Post by Rawhide GM (Jimmy-LM) on Sept 11, 2013 11:35:11 GMT -5
Pursuant to Rules 3 & 6, each season a GM may designate players as "Restricted", making those players Restricted Free Agents ("RFAs"). These players must be publicly announced and displayed in the designated area "Restricted FA's" as Restricted by 11:59PMEST DEC 31st. Please note that FAILURE to publicly declare said players as "Restricted" shall forfeit the right of that GM to restrict that player(s) for that season. Any and all unrestricted Free Agents shall be subject to regular (unrestricted) FA bidding as outlined previously.
Once a GM uses the designated amount of Restricted options at his disposal, those players will be eligible for Restricted free agency bidding. All free agent bidding, whether restricted or unrestricted, shall be conducted pursuant to the league's FA bidding procedures in place at that time. We are using a blind bidding system.
Bids can be PMed to the MLBPA account.
Any GM may initiate bidding on a RFA agent at scheduled times during the period specifically noted for RFAs. Since only RFAs will be bid upon during an auction segment and we are not listing player names to be bid upon in a thread, no disclosure of a GM's intent to bid and on whom a GM is bidding is required.
RESTRICTED PLAYER BIDDING CRITERIA - Restricting a player provides a semi protective measure to help a GM retain that player, while not assuring that GM will retain said player. In order to provide some, but not absolute, assistance in that retention, the following guidelines are placed on Restricted FA bidding:
The Average Annual Salary ("AAS") that a GM bids will require a certain minimum number of years that offer must cover to be a valid bid. The HIGHER the AAS, the LONGER the MINIMUM contract term you MUST offer in order to make a valid bid. The MINIMUM contract term is based solely on the offer's AAS, and is determined as follows:
Here are the numbers you must follow when offering a contract to a restricted free agent:
If AAS <= $3M, then any length can be given
If AAS > $3M, then MINIMUM 2 yr deal
If AAS > $6M, then MINIMUM 3 yr deal
If AAS > $9M, then MINIMUM 4 yr deal
If AAS > $12M, then MINIMUM 5 yr deal
If AAS > $15M, then a 6 yr deal
Now the holder of the tag only has to match the AAS, they do not have to match the years and can rearrange the salaries as they see fit for their team, as long as they are following the rules for salary spread.
Here are the guidelines for the tag holder on deciding the years of the contract.
If AAS <= $3M, 1 - 6 years.
If the offer is 400k - 749k you can only keep them for a maximum of 3 years at this salary, but you have the option to raise it to 750k and keep them 4-6 years
If AAS > $3M, 2 - 6 years
If AAS > $6M, 2 - 6 years
If AAS > $9M, 3 - 6 years
If AAS > $12M, 3 - 6 years
If AAS > $15M, 4 - 6 years
Now if no one offers a bid on an RFA, the tag holder can choose either to keep them 1-3 years on a 500k salary, or 4-6 years on a 800k salary.
The bidder can always make a contract term LONGER than the minimum number of years since the AAS only determines the MINIMUM term.
As in all FA bidding, the bidder must clearly state the 1.) contract term (number of years), 2.) total contract amount, 3.) AAS, and 4.) breakdown of the salary offer for each year of term of the contract OR clearly state it is equally allocated to each year. If the offer is not specific and include the above criteria, then it will be deemed an invalid bid.
Since the bidding is for a RFA, then pursuant to Rule 12, the GM who held the restricted player has 48 hours to match the winning bid, and may restructure that bid for a total contract amount no less and a term no longer than that of the "winning" bid. If the restricting GM chooses not to match the offer, then the winning bidder is obligated to sign the player to the exact terms of the winning bid - there is NO option to remove or reneg on any bid placed.
The 48 hour acceptance "clock" will commence with the winning bid being posted of the last player of the RFA batch by the League Office.
The discussion above applies ONLY TO RESTRICTED free agent bidding. Normal, or Unrestricted, free agent bidding is covered under general FA bidding rulings.
RFA Compensation
If a GM loses a player in the RFA process he is entitled compensation as follows
RFA signs with new team for AAS of:
If AAS is $5,000,000 or less
(Franchise losing player receives nothing)
If AAS between $5,000,001 - $8,000,000
(Franchise losing player receives Winning Team's 3rd rnd pick in the FYPD + 3rd rnd Supplemental pick)
If AAS between $8,000,001 - 11,000,000
(Franchise losing player receives Winning Team's 2nd rnd pick in the FYPD + 2nd rnd Supplemental pick)
If AAS is 11,000,001 -14,000,000
(Franchise losing player receives Winning Team's 1st rnd pick in the FYPD + 1st rnd Supplemental pick)
If AAS is 14,000,001 or greater
(Franchise losing player receives Winning Team's 1st rnd pick in the FYPD + 2 1st rnd Supplemental picks)
All picks will be determined by the order of the standings for the following seasons, including supplemental picks (by order of the team losing the player)
Once a GM uses the designated amount of Restricted options at his disposal, those players will be eligible for Restricted free agency bidding. All free agent bidding, whether restricted or unrestricted, shall be conducted pursuant to the league's FA bidding procedures in place at that time. We are using a blind bidding system.
