Post by bgreene33 on Oct 6, 2008 12:47:52 GMT -5
A player not listed on any franchise’s roster following the Player Draft will be declared a free agent. A free agent can be any professional baseball player, major league or minor league that has already signed a real-life professional MLB contract, which includes contracts with MLB team affiliates (minor league teams).
When you decide there is a player you wish to add to your 55-man roster from free agency, you will need to sign that player to a contract. The league’s minimum salary requirement is $400,000 per year. The longest you may sign a player to contract at the league minimum is two years. The longest you can sign a player to a contract with an average annual salary of less than $750,000 per year is three years (more than $400,000 per year and less than $750,000 per year). The longest you can offer ANY contract is 6 years.
As in real-life, sometimes players receive numerous contract offers. The player will ultimately choose the team that has offered them the most lucrative contract. Rule 8 provides rulings on determining "most lucrative" with a description of the Full Count tiebreaking system.
DRAFT PICKS (with clarification) - Once a newly drafted player is SIGNED by its team's affiliate in real life, that corresponding Full Count franchise will have 60 days to add that player to their 45-man roster without using the FA bidding process. However, you must indicate adding that player by posting that player's name under the "MLB Player Draft" topic link and indicate that you have added said player within the 60 day window. All draft picks that are added to the 45-man roster of a franchise will receive a 1 year, $400,000 contract. This contract is renewable annually as long as the player maintains his status as a "minor leaguer". Once that player turns into a "prospect", then the 4 year prospect rule will take into affect.
Reminders:
A GM can NOT make a contract offer to a player who has not signed a contract with a real life Major League franchise.
A GM can NOT make an offer to a player of another franchise signed (in real life) in less than 61 days.
Once any player has not been signed to a real life contract for more than 60 days, that player is deemed a free agent and available to any GM through the FA bidding process. The 60 day window does not start until that player actually signs a contract and officially becomes a professional Major League baseball player.
Also, any time your franchise makes a transaction (trade, free agent acquisition, dropping a player to free agency, draft pick, etc.) it MUST be posted in a transaction log which every GM will keep under his own team's board. There is simply too much to see to unless each GM keeps track of all of his own acquisitions and posts them for all to see. This should eliminate any discrepancies over players or contract information.
When you decide there is a player you wish to add to your 55-man roster from free agency, you will need to sign that player to a contract. The league’s minimum salary requirement is $400,000 per year. The longest you may sign a player to contract at the league minimum is two years. The longest you can sign a player to a contract with an average annual salary of less than $750,000 per year is three years (more than $400,000 per year and less than $750,000 per year). The longest you can offer ANY contract is 6 years.
As in real-life, sometimes players receive numerous contract offers. The player will ultimately choose the team that has offered them the most lucrative contract. Rule 8 provides rulings on determining "most lucrative" with a description of the Full Count tiebreaking system.
Reminders:
A GM can NOT make a contract offer to a player who has not signed a contract with a real life Major League franchise.
A GM can NOT make an offer to a player of another franchise signed (in real life) in less than 61 days.
Once any player has not been signed to a real life contract for more than 60 days, that player is deemed a free agent and available to any GM through the FA bidding process. The 60 day window does not start until that player actually signs a contract and officially becomes a professional Major League baseball player.
Also, any time your franchise makes a transaction (trade, free agent acquisition, dropping a player to free agency, draft pick, etc.) it MUST be posted in a transaction log which every GM will keep under his own team's board. There is simply too much to see to unless each GM keeps track of all of his own acquisitions and posts them for all to see. This should eliminate any discrepancies over players or contract information.