Post by Rockies GM (Alex) on Apr 17, 2011 21:16:37 GMT -5
Welcome to Base Knock Dynasty Baseball!
Base Knock League Rules
- All league rules have been voted on and approved by the league or have been in existence since the league's conception and have remained unchallenged.Rules layout:
1. General Information
2. Roster Management
3. Releases and Cuts
4. Scoring
5. Free Agency
6. Drafting
General Information
League Leadership
- The Rockies GM, Alex, is the commissioner of Base Knock Dynasty baseball and has been since its beginning. He is the founder of the league. Our Co-Commissioner is the Angel's GM, Derrick. We will also have other members of the league be a part of the League Staff, who help to manage the league. The commissioner will have the final ruling in all matters, but all owners' opinion is vitally important and necessary for a successful league. All league rules will be voted on by as many who are willing to vote on the league forum. Adjustments to the League Staff will be made as needed.League Fee
- This league is 100% free. You will never be charged throughout the duration of your stay in the league. Consequently, there also is no prize of money at the end of each season for the winner. The prize you receive for winning this league is pride and joy. Ultimately, it's just for fun.
League... Emergencies?
There probably isn't a need to have this type of portion in the rulebook. However, in case something urgent does happen that the commissioner needs to be made aware of, the entire league can find the commissioners email in my profile on this site. Also, Michael, the Orioles GM, has the commissioner's cell if it comes to that.
League Activity
This is the part of the league that isn't very fun for the commissioner to have to deal with, I mean... you joined the league! Why wouldn't someone be active in something they wanted to do? However, this can be an issue, and active participation in the league is expected with a new General Manager joins Base Knock Dynasty Baseball. Although this is league is ultimately in pursuit of enjoyment, enjoyment can't really be maximized with your presence here on the site! That being said, here's some general rules for General Managers during their time in the league.
Rules for GM Activity are more lenient during the off-season... and during the season in different ways. Allow me to explain. During the off-season, while there are no games being played, this is a vital time when teams are expected to improve and prepare for the upcoming season. This includes things like trading, free agency, MiLB Draft participation, releases, free agency prep., and many other things that are important and help our league continue to operate when there is no baseball to be played. But that's what's fun about managing, correct? It never stops! GM's will be expected to be actively participating in all off-season activities and their presence on the Proboards site should be easily seen. On the other hand, during the season, a different kind of activity emerges. There's probably less trading, signings, releases. However, teams must be actively checking their ESPN roster and setting lineups. We're all trying to win, right? Call ups and Send Downs should be regularly recorded, and players should be monitored in order to maximize each team's potential during the season. C'mon, everyone knows it's no fun to play that one team that never sets their lineup... even if it's an easy win.
I can go on forever about activity. But it's ultimately up to you. You'll get out of this league what you put into it. It's a lot of fun and everyone benefits from activity. Here's a few rules that have been put into place to help keep the league active!
This will obviously be looked at on a case by case basis. Because life happens! We all understand that and this isn't some crack-the-whip type system where you are bound here. You need a few weeks away? Take a few weeks away. No problem. Life comes before the league, always. Communication is just the key and also a huge time-saver for those who do a lot more for the league other than managing their team!
One final encouragement for all members is to be active on the league chat box at the bottom of the site. bkdynasty.chatango.com is the link if anyone can only access it by that way. It's a huge means of communications and provides an excellent option for trade discussions through the personal chat. It's also great to get to know the people you're competing against!
- You are not required to be on the Proboards site every day, but it is recommended. It IS required that you be on every few days... this of course will vary based on the time frame of the league and where we are in the season.
- Proboards activity is in addition to also setting your lineups on ESPN every day. It's easy, you can set them for weeks ahead of time.
- If you're going to be out of town for five or more days, just do the league a favor and post in the "Out of Town" board that you'll be gone and for how long if possible.
- If after a week... sometimes over a week a GM has not logged on and has failed to post in the Out of Town board, the league will begin the process of notifying the GM that he has not been active (figuring out where you went).
- If after over two weeks the GM has not responded, the league will be begin looking for a replacement GM. By then, it's up to you to get back as soon as possible and let everyone know where you were to reclaim your team, or if the league finds someone new, you will be replaced. Just how it has to work!
This will obviously be looked at on a case by case basis. Because life happens! We all understand that and this isn't some crack-the-whip type system where you are bound here. You need a few weeks away? Take a few weeks away. No problem. Life comes before the league, always. Communication is just the key and also a huge time-saver for those who do a lot more for the league other than managing their team!
