Post by Red Sox GM (JT - Commish) on May 18, 2013 23:24:07 GMT -5
Salary Tiers
This league will have a tiered salary cap system. This means some teams will have a higher cap than others, based on MLB tendencies.
Tier 1 Teams (150M Cap): Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Angels, Tigers, Phillies, Rangers, Jays, Giants, Cardinals
Tier 2 Teams (125M Cap): White Sox, Nationals, Reds, Cubs, Orioles, Brewers, D'Backs, Braves, Mets, Royals
Tier 3 Teams (100M Cap): Mariners, Indians, Twins, Rockies, Padres, Athletics, Pirates, Rays, Marlins, Astros
Tiers may be realigned every couple years at the discretion of the league office. We have these tiers in place to reflect the MLB's salary cap system, as we want to have the league be as close to the MLB as possible.
Contracts
There are four main types of contracts in this league. This league will try to reflect real life contracts as close as possible. The first type of contracts are extensions, the second type are the typical MLB pre-arbitration and arbitration system, and the third will be free agent contracts. There are also prospect contracts.
Extension Contracts
Extension contracts are the easiest to deal with. Examples of these contracts include Evan Longoria, Matt Moore, Paul Goldschmidt, Ian Kinsler, Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander, and many many others. In these cases, the players have a set value for each year, and sometimes club options towards the end of the contract. Please include the option and buyout information in the contract. Most of these players will become free agents after their contract is over, but if the extension isn't long enough that when it is over players do not have more than 6 years of service, they would actually be in arbitration. Examples of this include David Hernandez, RP, ARI. His contract says 13:$1.25M, 14:$2M. However, after 2014, he will only have about 5 years of service, which would make him eligible for arbitration. Mat Latos has the same situation. He has a two year contract, but will only have 5 years of service after the 2 years, making him eligible for arbitration. Normally these types of contracts occur on international players, or guys that sign a contract of less than 3 years during what would normally be arbitration, as Latos and Hernandez did.
Pre-Arbitration/Arbitration Contracts
Pre Arbitration/Arbitration contracts are probably the hardest to understand. MLB uses a system based on service time to decide when a player is ready for arbitration. One full year in the majors=1 year service time. That is the simplest part. However, most players don't start with a full year, and are called up halfway through a season or in September. This adds decimals to the service time figure, which makes it confusing. If a player enters an offseason and he is between 0-3 years of service time, regardless if its 0.112 or 2.012, they are prearbitration eligible, which would make them 500K the next season. The only exception to this rule is the Super 2 Rule. This rule states that the top few percent of players by service time are eligible for an extra year of arbitration. These players all have at least 2 years, and almost 3. Because the decimals in the service time stand for days, it often happens to players at like 2.127. This rule makes them arbitration eligible. You can easily find this out by using MLB Trade Rumors annual arbitration series, which lists all of the arbitration eligible players each year. We realize this is confusing and please PM the league office with questions. If the player enters arbitration between 3-6 years, they are arbitration eligible. Arbitration numbers are usually settled by February, and these real life salary figures are what you use in this league. Use MLB Trade Rumors for these figures each year. In arbitration, normally the figures are just for one year. However, sometimes players sign extensions instead of going through arbitration. Examples of this are Mat Latos and Jhoulys Chacin last year. Both were eligible for arbitration, but signed multi-year contracts instead. In this case, these are the contract figures you accept. Keep in mind that players who have set extension contracts already that are between 3-6 years are not eligible. Players such as Matt Moore will demonstrate this in future years, as he already has a contract for the years he will be arbitration eligible. All players who graduate to FA from an arbitration contract will be an RFA. Meaning the original team can match the winning offer after 48 hours.
Free Agent Contracts
Free agent contracts are contracts that are assigned after our in league free agency. Please look in the free agency section of the rules to see rules on these contracts while bidding. This part of the rules just acknowledges the legitimacy of the free agent contracts decided in here.
Prospect Contracts
Almost all prospects under 130 AB/50 IP are easy contracts. If they are on the Minor League Roster, they are 100K, if they are on the MLB roster they are 500K (PreArbitration value). UNLESS these players have already signed contracts. This would've applied to a player such as Bryce Harper, as after he was drafted he signed this contract. 11:$0.5M, 12:$0.5M, 13:$0.75M, 14:$0.9M, 15:$1M. You would have to follow these contracts, even if the player was under limits.
