6 years of service time.
Q: When it is my turn to pick, how long do I have to make a choice?
A: You have a 12 hour window to make your pick.
Q: What happens if I don't make a pick in my 12 hour window?
A: Your choice will be automatically made for you.
Q: And how is it determined which player I receive?
A: From the most recently completed draft, the player who was selected highest who has not been picked yet will be drafted for you.
Q: Can I send in a list of picks to be made for me?
A: Yes. You can send a list to either the commissioner (Orioles), or moderator (Athletics). In addition, you can send it to any of the other GMs providing that they are willing to make the selection for you.
OTHER RULES
Q: It says if I finish last that I can drop a contract without penalty after that season. How does that work?
A: If you finish in last place in your division, you can select one contract to drop after the season without penalty. So each year, 6 contracts will be able to be dropped that way.
Q: What happens to a player then?
A: The player is a free agent.
Q: I see something about a franchise tag. What's the story there?
A: The franchise tag allowed each team to select one player who was past the 6 years of service time, and keep them for one year at a salary of $10 M.
Q: Can I use the franchise tag?
A: Unfortunately, this was a one time thing related to the startup of the league. Franchise tag is no longer used or valid.
BASICS
Q: What is the lineup for my team?
A: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF, DH, SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, RP, RP, RP
Q: What about the bench?
A: The bench is still a bit of a work in progress until we know for sure where we will be playing.
Q: Well, where are we playing? How is it going to be setup?
A: This is still to be determined. However, it appears that the most likely thing to occur is that we will have two leagues (AL, NL), separate from each other.
Q: There's mention of a salary cap?
A: Every team has a hard salary cap of $100 M per year.
SCORING
Q: Why are K's used in the scoring system for offensive players? How are they scored? More K's = more points? or vice versa?
A: Strikeouts for batters are a negative category - The team that finishes with less in a matchup will win it.
Q: Is it head-to-head scoring?
A: Yes. One matchup per week.
INITIAL ROSTER
Q: Do I have to keep every player with less than 6 years of service time?
A: No.
Q: When do I have to make a final distinction about these players?
A: March 1st.
Q: What happens to these players on March 1st?
A: They will go on waivers.
Q: Is the free agent list at each position complete?
A: We aim to make it as complete as possible, but there could be omissions. As we continue into future seasons it should become much easier to track, as it should only be players who have ended contracts.
PLAYERS WITH LESS THAN 6 YEARS OF SERVICE TIME
Q: What is the contract for a player with less than 6 years of service time?
A: As follows:
1st year - $0.3 M
2nd year - $0.5 M
3rd year - $0.7 M
4th year - $0.8 M
5th year - $1.0 M
6th year - $1.5 M
Q: Do we use arbitration, or are these salaries locked in?
A: They are locked in. There is no arbitration.
Q: If I claim one of these players off of waivers, how do I determine their salary?
A: It is based on their service year. See above for each year's salary.
FREE AGENCY
Q: Which players are eligible for free agency initially?
A: Only players with 6 or more service years.
Q: What is a service year and how is it judged?
A: A service year is judged to be any year where a player has reached either 130+ at bats, or either 50 innings pitched or 25 appearances.
Q: What happens if a player has a year where they don't meet this number? Does that season count as a service year if that year is surrounded by 2 other service years?
A: No. If a player does not reach those totals in a season, it is not a service year. Therefore, it is possible for a player to have appeared in numerous seasons, but not accrue any service years.
Q: What is the minimum initial bid for a free agent?
A: 1 year/$0.1 M
Q: What is the minimum secondary bid for a free agent?
A: You must increase any previous bid by at least $0.5 M in total value.
Q: How do you win a free agent?
A: The highest bid for a free agent must not be outbid for a period of 24 hours. The player who bids the highest total contract amount is considered to be the winner.
Q: Can I bid less money for a shorter period of time, and win a free agent?
A: No
Q: Are there any other conditions for a new bid?
