Post by Yankees GM (Bryan) on Jan 18, 2021 2:02:37 GMT
Each off-season, there are always a number of players who have had their contracts expire. These players naturally become free agents and, as such, are available to accept contract offers being made by other GMs in the league.
There are essentially three types of "contracts" for the purposes of this league - A.) a real life contract transacted ON or BEFORE the unspecified roster lock date, OR a real life contract resulting from a Pinch Hitter franchised player; B.) a Pinch Hitter contract won in the free agent bidding process; and C.) a "prospect contract", which is a form of protection for players qualifying as "prospect" players (see below).
*Real life contracts do recognize any option actions. Pinch Hitter recognizes options to extend the contract but do not recognize options to "opt out" of a contract. We currently use Cot's as the MSC official source for contract and salary information.
Cot's- mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/
To protect against the loss of all free agents in a particular calendar year, a GM will be granted to ability to name Franchise and Restricted Players. Please refer to the "Salary Cap" section to know how many of these tags your team owns. You will also be able to protect all qualified "minor league" players and also be allowed to protect your qualified "prospect" players as well. Prospect players are defined as players who are engaged in the 4 year Prospect status.
Franchise Player:
You will have the ability; at the end of the year to name a “franchise player(s)” (see below). This player, although having his MSC contract expire, will not be eligible for free agency within our league and will be forced to sign with the same team. In this specific case ONLY, the franchise player will have to assume the real life contract he receives (including 1 year deals or holdouts). In this case, "real-life" acts as an arbitrator of sorts in determining a fair market value for the player. This can either improve or hinder your team depending on how much the player signs for. If the new "real-life" contract puts a franchise over the salary cap maximum, the GM will receive a notice from the commissioner’s office after which time he/she will have 72-hours to correct the problem.
Restricted Player(s):
A team will also have the ability to name restricted players each season. Restricted players will, in effect, be treated just like free agents with one BIG difference. Once "Winter Meetings" begin in early December, restricted players can be made contract offers like every other free agent. However, at the end of the contract offering period, the team who restricted the player will have 48 hours to match the winning offer. If a GM chooses to match the winning contract offer, then he/she will be allowed to restructure the "matching" contract so that it best fits their team's salary structure and then re-sign the player. The "restructured" contract must, however, still have the same average annual salary, but may not add additional years to the contract. If a GM fails to respond or chooses not to match the best contract offer made to their player, then the auctioned player will be required to sign with the highest bidder, whose bid then becomes that team's obligation.
Prospects:
In TWIB, certain Major League players may be deemed "prospects" and are able to be retained by their owner without using a franchise or restriction tag.
A prospect is a player who has lost his "minor league" status (see below) by getting 150 AB or 50 IP in their career.
After said player has reached those AB/IP limits and played in four (4) ML qualifying seasons (does NOT have to be consecutive- (injury/sent down), that player will have exhausted his prospect status and, if not under a MSC contract or franchise tagged, will be a FA.
Minor Leaguers:
Minor leaguers are kept at no cost to the manager until they reach the 150 AB/50 IP limit. At that time, they convert to PP status and they will start costing 400K per season the following season.
**An important note about retirement- should a player that is under a MSC contract retire due to old age, the team that owns that contract is still obligated to pay him that contract. He will no longer take up a roster space, however his ENTIRE contract must be counted against the cap. This will prevent GM's from offering long and backloaded contracts to Andy Pettite and Mo Rivera so they can acquire their services at a very cheap rate. In contrast, should a player's career be tragically cut short due to injury or death, his contract will come off the books immediately following the season in which the injury occurred or immediately if in the offseason. If there is any doubt about making a distinction between tragic career ending injuries and death or old ballplayers simply retiring, the League Office reserves the right to make the final call. We ask that all GM's respect the final word of the Commissioners.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the League Office.
There are essentially three types of "contracts" for the purposes of this league - A.) a real life contract transacted ON or BEFORE the unspecified roster lock date, OR a real life contract resulting from a Pinch Hitter franchised player; B.) a Pinch Hitter contract won in the free agent bidding process; and C.) a "prospect contract", which is a form of protection for players qualifying as "prospect" players (see below).
*Real life contracts do recognize any option actions. Pinch Hitter recognizes options to extend the contract but do not recognize options to "opt out" of a contract. We currently use Cot's as the MSC official source for contract and salary information.
Cot's- mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/
To protect against the loss of all free agents in a particular calendar year, a GM will be granted to ability to name Franchise and Restricted Players. Please refer to the "Salary Cap" section to know how many of these tags your team owns. You will also be able to protect all qualified "minor league" players and also be allowed to protect your qualified "prospect" players as well. Prospect players are defined as players who are engaged in the 4 year Prospect status.
Franchise Player:
You will have the ability; at the end of the year to name a “franchise player(s)” (see below). This player, although having his MSC contract expire, will not be eligible for free agency within our league and will be forced to sign with the same team. In this specific case ONLY, the franchise player will have to assume the real life contract he receives (including 1 year deals or holdouts). In this case, "real-life" acts as an arbitrator of sorts in determining a fair market value for the player. This can either improve or hinder your team depending on how much the player signs for. If the new "real-life" contract puts a franchise over the salary cap maximum, the GM will receive a notice from the commissioner’s office after which time he/she will have 72-hours to correct the problem.
Restricted Player(s):
A team will also have the ability to name restricted players each season. Restricted players will, in effect, be treated just like free agents with one BIG difference. Once "Winter Meetings" begin in early December, restricted players can be made contract offers like every other free agent. However, at the end of the contract offering period, the team who restricted the player will have 48 hours to match the winning offer. If a GM chooses to match the winning contract offer, then he/she will be allowed to restructure the "matching" contract so that it best fits their team's salary structure and then re-sign the player. The "restructured" contract must, however, still have the same average annual salary, but may not add additional years to the contract. If a GM fails to respond or chooses not to match the best contract offer made to their player, then the auctioned player will be required to sign with the highest bidder, whose bid then becomes that team's obligation.
Prospects:
In TWIB, certain Major League players may be deemed "prospects" and are able to be retained by their owner without using a franchise or restriction tag.
A prospect is a player who has lost his "minor league" status (see below) by getting 150 AB or 50 IP in their career.
After said player has reached those AB/IP limits and played in four (4) ML qualifying seasons (does NOT have to be consecutive- (injury/sent down), that player will have exhausted his prospect status and, if not under a MSC contract or franchise tagged, will be a FA.
Minor Leaguers:
Minor leaguers are kept at no cost to the manager until they reach the 150 AB/50 IP limit. At that time, they convert to PP status and they will start costing 400K per season the following season.
**An important note about retirement- should a player that is under a MSC contract retire due to old age, the team that owns that contract is still obligated to pay him that contract. He will no longer take up a roster space, however his ENTIRE contract must be counted against the cap. This will prevent GM's from offering long and backloaded contracts to Andy Pettite and Mo Rivera so they can acquire their services at a very cheap rate. In contrast, should a player's career be tragically cut short due to injury or death, his contract will come off the books immediately following the season in which the injury occurred or immediately if in the offseason. If there is any doubt about making a distinction between tragic career ending injuries and death or old ballplayers simply retiring, the League Office reserves the right to make the final call. We ask that all GM's respect the final word of the Commissioners.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the League Office.