One final encouragement for all members is to be active on the league chat box at the bottom of the site. bkdynasty.chatango.com is the link if anyone can only access it by that way. It's a huge means of communications and provides an excellent option for trade discussions through the personal chat. It's also great to get to know the people you're competing against!
Collusion
It's a shame we have to mention it. But collusion and cheating. It may or may not happen. We'll see. It's happened in the league's past. So I'll just get right to it:- Any teams caught colluding together will be immediately questioned by the league with a possible dismissal from Base Knock Dynasty Baseball following. Colluding is... two teams working together where it hurts one team intentionally or improves another team intentionally with no benefit to the other team. No favors guys. We're all here to win. Manage your team like a winner.
- Any teams stealing players from other teams on the ESPN site will be immediately questioned and possibly dismissed. I know... stealing?! It's ridiculous right? It's happened. Just play your own players. Be honest. What satisfaction is there from cheating and winning? None.
Roster Management
Rosters
Rosters
Each team's roster will consist of players from... wait for it... Major League Baseball! If that was a surprise to you, you've probably tried to join the wrong league and would have better luck using your time elsewhere. Now that we've established that, we should be good to go. You might have players that are currently playing overseas or retired or something like that, but all players should be somehow related to MLB.
So... if you didn't catch that. Your starting lineup consists of a catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, three outfielders, utility man (can be any position on offense), five starting pitchers, and five relief pitchers. Throw in six bench players and that's 25! Positions will be determined by the ESPN scoring site. So, for example if a player has played recently at SS... but ESPN doesn't have him listed as a shortstop, we have to let ESPN do it's thing, because we can't overrule them... obviously on the scoring site. So, just let the fantasy baseball geniuses over there do thier business.
We will have no 40-man roster in this league. Instead, you can just have you players on your complete roster. When you call up or release a player from your 25-man on the ESPN site, you should still post it in the Call ups/Demotions section.
After this, the player will move into the arbitration system (see under free agency section of League Rules). A player under Prospect Protection can be cut at any time without penalty during their first three seasons of Prospect Protection.
Base Knock Official Rosters Link
For example, if I bid on Babe Ruth paying 6M over 3 years. I would have to pay 2M a year. I couldn't write in the contract that I'll pay him 500k this year, 500k next year, and 5M in his 3rd year.
Teams that attempt to go over the salary cap whether by trade, signing, or draft pick will have that transaction voided (when discovered, in the case of Free Agency, often teams will bid over the cap, these bids are illegal and void when found). A player is awarded to a team after no other team has offered a higher bid amount for 48 hours during the off-season, and 24 hours during the MLB season. In the first week of free agency, however, the highest bid at the end of 72 hours will be the winner. This will prevent teams from stealing top players at low contracts because teams haven't had enough time to look over the free agents. There is a minimum increase of 300k and a minimum of 300k as a starting point for bids. Teams may not increase the amount of years on a contract to top a bid. Teams may also not delete bids after they are posted. All bids that are posted are final (They will be voided if it pushes the team over the salary cap). When offering contracts, teams must indicate their salary per year (not the total salary). A contract should look like this:
Free Agents will be posted by the Commissioners in the FA section. If you would like a free agent to be posted that isn't, please contact a member of the league staff with your request.
After a player has exceed 100 AB or 40 IP in a season, their first three years of MLB service will be under Prospect Protection. These players can be cut at any time for no penalty during their three years.
Year 1 - 300k
Year 2 - 800k
Year 3 - 800k
Year 4: When a player hits Year 4 of MLB service, the team has two options for this player.
- Option A is that the team can offer the player an arbitration contract. This contract will be determined by taking $20k x points scored (for hitters) or $25k x points scored (for pitchers). This process will be repeated Year-By-Year to create a new contract for the player.
- Option B is that a team can offer the player a buyout. This contract will be determined by taking $20k x points scored (for hitters) or $25k x points scored (for pitchers). Teams will then pay 70% of this contract in Year 4, 80% in Year 5, 90% in Year 6, and 100% in Year 7.
Year 5: Players under Option A will be given a new ARB contract, and players under Option B will be paid 80% of the contract created in Year 4.
Year 6: Players under Option A will be given a new ARB contract, and players under Option B will be paid 90% of the contract created in Year 4.
