Post by Brewers GM (Brad) on Mar 23, 2017 8:43:57 GMT -5
As we approach the beginning of the regular season (10 days!), everyone should take a look at the rules around In-Season Free Agency pasted below. We will start this process immediately, i.e. GMs may post players in the In-Season Free Agency thread now until Wednesday March 29th at 11:59p and bids must be submitted by Thursday March 30th at 11:59p.
"IN SEASON
Once the regular season begins, the process of FA bidding changes slightly since there will be no weekly randomly drawn batches of players on which to bid.
There will be, however, weekly bidding deadlines to help create an environment of fairness and promote GM activity.
Players may be posted at any time, however, bids will be counted every Thursday at 11:59 PM EST. In order for a player to be eligible for bid in a given period, he must be posted by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST.
Blind Bidding - Once a player is listed, any GM may submit a blind bid to the "Free Agent Bids" account. Any PM submitted prior to a player being listed will be invalidated. Bids may be submitted until the weekly deadline of Thursday 11:59PM EST. Any bid received after the deadline will be invalidated. No exceptions.
Be careful to not exceed your salary cap. If this occurs, the commissioner’s office will contact you mandating that your team make arrangements to waive players in order to bring the current salary within your team’s salary cap. You will have only 72-hours to do this. If you fail to comply, the League Office will take action and possibly drop your most recently signed player to free agency in order to bring your team under the required salary cap maximum. If you sign someone and you don't place him on your 60 man roster within 72 hours he becomes a free agent again. At this point the League Office will notify the league of the player who has recently become a free agent and list them under the Waiver thread. The League Office will review each 60-man roster often to make sure you are complying with your team’s assigned salary cap.
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"IN SEASON
Once the regular season begins, the process of FA bidding changes slightly since there will be no weekly randomly drawn batches of players on which to bid.
There will be, however, weekly bidding deadlines to help create an environment of fairness and promote GM activity.
Players may be posted at any time, however, bids will be counted every Thursday at 11:59 PM EST. In order for a player to be eligible for bid in a given period, he must be posted by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST.
Blind Bidding - Once a player is listed, any GM may submit a blind bid to the "Free Agent Bids" account. Any PM submitted prior to a player being listed will be invalidated. Bids may be submitted until the weekly deadline of Thursday 11:59PM EST. Any bid received after the deadline will be invalidated. No exceptions.
Be careful to not exceed your salary cap. If this occurs, the commissioner’s office will contact you mandating that your team make arrangements to waive players in order to bring the current salary within your team’s salary cap. You will have only 72-hours to do this. If you fail to comply, the League Office will take action and possibly drop your most recently signed player to free agency in order to bring your team under the required salary cap maximum. If you sign someone and you don't place him on your 60 man roster within 72 hours he becomes a free agent again. At this point the League Office will notify the league of the player who has recently become a free agent and list them under the Waiver thread. The League Office will review each 60-man roster often to make sure you are complying with your team’s assigned salary cap.
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