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Post by Cardinals GM on Jan 9, 2014 13:00:48 GMT -5
He'll be eligible in the offseason 2014 NFAD. He'll be treated like other international signees.
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Post by Nationals GM on Jan 10, 2014 4:19:29 GMT -5
Got a question about WPs and timing of when guys are officially put into paid minors. WPs are treated the same as waivers: as soon as the waiver/wp post is made the player is deemed to be in paid minors. The only difference is that the GM takes it upon himself to make sure that he has enough WPs. If he does not then there's a $5M cap penalty for the following year. If a GM makes a WP mistake, he'll have a week to fix his roster. If the roster isn't fixed after a week, the WP'd player will be placed onto waivers.
Updating to rules to be more specific on this topic.
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Post by Nationals GM on Jan 24, 2014 14:16:00 GMT -5
Proboard tables recently came up in a discussion I was having. They're super easy to use, for anyone interested in using them. You can create the table using a little tool that looks like a grid (you can't do this using quick reply, you have to use regular reply to use it). Make sure to click yes on borders. If you wanted to make a 3x3 table it would come out looking like this: Row 1 column 1 | Row 1 column 2 | Row 1 column 3 | Row 2 column 1 | Row 2 column 2 | Row 2 column 3 | Row 3 column 1 | Row 3 column 2 | Row 3 column 3 |
Now it's going to just look like a bunch of code if you're on a mobile device or if you have the BBCode tab clicked (below your posting space). When you have the Preview tab clicked you just see the table. Whenever you want to edit it, make sure you're in the preview tab and you can right click in one of the boxes. It gives you the option to add/delete row, add/delete column, and delete table. Adding row before row 2: Row 1 column 1 | Row 1 column 2 | Row 1 column 3 |
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| Row 2 column 1 | Row 2 column 2 | Row 2 column 3 | Row 3 column 1 | Row 3 column 2 | Row 3 column 3 |
Adding column before column 1: new column
| Row 1 column 1 | Row 1 column 2 | Row 1 column 3 |
| Row 2 column 1 | Row 2 column 2 | Row 2 column 3 |
| Row 3 column 1 | Row 3 column 2 | Row 3 column 3 |
Hope that helps!
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Post by Nationals GM on Mar 2, 2014 6:50:15 GMT -5
Got some good questions about contract conversion, answers are below in bolded red caps:
"2. Contract Conversion: A GM may convert a contract to a one year contract as long as the total value of the contract remains the same. To do this, a GM must make a post in the "Contract Conversion" thread and list the player, the old contract, and the new contract. A contract is not officially converted until approved by a board member. For example a contract with a salary of $5M and six years remaining on the contract (total value = $30M) may be converted to a contract with a $30M salary for one year. The converted contract may not be longer than one year. "
So, a team can convert a contract and still own the player this season? YES Would that team still have "hometown preference" rights on that player during the next free agency period? YES Just wondering as you may see some getting converted with the hope of reacquiring them at a lower annual salary.
It could be useful for a bad team with cap space to acquire some bad contracts with prospects attached to the deal. No limit on the number each year or just as long as for have cap space for them? NO LIMITS ON # OF CONVERSIONS, YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO COVER THEM
Last question, is there a specific time frame when a contract conversion has to be posted? A deadline? Was wondering about a scenario of a team running at the full 100M salary all year, then making a trade in early August freeing 10M in cap space, then trying to convert a 1.6M - 6year deal to a 9.6 one year one. CONVERSION CONTRACTS WILL RUN TO THE END OF THE CURRENT SEASON. A CONVERSION MADE IN THE OFFSEASON WILL RUN TO THE END OF THE NEXT SEASON. (a conversion made in the off-season before roster locks will be a one year contract for the following season)
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May 2, 2014 13:35:22 GMT -5
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Post by Mets GM on May 2, 2014 13:35:22 GMT -5
Q: Are the players claimed off waivers supposed to remain on MLB roster? I had mentioned sending Sogard to paid minors if won. I have 2 WP and was going to use one.
Thanks.
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Post by Nationals GM on May 2, 2014 13:50:34 GMT -5
If you win a waivers claim you must put the player on your 25 man roster. You can then WP him to your paid minors, but he must spend at least one second on the MLB roster.
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Post by Indians GM on May 2, 2014 20:01:07 GMT -5
Was asked a question. Can we trade 2015 draft picks now or must we wait until jam 1st 2015 to begin doing so? I recall this may have been answered before, but can't find the thread.
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Post by Braves GM on May 3, 2014 7:42:50 GMT -5
I believe that we can only trade draft picks for the current year
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Post by Nationals GM on May 3, 2014 17:04:15 GMT -5
Yes, 2015 picks cannot be traded until Jan 1 2015. We made the decision to limit future trades of picks so that if an owner bails on the league, at least future owners will not inherit a team whose picks have all been traded away.