Year 7: Players under Option A will be given a new ARB contract, and players under Option B will be paid 100% of the contract created in Year 4.
Year 8: Players will no longer be eligible for Arbitration. A player who received Option A can be re-signed with a franchise or restriction tag in the upcoming free agency. However, a player who received Option B will not be able to be re-signed and must become a free agent.
In summary:
Year 1 - 300k
Year 2 - 400k
Year 3 - 800k
Year 4 (Option A) - ARB Contract
Year 4 (Option B) - ARB Contract 70%
Year 5 (Option A) - ARB Contract
Year 5 (Option B) - ARB Contract 80%
Year 6 (Option A) - ARB Contract
Year 6 (Option B) - ARB Contract 90%
Year 7 (Option A) - ARB Contract
Year 7 (Option B) - ARB Contract 100%
Once a player is in either Option A or Option B, this contract is locked until Year 8. A team may still elect to cut this player like a regular player. Option A contracts will be treated as one year contracts when released; Option B contracts will be treated as complete four year arbitration contracts. The minimum value of an option A or B contract is $500k.
The first tag is the Franchise title. Players given this tag are signed to an extension by the controlling team based on their performance. See the following scale for values:
-Ranked 1-25 --> 35M Annual salary
-Ranked 26-50 --> 30M Annual salary
-Ranked 51-75 --> 25M Annual salary
-Ranked 76-100 --> 20M Annual Salary
-Ranked 101-150 --> 15M Annual Salary
-Ranked 151-200 --> 9M Annual Salary
-Ranked 201-250--> 7M Annual Salary
-Ranked 250+--> 5M Annual Salary
Each team is allowed 1 Franchise Tag. Franchise Tags may be up to 3 years in length. You may not use a franchise tag on a player that may undergo arbitration. Teams will get one franchise tag each year, so you can have multiple players on their franchise contracts.
25-man Roster
All teams will manage a 25-man MLB roster that will be shown on the Proboards forum, but also on the ESPN site for scoring. These 25 players on a team and only the current 25 that you choose to have on your 25-man roster will contribute to the scoring for a team on a certain day. Teams may bring up different players, add or subtract players to their 25-man rosters at any time during the season, but there may never be more than 25, and ESPN won't allow you to have more anyways. Teams are not "required" to have a full 25-man roster at all points during the season; however, it is strongly encouraged. I mean, we're here to win? Right? Along with the 25 active players, teams will also have 5 disabled list spots on their roster for injured players they would like to keep on their ESPN team. 25-man rosters will consist of---- Hitting: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, UT
- Pitching: 5x SP, 5x RP
- Bench: 6x BE
- Disabled List (for injured players only): 5 DL
So... if you didn't catch that. Your starting lineup consists of a catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, three outfielders, utility man (can be any position on offense), five starting pitchers, and five relief pitchers. Throw in six bench players and that's 25! Positions will be determined by the ESPN scoring site. So, for example if a player has played recently at SS... but ESPN doesn't have him listed as a shortstop, we have to let ESPN do it's thing, because we can't overrule them... obviously on the scoring site. So, just let the fantasy baseball geniuses over there do thier business.
We will have no 40-man roster in this league. Instead, you can just have you players on your complete roster. When you call up or release a player from your 25-man on the ESPN site, you should still post it in the Call ups/Demotions section.
Prospect Protection
Listen up, this is an important part of our league! A player that exceeds 100 AB or 40 IP in a season will now begin Prospect Protection. Players will be paid 300k in their first year, just as they were paid as a prospect (this is mostly because the change always takes place mid-season). In their second and third seasons, they will be paid 800k. A player does not advance to the next year (of their first three seasons of prospect protection) unless they amass 100 AB or 40 IP. For example, if Player A has 300 AB in a season, he will move to year two and be paid 800k as a second year Prospect Protection player. Hypothetically, following his first season, if Player A only gets 70 AB, this player will remain a second year Prospect Protection player for his "third season". After this, the player will move into the arbitration system (see under free agency section of League Rules). A player under Prospect Protection can be cut at any time without penalty during their first three seasons of Prospect Protection.
