Post by Chicago Cubs (Curtis) on Feb 3, 2023 9:38:05 GMT -8
Rules
Each team may nominate (i.e. create the opening bid) up to 2 players per round of Offseason Free Agency. Nominations cannot be made following Wednesday at 00:01 PST of a particular round - e.g. they must be placed in the first 2 days of the round.
Free agency is determined through a bidding system using the Free Agent Bid Calculator (link). This is also linked in the top navigation bar on all Proboards pages. Bid points are simply a number that is intended to compare the "value" of a contract offer as a function of the annual salary value and the total number of years offered. I STRONGLY recommend each user create a copy of this file on their personal Google Drive or desktop to avoid fighting other users during simultaneous use. Returning members should still download new copies as changes have been made over the offseason (see rules discussion here)
The FA process is as follows:
Ineligible Players
Players not on their MLB team's 40 man rosters may not be nominated for free agency. There is overlap between the MiLFA draft and offseason free agency player pools - players may be drafted in the MiLFA draft that are on the 40 man roster but are still rookie eligible by MLB standards (having less than 130 AB or 50 IP in the MLB). If a player is nominated for free agency, he may not be subsequently drafted and vice versa - as the draft and free agency may be occurring simultaneously.
Each team may nominate (i.e. create the opening bid) up to 2 players per round of Offseason Free Agency. Nominations cannot be made following Wednesday at 00:01 PST of a particular round - e.g. they must be placed in the first 2 days of the round.
Free agency is determined through a bidding system using the Free Agent Bid Calculator (link). This is also linked in the top navigation bar on all Proboards pages. Bid points are simply a number that is intended to compare the "value" of a contract offer as a function of the annual salary value and the total number of years offered. I STRONGLY recommend each user create a copy of this file on their personal Google Drive or desktop to avoid fighting other users during simultaneous use. Returning members should still download new copies as changes have been made over the offseason (see rules discussion here)
The FA process is as follows:
- Enter all required input cells highlighted in green: Player age (as of opening day March 30th 2023), current bid points (bid points of the previous offer), annual salary, number of years on contract, and desired option (if at all).
- Copy and paste all red-highlighted output cells. If "Is contract and bid valid" reads no then one of the internal verification checks has identified an issue with the bid structure. If posted in this state the bid is not valid and will be ignored (does not affect standing bid clock) until corrected.
- If a bid is unbeaten for 24 hours the player is awarded per the standing bid's contract details.
- For examples of what the bidding threads look like, see the previous season's free agency folder linked here.
- You may have any number of bids out at any period (not to be confused with the 2 nomination per round limit) provided that if you won all of them you would still be in salary cap compliance.
Ineligible Players
Players not on their MLB team's 40 man rosters may not be nominated for free agency. There is overlap between the MiLFA draft and offseason free agency player pools - players may be drafted in the MiLFA draft that are on the 40 man roster but are still rookie eligible by MLB standards (having less than 130 AB or 50 IP in the MLB). If a player is nominated for free agency, he may not be subsequently drafted and vice versa - as the draft and free agency may be occurring simultaneously.