Any questions, please contact league office.
This league will have a tiered salary cap system. This means some teams will have a higher cap than others, based on MLB tendencies.
Tier 1 Teams (150M Cap): Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Angels, Tigers, Phillies, Rangers, Jays, Giants, Cardinals
Tier 2 Teams (125M Cap): White Sox, Nationals, Reds, Cubs, Orioles, Brewers, D'Backs, Braves, Mets, Royals
Tier 3 Teams (100M Cap): Mariners, Indians, Twins, Rockies, Padres, Athletics, Pirates, Rays, Marlins, Astros
Tiers may be realigned every couple years at the discretion of the league office. We have these tiers in place to reflect the MLB's salary cap system, as we want to have the league be as close to the MLB as possible.
Contracts
There are four main types of contracts in this league. This league will try to reflect real life contracts as close as possible. The first type of contracts are extensions, the second type are the typical MLB pre-arbitration and arbitration system, and the third will be free agent contracts. There are also prospect contracts.
Extension Contracts
Extension contracts are the easiest to deal with. Examples of these contracts include Evan Longoria, Matt Moore, Paul Goldschmidt, Ian Kinsler, Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander, and many many others. In these cases, the players have a set value for each year, and sometimes club options towards the end of the contract. Please include the option and buyout information in the contract. Most of these players will become free agents after their contract is over, but if the extension isn't long enough that when it is over players do not have more than 6 years of service, they would actually be in arbitration. Examples of this include David Hernandez, RP, ARI. His contract says 13:$1.25M, 14:$2M. However, after 2014, he will only have about 5 years of service, which would make him eligible for arbitration. Mat Latos has the same situation. He has a two year contract, but will only have 5 years of service after the 2 years, making him eligible for arbitration. Normally these types of contracts occur on international players, or guys that sign a contract of less than 3 years during what would normally be arbitration, as Latos and Hernandez did.
Pre-Arbitration/Arbitration Contracts
Pre Arbitration/Arbitration contracts are probably the hardest to understand. MLB uses a system based on service time to decide when a player is ready for arbitration. One full year in the majors=1 year service time. That is the simplest part. However, most players don't start with a full year, and are called up halfway through a season or in September. This adds decimals to the service time figure, which makes it confusing. If a player enters an offseason and he is between 0-3 years of service time, regardless if its 0.112 or 2.012, they are prearbitration eligible, which would make them 500K the next season. The only exception to this rule is the Super 2 Rule. This rule states that the top few percent of players by service time are eligible for an extra year of arbitration. These players all have at least 2 years, and almost 3. Because the decimals in the service time stand for days, it often happens to players at like 2.127. This rule makes them arbitration eligible. You can easily find this out by using MLB Trade Rumors annual arbitration series, which lists all of the arbitration eligible players each year. We realize this is confusing and please PM the league office with questions. If the player enters arbitration between 3-6 years, they are arbitration eligible. Arbitration numbers are usually settled by February, and these real life salary figures are what you use in this league. Use MLB Trade Rumors for these figures each year. In arbitration, normally the figures are just for one year. However, sometimes players sign extensions instead of going through arbitration. Examples of this are Mat Latos and Jhoulys Chacin last year. Both were eligible for arbitration, but signed multi-year contracts instead. In this case, these are the contract figures you accept. Keep in mind that players who have set extension contracts already that are between 3-6 years are not eligible. Players such as Matt Moore will demonstrate this in future years, as he already has a contract for the years he will be arbitration eligible. All players who graduate to FA from an arbitration contract will be an RFA. Meaning the original team can match the winning offer after 48 hours.
Free Agent Contracts
Free agent contracts are contracts that are assigned after our in league free agency. Please look in the free agency section of the rules to see rules on these contracts while bidding. This part of the rules just acknowledges the legitimacy of the free agent contracts decided in here.
Prospect Contracts
Almost all prospects under 130 AB/50 IP are easy contracts. If they are on the Minor League Roster, they are 100K, if they are on the MLB roster they are 500K (PreArbitration value). UNLESS these players have already signed contracts. This would've applied to a player such as Bryce Harper, as after he was drafted he signed this contract. 11:$0.5M, 12:$0.5M, 13:$0.75M, 14:$0.9M, 15:$1M. You would have to follow these contracts, even if the player was under limits.
Any questions, please contact league office.