Minor League Rosters
A team's minor leagues consists of players that have not exceeded 100 AB or 40 IP in an MLB season. Teams can NOT put players who have exceeded this limits in their minor leagues. Teams may have an unlimited amount of prospects on their rosters as long as this does not put them over the salary cap. All prospects will have a value of 300k. There are few prospects in our league at the time of this rule update that still have massively inflated contracts back from the 2011 era when we used to bid on MiLB Free Agents. Consequently, a few of them still remain. However, we no longer use that form of minor league addition. Once those contracts are gone everything should be at 300k.Salary Cap
Each team has a salary cap of $175M. This cap may decrease or increase in the future, but such a change would be clearly notified well in advance to give teams a chance to prepare for the coming season. A team may not at any time go above the salary cap. Teams that attempt to go over the salary cap whether by trade, signing, or draft pick will have that transaction voided (when discovered, in the case of Free Agency, often teams will bid over the cap, these bids are illegal and void when found). Teams that attempt to go over the salary cap whether by trade, signing, or draft pick will have such a transaction reversed if processed. During the off-season and regular season, you will not be able to go over the cap, trades will be reversed and signing not made official. However, if a team somehow has managed to avoid detection of the league and exceed the salary cap, the player with the salary closest to the cap infraction difference will be removed from the team and placed into free agency. This will be looked at on a case to case basis. All contracts will be rounded to the nearest hundred thousandth. Google Spreadsheets
Rosters (both MLB and MiLB) as well as salary caps will be kept track of via Google spreadsheets. Separate pages will also show an updated list of the upcoming amateur draft and a list of the available free agents. All teams may view the rosters by way of the link on the sidebar, but only the commissioners are allowed to edit it. Google spreadsheets have final authority in this league, if you see a discrepancy between the official roster and your roster please contact a commissioner to rectify the issue. Base Knock Official Rosters Link
Roster Setting Deadline
I won't be incredibly stingy on this, but I would like all 25-man rosters to be posted at least two weeks before the start of this season. Translation, add your players to your ESPN rosters before two weeks before you start actually playing some fantasy baseball. It just helps so I know who's in for sure and who's not.Releases and Cuts
Releases
Contract Buyouts/Retirements
Scoring
ESPN Scoring
Releases
When you release an MLB player, you must pay half the player's salary each year for the remainder of the contract. I.e., say, in 2011, I have Babe Ruth signed for a 2 year deal @ $8M total ($4M per year) and he was in his first year of his deal. I decide to cut him. I still have to pay $2M for 2011 and 2012 for his contract. The salary penalty will be kept on the Google spreadsheets. Releases will be posted in the releases board. If a player has a team option on a contract and is released, it is assumed that the owner will not pick up the option and the option is declined. Consequently, the team will not have to pay 1/2 the salary on any option year in the case of a release. Because we do not have 40-man rosters, there will be no waivers in this league as of now. Players may only be added through Free Agency. Players that have not exceeded 100 AB or 40 IP can only be acquired through the two drafts.
Minor League Cuts
Minor league players may be released without penalty. Released players will not be eligible to be signed, but will be rolled into the next year's MiLB/Amateur Draft. There will be no minor league players in free agency. A minor league player is defined as a player who has yet to have 100 AB or 40 IP. Inflated minor league contracts (over 300k) will have to be released as regular MLB players.Contract Buyouts/Retirements
If a team owns a player that retires for medical reasons and is under the age of 30, the team has the option to perform a contract buyout on that player. This is the only instance in which a team can perform a contract buyout in this league. For the buyout, the team will take half of the retired players salary and pay that for one year. Any future contract years following the season will be non-existent and the player will become either a free agent if he returns the MLB or be on his way to some warm beach in Florida. Once a buyout is performed, a team may not take back the contract if a player chooses to pull a "Brett Favre" and return to the MLB. All buyouts are final the player will become a free agent. This rule does not apply to players that leave the MLB to play overseas. MiLB players that retire from age or overseas play can still be dropped.
New Owner Free Releases
Every new owner is allowed one free drop on a player on his team upon his arrival on any MLB contract. Also, if a team has a minor league player on his team upon his arrival that is not yet eligible for prospect protection, but has a contract of over 300k because of the previous history of this league where we held free agency for prospects, a new owner may also drop one prospect with such a contract. In total, a new owner may drop a maximum of two players. This drop must be made within the first week of the new owner's time in the league.
