Post by Brooklyn Dodgers (Michael) on Feb 24, 2019 15:09:17 GMT
League decision to be made:
I've been thinking about how many of the Top 100 prospects are most likely going to be nominated in this initial MLB draft & be given 5-year salaries. This is quite unfortunate, especially if the prospect turns out to be a bust, that team is going to be in a rough place salary cap wise.
What would you guys think of a slow 10-20 round snake draft for initial prospects? We could kick that off at the same time as the MLB auction, but these players would be given RK (Rookie) Contracts, which are crucial in this league.
Otherwise, we can follow the original rule of these prospects being included in the Initial MLB Auction, but it would be unfortunate to see so many of them be tied to only 5-year max salaries. With a RK contract, it is a year-to-year contract for 6 years, and then you have the 3-year extension option (so technically could be up to 9-10 years that you'd have the player).
Please discuss & let me know if we should bring this to a vote.
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Further info about the Initial MLB Auction below:
Please visit this page - prospectball.proboards.com/board/22/inaugural-season-drafts
As of right now, the bidding is separated into the groups below. However, pending league input (decrease bid win time from 24 hours to 20 hours, 12 hours, etc.?), we could potentially split up the players even more so. This all depends on when we get the auction kicked off, the tentative group schedule below would have us finishing by Opening Day if we were to begin by March.
Group One: Top 15 Hitters & Top 10 Pitchers (as ranked by Fantrax in 2018)
Group Two: Top 16-30 Hitters & Top 11-20 Pitchers (as ranked by Fantrax in 2018)
Group Three: Top 31-45 Hitters & Top 21-30 Pitchers (as ranked by Fantrax in 2018)
Group Four: Infielders (1B, 2B, SS, 3B)
Group Five: Catchers/Outfield/DH
Group Six: Pitchers
Group Seven: Any Remaining Free Agents (All Positions)
The first three groups are to ease each owner into the auction & bidding process (smaller groups of players). Groups four thru seven will be larger groups with more nominated players. The Google Spreadsheet has a tab "2019 MLB Auction" that lists each current nominated player & their high bid. I will update this in real-time during the auction. Some quick notes: as you'll see on the Spreadsheet, the average salary per player for your team is $2.88M. Therefore, the minimum (35 slots) are already populated with the league minimum salary ($0.30M). This is to ensure you do not overbid early and can fill your minimum roster requirements. The $115M salary cap immediately decreases to $104M once this is taken into consideration, so please keep this in mind and be aware of over-spending during the initial auction. This is another reason the groups are split up as they are, but if over-spending is occurring, groups four-seven may be eliminated and we'll continue following the rankings.
I've been thinking about how many of the Top 100 prospects are most likely going to be nominated in this initial MLB draft & be given 5-year salaries. This is quite unfortunate, especially if the prospect turns out to be a bust, that team is going to be in a rough place salary cap wise.
What would you guys think of a slow 10-20 round snake draft for initial prospects? We could kick that off at the same time as the MLB auction, but these players would be given RK (Rookie) Contracts, which are crucial in this league.
Otherwise, we can follow the original rule of these prospects being included in the Initial MLB Auction, but it would be unfortunate to see so many of them be tied to only 5-year max salaries. With a RK contract, it is a year-to-year contract for 6 years, and then you have the 3-year extension option (so technically could be up to 9-10 years that you'd have the player).
Please discuss & let me know if we should bring this to a vote.
________________________
Further info about the Initial MLB Auction below:
Please visit this page - prospectball.proboards.com/board/22/inaugural-season-drafts
As of right now, the bidding is separated into the groups below. However, pending league input (decrease bid win time from 24 hours to 20 hours, 12 hours, etc.?), we could potentially split up the players even more so. This all depends on when we get the auction kicked off, the tentative group schedule below would have us finishing by Opening Day if we were to begin by March.
Group One: Top 15 Hitters & Top 10 Pitchers (as ranked by Fantrax in 2018)
Group Two: Top 16-30 Hitters & Top 11-20 Pitchers (as ranked by Fantrax in 2018)
Group Three: Top 31-45 Hitters & Top 21-30 Pitchers (as ranked by Fantrax in 2018)
Group Four: Infielders (1B, 2B, SS, 3B)
Group Five: Catchers/Outfield/DH
Group Six: Pitchers
Group Seven: Any Remaining Free Agents (All Positions)
The first three groups are to ease each owner into the auction & bidding process (smaller groups of players). Groups four thru seven will be larger groups with more nominated players. The Google Spreadsheet has a tab "2019 MLB Auction" that lists each current nominated player & their high bid. I will update this in real-time during the auction. Some quick notes: as you'll see on the Spreadsheet, the average salary per player for your team is $2.88M. Therefore, the minimum (35 slots) are already populated with the league minimum salary ($0.30M). This is to ensure you do not overbid early and can fill your minimum roster requirements. The $115M salary cap immediately decreases to $104M once this is taken into consideration, so please keep this in mind and be aware of over-spending during the initial auction. This is another reason the groups are split up as they are, but if over-spending is occurring, groups four-seven may be eliminated and we'll continue following the rankings.