Bids can be PMed to the MLBPA account.
Any GM may initiate bidding on a RFA agent at scheduled times during the period specifically noted for RFAs. Since only RFAs will be bid upon during an auction segment and we are not listing player names to be bid upon in a thread, no disclosure of a GM's intent to bid and on whom a GM is bidding is required.
RESTRICTED PLAYER BIDDING CRITERIA - Restricting a player provides a semi protective measure to help a GM retain that player, while not assuring that GM will retain said player. In order to provide some, but not absolute, assistance in that retention, the following guidelines are placed on Restricted FA bidding:
The Average Annual Salary ("AAS") that a GM bids will require a certain minimum number of years that offer must cover to be a valid bid. The HIGHER the AAS, the LONGER the MINIMUM contract term you MUST offer in order to make a valid bid. The MINIMUM contract term is based solely on the offer's AAS, and is determined as follows:
Here are the numbers you must follow when offering a contract to a restricted free agent:
If AAS <= $3M, then any length can be given
If AAS > $3M, then MINIMUM 2 yr deal
If AAS > $6M, then MINIMUM 3 yr deal
If AAS > $9M, then MINIMUM 4 yr deal
If AAS > $12M, then MINIMUM 5 yr deal
If AAS > $15M, then a 6 yr deal
Now the holder of the tag only has to match the AAS, they do not have to match the years and can rearrange the salaries as they see fit for their team, as long as they are following the rules for salary spread.
Here are the guidelines for the tag holder on deciding the years of the contract.
If AAS <= $3M, 1 - 6 years.
If the offer is 400k - 749k you can only keep them for a maximum of 3 years at this salary, but you have the option to raise it to 750k and keep them 4-6 years
If AAS > $3M, 2 - 6 years
If AAS > $6M, 2 - 6 years
If AAS > $9M, 3 - 6 years
If AAS > $12M, 3 - 6 years
If AAS > $15M, 4 - 6 years
Now if no one offers a bid on an RFA, the tag holder can choose either to keep them 1-3 years on a 500k salary, or 4-6 years on a 800k salary.
The bidder can always make a contract term LONGER than the minimum number of years since the AAS only determines the MINIMUM term.
As in all FA bidding, the bidder must clearly state the 1.) contract term (number of years), 2.) total contract amount, 3.) AAS, and 4.) breakdown of the salary offer for each year of term of the contract OR clearly state it is equally allocated to each year. If the offer is not specific and include the above criteria, then it will be deemed an invalid bid.
Since the bidding is for a RFA, then pursuant to Rule 12, the GM who held the restricted player has 48 hours to match the winning bid, and may restructure that bid for a total contract amount no less and a term no longer than that of the "winning" bid. If the restricting GM chooses not to match the offer, then the winning bidder is obligated to sign the player to the exact terms of the winning bid - there is NO option to remove or reneg on any bid placed.
The acceptance "clock" will be dictated via the offseason schedule and will be displayed on said offseason schedule each year. Of late, it has been a week long opportunity to match. Failure to do so within the time period is an automatic decline.
RFA Compensation
If a GM loses a player in the RFA process he is entitled compensation as follows
RFA signs with new team for AAS of:
If AAS is $5,000,000 or less
(Franchise losing player receives nothing)
If AAS between $5,000,001 - $8,000,000
(Franchise losing player receives Winning Team's 3rd rnd pick in the FYPD + 3rd rnd Supplemental pick)
If AAS between $8,000,001 - 11,000,000
(Franchise losing player receives Winning Team's 2nd rnd pick in the FYPD + 2nd rnd Supplemental pick)
If AAS is 11,000,001 -14,000,000
(Franchise losing player receives Winning Team's 1st rnd pick in the FYPD + 1st rnd Supplemental pick)
If AAS is 14,000,001 or greater
(Franchise losing player receives Winning Team's 1st rnd pick in the FYPD + 2 1st rnd Supplemental picks)
All picks will be determined by the order of the standings for the following seasons, including supplemental picks (by order of the team losing the player)