Scoring
ESPN Scoring
Scoring is head-to-head with a weekly match-up, with the team scoring the most points awarded a single win. Scoring will be held on ESPN, with no inter-league play. Standings will be kept accordingly. Teams will play 19 games during the Regular Season. There will be no defensive points in this league. All points are offensive or pitching. To clarify, a quality start is a start in which a pitcher goes at least six innings and permits no more than three earned runs. The scoring for the league is as follows:
Hitting:
Pitching:
There will be League staff member for the AL and one for NL that will be in charge of the two leagues. All players on the scoring site MUST be on the team in accordance with the Base Knock Official Rosters.
Hitting:
- Walks (BB) - 1
- Hits (H) - 1
- Doubles (2B) - 2
- Triples (3B) - 3
- Home Runs (HR) - 5
- Runs Batted In (RBI) - 1
- Runs Scored (R) - 1
- Stolen Bases (SB) - (3)
- Caught Stealing (CS) - (-2)
- Strikeouts (SO) - (-0.5)
Pitching:
- Innings Pitched (IP) - 1.98 (0.66 per out recorded)
- Earned Runs Allowed (ER) - (-1)
- Wins (W) - 3
- Quality Start (QS) - 3
- Losses (L) - (-3)
- Saves (Sv) - 6
- Holds (Hld) - 4
- Blown Saves (BS) - (-4)
- Strikeouts Pitched (K) - 0.5
There will be League staff member for the AL and one for NL that will be in charge of the two leagues. All players on the scoring site MUST be on the team in accordance with the Base Knock Official Rosters.
Innings Pitched Limits
In order to prevent teams from stockpiling starting pitching, teams will only be allowed ten starts (labeled PP on ESPN) per week for their starting pitchers. Teams may have as many starting pitchers as they wish, but may only receive points for ten starts a week. This will be managed by the league scoring site.Playoffs
We will have a 12 team playoff at the end of the season. A tie in the W/L of a seeding will be decided by 1. Head-to-Head Record, 2. Points Scored. The division winners plus three wild cards will be in the playoffs for the NL and AL. The top 2 seeds from the NL and AL will both receive byes in the first round. The winner of the NL and AL playoff will square off in the World Series towards the end of the MLB regular season. Since we have two scoring leagues (AL and NL), the World Series scoring will be done manually on a post in the announcement board by the commissioner. During the post-season, a team may still call up/demote any players. Their 25-man roster is not locked throughout the post-season. This rule does not apply to the World Series. Teams must submit a 25-man roster before the start of the World Series. This will be locked throughout the week of the championship matchup. Free Agency
Free Agency
Free Agency will consist of players that have finished their contracts and are not given a franchise tag, have had options declined, have been declined arbitration, or are unowned. International players will not be bid on in free agency unless they have already played a total of 10 games in the MLB. Other international players will be drafted in the MiLB Draft, or through silent bidding in a special free agency session in the off-season. Any team with available cap can bid on a free agent. The winner of the bid is the one who offers more yearly annual salary. The maximum number of years offered is five years. Salary must be bid with the same amount of money each year. This prevents back-loading contracts. Free Agency
For example, if I bid on Babe Ruth paying 6M over 3 years. I would have to pay 2M a year. I couldn't write in the contract that I'll pay him 500k this year, 500k next year, and 5M in his 3rd year.
Teams that attempt to go over the salary cap whether by trade, signing, or draft pick will have that transaction voided (when discovered, in the case of Free Agency, often teams will bid over the cap, these bids are illegal and void when found). A player is awarded to a team after no other team has offered a higher bid amount for 48 hours during the off-season, and 24 hours during the MLB season. In the first week of free agency, however, the highest bid at the end of 72 hours will be the winner. This will prevent teams from stealing top players at low contracts because teams haven't had enough time to look over the free agents. There is a minimum increase of 300k and a minimum of 300k as a starting point for bids. Teams may not increase the amount of years on a contract to top a bid. Teams may also not delete bids after they are posted. All bids that are posted are final (They will be voided if it pushes the team over the salary cap). When offering contracts, teams must indicate their salary per year (not the total salary). A contract should look like this:
- Player: Babe RuthOffer: 3 Years @ 2m per year
Free Agents will be posted by the Commissioners in the FA section. If you would like a free agent to be posted that isn't, please contact a member of the league staff with your request.
