Post by Drew (Chicago Blue Jays) on Feb 12, 2019 17:25:46 GMT -5
Each player has a thread on the board. To bid, please use the following format:
Atlanta offers Babe Ruth OF NYY 3 years $4.5m ($1.5m AAS)
19-21: $1.5m
All those pieces must be included for the bid to be valid. If they are not, your bid will be invalid, and we will revert to the previous bid.
Remember, the primary criteria in determining a winner is the average annual salary ("AAS") of the contract. In my example above, the average annual salary of the Babe Ruth offer is $1.5m.
In the rare event two bids have the same average annual salary, below are the tie-breakers that will be utilized in determining which team will win the right to potentially sign a player. Only proceed to the second tie-breaker in cases where the first tiebreaker ends in a tie.
Tiebreaker #1:
If the average annual salary for two contract offers is the same, then the GM who offered the contract with the most number of years shall win the right to potentially sign the player.
Tiebreaker #2:
The only way this second tie-breaker can be utilized is if there are two contract offers with the same average annual salary over the life of the contract AND the two contract offers are to pay the player over the same period of time. In this particular case, the tie-breaker will go to the GM who made their offer FIRST.
A couple of reminders:
First, remember the RFA bidding guidelines are a little different than UFA or in-season. I have included them in each player's thread. Any bids that do not follow the proper format or do not follow bidding guidelines are invalid and will be ignored.
RFA BIDDING GUIDELINES
AAS = up to $6M, then MINIMUM 1, MAXIMUM 3 yr deal (our 2 year maximum for 500K contracts remains)
AAS = $6.01M to $10M, then MINIMUM 2, MAXIMUM 4 yr deal
AAS = $10.01M to $14M, then MINIMUM 3 yr deal
AAS = $14.01M to $18M, then MINIMUM 4 yr deal
AAS = 18.01M+, then MINIMUM 5 yr deal
The Maximum contract length that can be offered by a team is 6 years.
Second, also please remember we are doing the same thing as in year’s past, that a RFA has to stay on the board for a minimum of 24 hours at the beginning. This ensures that everyone across all time zones gets a fair shake at the RFA process (especially given that we started it at 5:30 EST). So that means all RFAs will stay on the board until tomorrow evening 5:30pm EST. At that point, if there’s a bid that’s been the high bid for 12 hours, then it will be the winning bid.
After that, if a bid is the “high bid” for twelve (12) hours, then it is to be considered a “winning bid.”
Since the bidding is for a RFA, the GM who held the restricted player then has 48 hours to match the winning bid, and may restructure the salary for the same AAS and number of years according to our guidelines (no more than 40% deviation from the AAS in any year). If the restricting GM chooses not to match the offer, then the winning bidder is obligated to sign the player - there is NO option to remove or renege 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.
***Very important: If after the initial 24-hour clock expires a player has no bid, he will be offered to the RFA'ing team at his real life salary. A team may avoid this possibility by placing a starting bid on their own player during the initial 24 hours.
General Free Agency Guidelines:
- You may not have more bids on the board than you have open roster spots. Everyone's Fantrax roster should be up to date, so check that to see the number of spots you have available on your roster.
- During the offseason, you may go over your 175K budget by 10K. Any bids exceeding that overage will be invalid.
- A 500K minimum salary may only be 2 years in length. You must go over the minimum in order to add a 3rd year.
Atlanta offers Babe Ruth OF NYY 3 years $4.5m ($1.5m AAS)
19-21: $1.5m
All those pieces must be included for the bid to be valid. If they are not, your bid will be invalid, and we will revert to the previous bid.
Remember, the primary criteria in determining a winner is the average annual salary ("AAS") of the contract. In my example above, the average annual salary of the Babe Ruth offer is $1.5m.
In the rare event two bids have the same average annual salary, below are the tie-breakers that will be utilized in determining which team will win the right to potentially sign a player. Only proceed to the second tie-breaker in cases where the first tiebreaker ends in a tie.
Tiebreaker #1:
If the average annual salary for two contract offers is the same, then the GM who offered the contract with the most number of years shall win the right to potentially sign the player.
Tiebreaker #2:
The only way this second tie-breaker can be utilized is if there are two contract offers with the same average annual salary over the life of the contract AND the two contract offers are to pay the player over the same period of time. In this particular case, the tie-breaker will go to the GM who made their offer FIRST.
A couple of reminders:
First, remember the RFA bidding guidelines are a little different than UFA or in-season. I have included them in each player's thread. Any bids that do not follow the proper format or do not follow bidding guidelines are invalid and will be ignored.
RFA BIDDING GUIDELINES
AAS = up to $6M, then MINIMUM 1, MAXIMUM 3 yr deal (our 2 year maximum for 500K contracts remains)
AAS = $6.01M to $10M, then MINIMUM 2, MAXIMUM 4 yr deal
AAS = $10.01M to $14M, then MINIMUM 3 yr deal
AAS = $14.01M to $18M, then MINIMUM 4 yr deal
AAS = 18.01M+, then MINIMUM 5 yr deal
The Maximum contract length that can be offered by a team is 6 years.
Second, also please remember we are doing the same thing as in year’s past, that a RFA has to stay on the board for a minimum of 24 hours at the beginning. This ensures that everyone across all time zones gets a fair shake at the RFA process (especially given that we started it at 5:30 EST). So that means all RFAs will stay on the board until tomorrow evening 5:30pm EST. At that point, if there’s a bid that’s been the high bid for 12 hours, then it will be the winning bid.
After that, if a bid is the “high bid” for twelve (12) hours, then it is to be considered a “winning bid.”
Since the bidding is for a RFA, the GM who held the restricted player then has 48 hours to match the winning bid, and may restructure the salary for the same AAS and number of years according to our guidelines (no more than 40% deviation from the AAS in any year). If the restricting GM chooses not to match the offer, then the winning bidder is obligated to sign the player - there is NO option to remove or renege 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.
***Very important: If after the initial 24-hour clock expires a player has no bid, he will be offered to the RFA'ing team at his real life salary. A team may avoid this possibility by placing a starting bid on their own player during the initial 24 hours.
General Free Agency Guidelines:
- You may not have more bids on the board than you have open roster spots. Everyone's Fantrax roster should be up to date, so check that to see the number of spots you have available on your roster.
- During the offseason, you may go over your 175K budget by 10K. Any bids exceeding that overage will be invalid.
- A 500K minimum salary may only be 2 years in length. You must go over the minimum in order to add a 3rd year.