Free Agency Rules
Oct 31, 2011 18:02:10 GMT -5
Post by Tony(Nationals) on Oct 31, 2011 18:02:10 GMT -5
Owner Eligibility
1. You may only bid on a player in Free Agency if you have an open MLB roster spot. If your MLB roster is full, you may not participate in Free Agency bidding.
2. DL status matters. If a player is on the DL, he does not count toward your 25 man MLB roster limit.
3. The DL does not exist between the end of one season and the next season's Spring Training, however. You may only carry a player on the DL if he is on the DL in real life. Accordingly, for Off-Season Free Agency, you may only bid if you have fewer than 25 MLB players total on your active roster.
Off-Season Free Agency Player Pool
4. Any player who becomes a free agent in real life becomes a free agent in our league. This includes:
In-Season Free Agency Player Pool
6. Any player who is released by an owner in our league during the season will go to In-Season Free Agency. The owner who released the player may not bid on that same player during In-Season Free Agency.
7. If a player signs after Opening Day, he will be added to In-Season Free Agency immediately after signing.
8. Any player who makes a real life Opening Day roster who is not on an Opening Day roster in our league will be added to In-Season Free Agency. This includes players who are in the minor league systems of players in our league who make their real life team’s Opening Day roster.
9. If you have such a player in your minor league system, you will have exactly one week from the first pitch of the first game to call that player up. If you do not, he will be removed from your minor league system and placed in In-Season Free Agency.
Bidding Process
10. Free Agency is an auction. Free agents are awarded to the highest bidder.
11. Opening bids must be $1 or more.
12. Subsequent bids may be in whole or half dollars. Smaller increments are not allowed. In other words, $2.50 is a legal bid but $2.25 and $2.01 are not.
13. You may bid as much as your available cap space allows, but no more.
14. You may only bid on as many players as you have open MLB roster spots. In other words, if you have only one MLB roster spot open, you may only have the high bid on ONE player at a time.
15. When Off-Season Free Agency opens, all players at all positions will be available for bidding.
Winning Bids
16. The high bid becomes the winning bid when either (a) 5 days pass with no new bids or (b) the Free Agency period ends (see below).
17. “5 days” means precisely 120 hours. In other words, if a bid is placed at 1:07 PM on Monday, and there are no new bids afterwards, bidding closes on that player as soon as the clock strikes 1:07 PM on Saturday. A bid placed at 1:07 PM on Saturday is too late.
18. The winning bid amount becomes that player’s salary for the rest of the current season, regardless of who owns him.
19. At the end of the season, the player’s Free Agency price tag will be removed and for future seasons, the player’s salary will be dictated by his real life contract (as adjusted per our conversion chart).
20. Any player bought in Off-Season Free Agency must remain on your MLB roster until Opening Day. In other words, you may not trade or drop a player bought in Off-Season Free Agency until the first game of the regular season begins.
21. Any player bought during In-Season Free Agency may not be demoted to your minors. However, the player may be traded or dropped at any time.
Free Agency Period
22. Off-Season Free Agency will last approximately 4-5 weeks. The starting and ending dates will be announced by one of the league administrators some time in February.
23. In-Season Free Agency will last 7 days per player. In other words, once a player is added to In-Season Free Agency, owners will have 7 days to bid on that player. The high bidder at the end of the 7 day period wins the player, regardless of how much time has passed since the high bid was placed.
Dropped Players List
24. Any player who passes through the entire Free Agency period without being bid upon will be placed on the Dropped Players List (DPL), where he will be available to owners on a first come, first serve basis. You may add a player from the DPL at any time by posting in the “Roster Moves” thread.
1. You may only bid on a player in Free Agency if you have an open MLB roster spot. If your MLB roster is full, you may not participate in Free Agency bidding.
2. DL status matters. If a player is on the DL, he does not count toward your 25 man MLB roster limit.
3. The DL does not exist between the end of one season and the next season's Spring Training, however. You may only carry a player on the DL if he is on the DL in real life. Accordingly, for Off-Season Free Agency, you may only bid if you have fewer than 25 MLB players total on your active roster.
Off-Season Free Agency Player Pool
4. Any player who becomes a free agent in real life becomes a free agent in our league. This includes:
- MLB players whose contracts expire;
- MLB or MiLB players who are released/non-tendered;
- Players who are not under contract with any MLB team who then sign with a MLB team (this does not include players chosen in the Draft);
- All international players who sign contracts with MLB teams, including both teenaged players signed in the July 2 market and international veterans. These players are added to the Free Agency pool when they sign contracts with MLB teams, but not before.
In-Season Free Agency Player Pool
6. Any player who is released by an owner in our league during the season will go to In-Season Free Agency. The owner who released the player may not bid on that same player during In-Season Free Agency.
7. If a player signs after Opening Day, he will be added to In-Season Free Agency immediately after signing.
8. Any player who makes a real life Opening Day roster who is not on an Opening Day roster in our league will be added to In-Season Free Agency. This includes players who are in the minor league systems of players in our league who make their real life team’s Opening Day roster.
9. If you have such a player in your minor league system, you will have exactly one week from the first pitch of the first game to call that player up. If you do not, he will be removed from your minor league system and placed in In-Season Free Agency.
Bidding Process
10. Free Agency is an auction. Free agents are awarded to the highest bidder.
11. Opening bids must be $1 or more.
12. Subsequent bids may be in whole or half dollars. Smaller increments are not allowed. In other words, $2.50 is a legal bid but $2.25 and $2.01 are not.
13. You may bid as much as your available cap space allows, but no more.
14. You may only bid on as many players as you have open MLB roster spots. In other words, if you have only one MLB roster spot open, you may only have the high bid on ONE player at a time.
15. When Off-Season Free Agency opens, all players at all positions will be available for bidding.
Winning Bids
16. The high bid becomes the winning bid when either (a) 5 days pass with no new bids or (b) the Free Agency period ends (see below).
17. “5 days” means precisely 120 hours. In other words, if a bid is placed at 1:07 PM on Monday, and there are no new bids afterwards, bidding closes on that player as soon as the clock strikes 1:07 PM on Saturday. A bid placed at 1:07 PM on Saturday is too late.
18. The winning bid amount becomes that player’s salary for the rest of the current season, regardless of who owns him.
19. At the end of the season, the player’s Free Agency price tag will be removed and for future seasons, the player’s salary will be dictated by his real life contract (as adjusted per our conversion chart).
20. Any player bought in Off-Season Free Agency must remain on your MLB roster until Opening Day. In other words, you may not trade or drop a player bought in Off-Season Free Agency until the first game of the regular season begins.
21. Any player bought during In-Season Free Agency may not be demoted to your minors. However, the player may be traded or dropped at any time.
Free Agency Period
22. Off-Season Free Agency will last approximately 4-5 weeks. The starting and ending dates will be announced by one of the league administrators some time in February.
23. In-Season Free Agency will last 7 days per player. In other words, once a player is added to In-Season Free Agency, owners will have 7 days to bid on that player. The high bidder at the end of the 7 day period wins the player, regardless of how much time has passed since the high bid was placed.
Dropped Players List
24. Any player who passes through the entire Free Agency period without being bid upon will be placed on the Dropped Players List (DPL), where he will be available to owners on a first come, first serve basis. You may add a player from the DPL at any time by posting in the “Roster Moves” thread.