Player Options
Players may be given options in their contracts through free agency and arbitration contracts. You are only allowed to have one option year in a contract. You must specify in your bid in free agency that you want to have an option or else you won't get one. Trading: If a team covers any amount of cash on a year of a players contract that is a player option, this option becomes a guaranteed year immediately.Silent Bidding
During the free agency bidding process, if a major league players ranked (based on a ranking list released each year) on this scale exceeds this amount. The player will go to silent bidding:- Ranked #1-50 $32
- Ranked #51-100 $26
- Ranked #101-150 $22
- Ranked #151-200 $17
- Ranked #201-250 $14
- Ranked #250+ $12
Once a commissioner declares the beginning of the silent bidding process, teams will have 48 hours to submit silent bids to the MLBPA (a separate account accessed by the commissioner to collect bids at the end of the 48-hour window). Teams must submit bids above the value that sent a player to silent bidding. So, for example, if a player is ranked #78, all silent bids must be higher than $26m. This rule does not apply to international free agents. After the 48 hours, the team that bid the most amount of money per year will be awarded the team. Teams can only submit bids within their current salary cap space. There is no priority bidding, meaning a team cannot hypothetically place a bid that "if X player is won, than all subsequent bids are void". Teams must bid only from their current salary cap limitations, just as in regular free agency. Bids should be submitted in this format:
- PlayerPositionOffered Contract
Pre-Arbitration Salaries
Eligibility for arbitration will be as follows: All MLB players that have played for less than 3 years of MLB service time are under protection for 300k their first year and 800k in their second and third years until they have played 3 years of MLB service time. There is a minimum of 100 AB or 40 IP per season. So, for example, if a player played only had 75 AB his second year and then 155 AB his third MLB season, he would still only count as going on his third year the following season, same with pitching. Players have yet to play a full season with 100 AB or 40 IP in the MLB still count as prospects and will continue with their 300k contracts. Our value for Year 1 at 300k is the same as a minor league contract, because players exceed 100 ABs and 40 IP during a season. Consequently, it would be incredibly difficult and tiresome to keep track of each player who exceeds this amount. Because of this, prospect contracts and Year 1 contracts are the same. Arbitration
A player who has fulfilled three years of service at his Pre-Arb Salary will be eligible for Arbitration if the team decides to offer it. This will happen during the re-signing period in the off-season, where teams will have the option to give new contracts to their free agents. Teams may opt not to keep a player, and they will become a free agent. A players that declined Arbitration will not be eligible for a Franchise Tag or Restriction Tag. The system is as follows:After a player has exceed 100 AB or 40 IP in a season, their first three years of MLB service will be under Prospect Protection. These players can be cut at any time for no penalty during their three years.
Year 1 - 300k
Year 2 - 800k
Year 3 - 800k
Year 4: When a player hits Year 4 of MLB service, the team has two options for this player.
- Option A is that the team can offer the player an arbitration contract. This contract will be determined by taking $20k x points scored (for hitters) or $25k x points scored (for pitchers). This process will be repeated Year-By-Year to create a new contract for the player.
- Option B is that a team can offer the player a buyout. This contract will be determined by taking $20k x points scored (for hitters) or $25k x points scored (for pitchers). Teams will then pay 70% of this contract in Year 4, 80% in Year 5, 90% in Year 6, and 100% in Year 7.
Year 5: Players under Option A will be given a new ARB contract, and players under Option B will be paid 80% of the contract created in Year 4.
Year 6: Players under Option A will be given a new ARB contract, and players under Option B will be paid 90% of the contract created in Year 4.
Year 7: Players under Option A will be given a new ARB contract, and players under Option B will be paid 100% of the contract created in Year 4.
Year 8: Players will no longer be eligible for Arbitration. A player who received Option A can be re-signed with a franchise or restriction tag in the upcoming free agency. However, a player who received Option B will not be able to be re-signed and must become a free agent.
In summary:
Year 1 - 300k
Year 2 - 400k
Year 3 - 800k
Year 4 (Option A) - ARB Contract
Year 4 (Option B) - ARB Contract 70%
Year 5 (Option A) - ARB Contract
Year 5 (Option B) - ARB Contract 80%
Year 6 (Option A) - ARB Contract
Year 6 (Option B) - ARB Contract 90%
Year 7 (Option A) - ARB Contract
Year 7 (Option B) - ARB Contract 100%
Once a player is in either Option A or Option B, this contract is locked until Year 8. A team may still elect to cut this player like a regular player. Option A contracts will be treated as one year contracts when released; Option B contracts will be treated as complete four year arbitration contracts. The minimum value of an option A or B contract is $500k.
