Post by Cleveland Braves (Drew) on Feb 15, 2020 15:09:57 GMT -5
RFA BIDDING GUIDELINES
AAS = up to $6M, then MINIMUM 1, MAXIMUM 3 yr deal
AAS = $6.01M to $10M, then MINIMUM 2, MAXIMUM 4 yr deal
AAS = $10.01M to $14M, then MINIMUM 3 yr deal
AAS = $14.01M to $18M, then MINIMUM 4 yr deal
AAS = 18.01M+, then MINIMUM 5 yr deal
The Maximum contract length that can be offered by a team is 6 years.
No single year can deviate more than 40% from AAS. So a contract with 5 million dollars AAS can only range between 3 million and 7 million for any one year.
ANNUAL SALARY ALLOCATION LIMITS WITHIN A CONTRACT:
Back-end loading of contracts is a concern of the league. Those contracts sure feel good to the bid winner since those latter years can get loaded up, allowing current year salary to stay lower and manageable and help prop up AAS. To avoid back-end loading of contracts, the total of salaries in the last 1/2 of the contract (in years) may not exceed 70% of the total contract dollars. If a contract covers an odd number of years, 1/2 of the middle year of the contract is counted in the last 1/2 of the contract.
Also, as always, please make sure to follow the correct format for an offer posting:
Yankees offers Babe Ruth OF NYY 3 years $4.5m ($1.5m AAS)
20-22: $1.5m
All those pieces (player name, position, team, and full contract terms) must be included for the bid to be valid.
Remember, the primary criteria in determining a winner is the average annual salary ("AAS") of the contract.
In my example above, the average annual salary of the Babe Ruth offer is $1.5m.
In the rare event two bids have the same average annual salary, below are the tie-breakers that will be utilized in determining which team will win the right to potentially sign a player. Only proceed to the second tie-breaker in cases where the first tiebreaker ends in a tie.
Tiebreaker #1:
If the average annual salary for two contract offers is the same, then the GM who offered the contract with the most number of years shall win the right to potentially sign the player.
Tiebreaker #2:
The only way this second tie-breaker can be utilized is if there are two contract offers with the same average annual salary over the life of the contract AND the two contract offers are to pay the player over the same period of time. In this particular case, the tie-breaker will go to the GM who made their offer FIRST.
If a bid is the “high bid” for twelve (12) hours, then it is to be considered a “winning bid.” For opening bids only, they have to stay on the board for 24 hours to be considered a “winning bid.”
Since the bidding is for a RFA, the GM who held the restricted player then has 48 hours to match the winning bid, and may restructure that bid for a total contract amount no less and a term no longer than that of the "winning" bid. If the restricting GM chooses not to match the offer, then the winning bidder is obligated to sign the player - there is NO option to remove or renege on any bid placed.
The 48 hour acceptance "clock" will commence with the winning bid being posted of the last player of the RFA batch by the League Office.
Also remember there cannot be any promotes, drops, waivers, etc. from your 40-man roster. There will be a period between RFA and normal FA where you can make roster moves. Trading is obviously still allowed.
Please be mindful of your available 40-man roster slots (can only bid on as many open slots as are available on your 40-man roster) and available salary cap. Both Fantrax and the master salary spreadsheet are current. Remember, during RFA/FA, each team can exceed their salary cap by up to $10m. You can obviously utilize trading to free up roster slots and/or cap space.
AAS = up to $6M, then MINIMUM 1, MAXIMUM 3 yr deal
AAS = $6.01M to $10M, then MINIMUM 2, MAXIMUM 4 yr deal
AAS = $10.01M to $14M, then MINIMUM 3 yr deal
AAS = $14.01M to $18M, then MINIMUM 4 yr deal
AAS = 18.01M+, then MINIMUM 5 yr deal
The Maximum contract length that can be offered by a team is 6 years.
No single year can deviate more than 40% from AAS. So a contract with 5 million dollars AAS can only range between 3 million and 7 million for any one year.
ANNUAL SALARY ALLOCATION LIMITS WITHIN A CONTRACT:
Back-end loading of contracts is a concern of the league. Those contracts sure feel good to the bid winner since those latter years can get loaded up, allowing current year salary to stay lower and manageable and help prop up AAS. To avoid back-end loading of contracts, the total of salaries in the last 1/2 of the contract (in years) may not exceed 70% of the total contract dollars. If a contract covers an odd number of years, 1/2 of the middle year of the contract is counted in the last 1/2 of the contract.
Also, as always, please make sure to follow the correct format for an offer posting:
Yankees offers Babe Ruth OF NYY 3 years $4.5m ($1.5m AAS)
20-22: $1.5m
All those pieces (player name, position, team, and full contract terms) must be included for the bid to be valid.
Remember, the primary criteria in determining a winner is the average annual salary ("AAS") of the contract.
In my example above, the average annual salary of the Babe Ruth offer is $1.5m.
In the rare event two bids have the same average annual salary, below are the tie-breakers that will be utilized in determining which team will win the right to potentially sign a player. Only proceed to the second tie-breaker in cases where the first tiebreaker ends in a tie.
Tiebreaker #1:
If the average annual salary for two contract offers is the same, then the GM who offered the contract with the most number of years shall win the right to potentially sign the player.
Tiebreaker #2:
The only way this second tie-breaker can be utilized is if there are two contract offers with the same average annual salary over the life of the contract AND the two contract offers are to pay the player over the same period of time. In this particular case, the tie-breaker will go to the GM who made their offer FIRST.
If a bid is the “high bid” for twelve (12) hours, then it is to be considered a “winning bid.” For opening bids only, they have to stay on the board for 24 hours to be considered a “winning bid.”
Since the bidding is for a RFA, the GM who held the restricted player then has 48 hours to match the winning bid, and may restructure that bid for a total contract amount no less and a term no longer than that of the "winning" bid. If the restricting GM chooses not to match the offer, then the winning bidder is obligated to sign the player - there is NO option to remove or renege on any bid placed.
The 48 hour acceptance "clock" will commence with the winning bid being posted of the last player of the RFA batch by the League Office.
Also remember there cannot be any promotes, drops, waivers, etc. from your 40-man roster. There will be a period between RFA and normal FA where you can make roster moves. Trading is obviously still allowed.
Please be mindful of your available 40-man roster slots (can only bid on as many open slots as are available on your 40-man roster) and available salary cap. Both Fantrax and the master salary spreadsheet are current. Remember, during RFA/FA, each team can exceed their salary cap by up to $10m. You can obviously utilize trading to free up roster slots and/or cap space.