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Post by Nationals GM on May 8, 2014 14:17:53 GMT -5
Question:
What date is the "first day of offseason"? The day after the World Series ends? And on that day, Nolasco automatically changes to 11M (2014FPA2)?
And really, no matter what I want to do with Nolasco, I have to let the contract turn 2. That's because of this:
"You can keep a player tagged for as long as you want. Removing a tag is a little trickier. You cannot remove a tag until the second year of the tag (20xxFPA2). You cannot trade a tagged player until the second year of the tag. On the first day of the off-season a tag will age one more year, so if a player has a "2014FPA1" tag then on the first day of the 2015 offseason the tag will turn "2014FPA2". Tags made in 2014 or in the 2014 off-season will not age until the first day of the 2015 off-season."
I'm taking all of that to mean, right after Nolasco turns 2, I'll have a very small window to release him before the roster lock?
Which kind of makes sense the other way if I keep him. "If you drop a franchise player whose tag hasn't turned 3 yet, you cannot use that particular tag on a different player for one year (you can still use your other tag if it is available)." Given how I would want to use the tag on Stanton, Nolasco would actually have turned 3 just before that time.
On a different note, all draft bids and 2014 contract salaries come off our books the first day of the off-season? My only example really is Adam Dunn 14M (2014). Even though the 14M comes off the first offseason day, I still retain the right to FP tag him until the roster lock?
On Hometown Preference, I retain that on an expiring Dunn. Does a team also retain that right on a released FP player?
Answer: First day of the off-season is the day after the PWDL world series is over, I'll make that announcement now.
Yes, after the FP turns 2 you will have until you submit your roster for roster locks to release him, but that window will be pretty long this year (should be Nov 1 or thereabouts for roster locks).
2014 salaries come off our books as soon as we submit our official rosters for roster locks along with the list of players with expiring contracts.
Teams can hometown anyone on the official roster lock list of expiring contracts, so teams will just need to make sure they release FPs either before they submit the official roster or concurrently with its submission. We'll let teams list their FP releases as an expiring contract as long as the FP was released during that off season (remember, if a team releases a FP during the season the player becomes an in-season FA).
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May 8, 2014 15:14:09 GMT -5
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Post by Mets GM on May 8, 2014 15:14:09 GMT -5
If a player is under rookie role limits, for demotion purposes, and won during in season FA and given. $1M 2014 contract, then is that player eligible for rookie rule demotion, although there contract is of the in season FA.Thanks.
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Post by Nationals GM on May 8, 2014 15:43:05 GMT -5
Good question. Yes, those players can be demoted via Rookie Rule. Rookie Rule is independent of whether the player is on his rookie contract or not. Players are eligible to be demoted via Rookie Rule if they haven't reached 50IP or 150AB.
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Post by Nationals GM on May 8, 2014 15:53:30 GMT -5
Got a question about timing of roster locks in the off-season and when pending free agents clear your books and when is the last time you can tag a player.
Official roster locks will be about a week before Nov 1 in 2014. As soon as you submit your official rosters, the pending free agents drop off your roster and that money is free. Once you submit your official roster, you can no longer tag a player. However, you may tag a player in your official roster submission. Unlike 2013, in future years once the official roster is submitted there is no going back to make changes.
So if you have contracts of $95M for 2014 with $20M coming off the books after 2014, then you will still be able to tag a player prior to 2014-15 roster locks (assuming you have a free tag) but you must do so in the official roster submission. In this example, you wouldn't be able to tag the player before your official roster submission because you're at $95M. And of course you can't tag a player after you lock your roster with the official submission until the start of the regular season. But by tagging the player in your official submission, you end up with the tagged player ($10M) and having $15M in cap space ($95M minus the $20M coming off the books plus $10M for the tagged player).
Note that tags age on the first day of the off-season, so any tag used in the 2014-15 off-season will have a contract of 2015FPA1 until the start of the 2015-16 off-season at which time it will turn into a 2015FPA2 contract.
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May 8, 2014 16:45:36 GMT -5
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Post by Mets GM on May 8, 2014 16:45:36 GMT -5
Good question. Yes, those players can be demoted via Rookie Rule. Rookie Rule is independent of whether the player is on his rookie contract or not. Players are eligible to be demoted via Rookie Rule if they haven't reached 50IP or 150AB. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2014 7:39:31 GMT -5
I was organizing my prospects roster when I came across a potential issue. Brock Holt was traded to me by the Red Sox and it was approved. However, in further investigation, he was drafted by the Pirates and at the time of trade had not exercised his rookie eligibility. Doesn't that make him the property of the Pirates originally, and not the Red Sox?
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