Franchise Tags
The first tag is the Franchise title. Players given this tag are signed to an extension by the controlling team based on their performance. See the following scale for values:
-Ranked 1-25 --> 35M Annual salary
-Ranked 26-50 --> 30M Annual salary
-Ranked 51-75 --> 25M Annual salary
-Ranked 76-100 --> 20M Annual Salary
-Ranked 101-150 --> 15M Annual Salary
-Ranked 151-200 --> 9M Annual Salary
-Ranked 201-250--> 7M Annual Salary
-Ranked 250+--> 5M Annual Salary
Each team is allowed 1 Franchise Tag. Franchise Tags may be up to 3 years in length. You may not use a franchise tag on a player that may undergo arbitration. Teams will get one franchise tag each year, so you can have multiple players on their franchise contracts.
Restriction Tags
Second is the Restriction Tag. Free agents allotted with this title can be reclaimed by their former team after bidding is concluded. You may not use a restriction tag on a player that may undergo arbitration. Teams are given two restriction tags each free agency. For example, let's say Babe Ruth is a free agent. The winning bid is 29M. I, as the former owner, can choose to take him back for that price, or let him go to the bidding team. Each team is allowed 2 restricted tags. At the end of the bidding process, teams will be allowed to state whether or not they intend to keep the player or release him to the highest bidder. This will be done in the bidding thread. A PM will also be sent to the team who restricted the player. If he hasn't replied in 48 hours from the time the bidding has ended, the player is awarded to the highest bidder.Extensions
There will be no extensions in this league as of now. To keep Free Agency competitive, we instead give teams 3 tags and the ability to offer arbitration to keep most of their players.Player Trading
Trade Approval
A trade must be posted in the 'Trades' section. 9 approves passes a deal, 4 vetoes cancels a deal during the time period. The voting time is 48 hours. Whatever the ratio is by the end of the 48 hours determines if the trade is accepted to the league or rejected. If one of the two or three teams that was involved in the trade has not confirmed a trade in the 48 hours, the deal is void and will need to be re-posted. Teams may not veto based on that 1) a player they wanted was traded to another team 2) they have a grudge against a certain owner 3) a past deal between the two teams was bad. Vetoes MUST include a reasoning behind them. You may not simply vote "veto". It will not count on a trade's tally. Please vote based on the fairness and only the fairness of the trade.Trade Approval
Salary Trading
Teams are allowed to opt to cover for part of a players salary in a trade. A team may only cover for up to 3/4 of the salary which will be rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. So if a player is paid 20m. 3/4 of that is 15m. The team trading the salary would pay 15mm of the contract, and the team getting the player would pay 5m. Teams can pay for contracts as long as specified in a trade. It is possible to not pay for 3/4 or less of the contract for the entire duration of the contract. Such salary trading must be officially noted when at trade is posted. If a team covers any amount of money on a year of a players contract that is a player option year, this option becomes a guaranteed year that cannot be accepted or declined during the pre-free agency period in the off-season. If a player who had salary covered by a team and is then traded to another team, the cash stays with the team that originally received the salary for said player. For example, if Team A acquires Player A from Team B, and Team B pays 50% of the contract, then when Team A trades Player A to Team C later on, the money does not go to Team C from Team B, but stays with Team A. Consequently, if Team C wanted the same salary Team A is paying, Team A would have to cover salary on Player A in the second trade. In the end, teams are essentially paying cash to other teams, not paying salaries of certain players, it's only shown this way.
Trade Decision/Info
If you change your mind in the middle of a trade voting period, you cannot take it back if the trade has already been posted and confirmed. You cannot trade a player you don't have yet. So if you have a guy in a deal that's in voting period, you cannot trade him until your trade is official. Trades must be confirmed by the owner that didn't post the trade. Trade clauses are not allowed, all transactions must occur when the deal is official, not after the season and a player's stats are determined. Trades may only include up to ten players (this does not include picks) at a time. No more than 10 players combined from both teams may be involved in a single trade.Trade Deadline
August 15th each year. A little later than the actual MLB deadline. This will allow more time for owners to see whether they want to make a run of the title or add a view prospects and dump a high-salaried player. Drafting
Overview
In Base Knock Dynasty Baseball we have two drafts each year involving minor league players. A minor league player is defined as any player signed by a major league team that has yet to accrue either 100 at bats, or 40 innings pitched at the major league level. One exemption involves international free agents (IFAs) coming to MLB from foreign professional leagues. Players who are at least 23 years old and who have played in a recognized professional league, such as Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball or Cuba's Serie Nacional, will be exempt. Beginning in 2014-15, IFAs must have four years of pro experience to be exempt. These exempt players will be available via our leagues free agency process sometime towards the end of February each off season. Once a player accrues either 100ABs or 40IPs they are no longer considered a minor league player, and must now be acquired via our leagues free agency process. Overview
Each newly drafted player takes on our league minor league salary of $300k per year until they have a season in which they accrue either 100ABs, or 40IPs at the major league level. All players that are drafted have their rights retained indefinitely, until they reach free agency in accordance with our league structure and arbitration rules.