A: If you add length to a contract, the new yearly amount of the contract must be at least 80% of the previous bid's yearly amount for each year added.
Example:
I bid 1 yr/$10 M
You could bid: 2 yr/$16 M ($8M per year), 3 yr/$19.2 ($6.4M per year), etc.
Q: Can I sign a player of mine to an extension prior to them reaching free agency?
A: No
Q: How does the hometown discount work with free agency
A: A player is eligible for a 15% hometown discount if the following conditions are met: The team he ended the previous season with must resign him.
Q: How is the hometown discount calculated? Should I include it in my bid
A: You shouldn't include it in your bid. If you sign the free agent, you should account for the discount when adding the player to the roster.
FREE AGENT COMPENSATION
Q: If I don't resign one of my free agents, do I receive compensation?
A: Compensation is determined based on the Elias rankings, and by information provided by MLBTradeRumors and Eddie Bajek of Detroit Tigers Thoughts.
Q: Elias Rankings? Those things are a joke right?
A: They're definitely something else. But these are the easiest rankings to come up with, and even though they're not perfect, they are the easiest to find and verify.
Q: So what do I get for a Type A free agent? A Type B?
A: A Type A free agent will draw a sandwich pick between Rounds 1 and 2 of the next amateur draft. A Type B free agent will draw a sandwich pick between Rounds 3 and 4 of the next amateur draft.
Q: Do I just get compensation automatically when they sign with someone else?
A: No. They must earn at least as much per year (Average Annual Value) in their new contract as they did in the last season of their previous contract.
Q: What about crazy contracts like Player X and his $18 M per year contract?
A: Any player who has a contract with an AAV over $10 M has that number reduced to 2/3 when judging for compensation. In the example above, the salary a new contract would have to match would be $12 M (2/3 of $18M)
Q: Where do you get the contract information?
A: We use mlbcontracts.blogspot.com (Cot's Baseball Contracts). He appears to be the most accurate and up to date.
AMATEUR DRAFT
Q: When is the amateur draft?
A: We will hold it starting after the end of each season.
Q: Who is eligible to be drafted in the initlal draft?
A: Any player who was drafted in 2009, or is eligible to be drafted in a year after that. Also, any player who was an international signing in the 2009 year.
Q: So I can draft players eligible in 2010, 2011, or 2012 and so on?
A: Yup. If you want, you can draft your 8 year old brother. (But I don't recommend that).
Q: How long do I retain the rights to a player I draft?
A: Until he is either released by you, traded by you, or reaches 6 years of service time.
Q: What salary are prospects kept at?
A: $0.3 M per year, every year they are in the minors
Q: What happens when a player is called up?
A: You can add them to your roster if you want.
Q: What contract do they have when they are called up?
A: They follow the standard rules for players with less than 6 years of service time.
Q: When it is my turn to pick, how long do I have to make a choice?
A: You have a 12 hour window to make your pick.
Q: What happens if I don't make a pick in my 12 hour window?
A: Your choice will be automatically made for you.
Q: And how is it determined which player I receive?
A: From the most recently completed draft, the player who was selected highest who has not been picked yet will be drafted for you.
Q: Can I send in a list of picks to be made for me?
A: Yes. You can send a list to either the commissioner (Orioles), or moderator (Athletics). In addition, you can send it to any of the other GMs providing that they are willing to make the selection for you.
OTHER RULES
Q: It says if I finish last that I can drop a contract without penalty after that season. How does that work?
A: If you finish in last place in your division, you can select one contract to drop after the season without penalty. So each year, 6 contracts will be able to be dropped that way.
Q: What happens to a player then?
A: The player is a free agent.
Q: I see something about a franchise tag. What's the story there?
A: The franchise tag allowed each team to select one player who was past the 6 years of service time, and keep them for one year at a salary of $10 M.
Q: Can I use the franchise tag?
A: Unfortunately, this was a one time thing related to the startup of the league. Franchise tag is no longer used or valid.