MiLB Draft
We will hold our league MiLB Draft sometime in February before the start of our regular season each year. The draft will last 6 rounds, but these picks can not be traded at all during the season, all six draft picks will remain with their respective teams. All players not on a team's roster and who have yet to accrue 100 at bats or 40 innings pitched in any single season at the major league level will be eligible to be drafted. Also, International Free Agents (IFA's) will be eligible to be drafted in certain circumstances. Any IFA that is 23 or younger and only if he was signed before the start of the drafts current round are draft eligible. Players who weren't signed at the beginning of the round will have to wait until the start of the next round to be drafted. Any MiLB player that gets released by their BKDB team during the draft process will also have to wait until the start of the next round after they were released in order to be draft eligible.Our MiLB Draft order will be based in inverse order of each teams win/loss record from the previous season. The team with the worst record will be awarded the first pick in the draft, and so on. Each team has a 24 hour window to make their pick from the time that the previous team has made their pick. If they do not choose within the given time period, the pick will be skipped. Skipped picks can be made at any point before the round in which they were skipped has concluded. If said pick is not made before the round concludes then it will subsequently be forfeited. Teams will be placed on "auto-skip" to speed up the draft process if they miss a pick in any round. To be taken off of auto-skip, please contact a League Staff member. Make sure that you have the cap space to make your picks well in advance of having to make them. Each newly drafted player takes on our league prospect salary of $300k per year until they have a season in which they accrue either 100ABs, or 40IPs at the major league level.
There are no compensation picks awarded in our MiLB draft. Any awarded compensation picks will be reflected in our Amateur draft order. Players that are not drafted in the Base Knock MiLB Draft, will be rolled into the Amateur Draft available player pool. Again, these picks are not permitted to be traded. All draft slots are locked. Teams may not trade players as soon as they draft them. However teams are permitted to trade recently drafted players once the round they were drafted in has concluded. Please refrain from posting trades involving players that are not allowed by league rules to be traded yet (i.e. players involved in this draft).
Amateur Draft
We will hold our league Amateur Draft each year sometime in mid July after the real life MLB Amateur Draft signing deadline has passed. This draft will last 6 rounds. Picks can be traded up to 3 days before the start of round 1. Players eligible to be drafted will be the players that were drafted and signed in the most recent real life MLB Amateur Draft, as well as any currently unowned minor league players who have yet to accrue either 40 IP or 100 AB in any one season at the major league level. The only exemptions are the current year's IFA class. Any IFA under the age of 23 that signs on or after July 2nd of the same year is not eligible to be included in this draft's available player pool. Said player must be acquired via that year's MiLB Draft. Any IFA from that same year that is over the age of 23 must be acquired via our leagues free agency process. Our Amateur Draft order will be based in inverse order of each teams win/loss record from the previous season. The team with the worst record will be awarded the first pick in the draft, and so on. Compensation picks are sometimes awarded depending upon players lost to free agency (this is further explained below).
Draft Selection
Each team has a 24 hour window to make their pick from the time that the previous team has made their pick. If they do not choose within the given time period, one of the commissioners will make their pick for them from a predetermined list of rankings agreed to upon by the league. If making a selection will cause the picking team to go over their salary cap, the pick will be skipped and thus forfeited. The same auto-pick policies apply to the Amateur Draft as to the MiLB Draft (see above). Make sure that you have the cap space to make your picks well in advance of having to make them. Each newly drafted player takes on our league prospect salary of $300k per year until they have a season in which they accrue either 100ABs, or 40IPs at the major league level.Compensation Round
Teams that lose a Type A free agent during free agency will receive a compensation pick in between the 1st and 2nd rounds. Teams that lose a Type B free agent during will receive a compensation pick between the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Teams that lose a Type C free agent will receive compensation picks between the 3rd and 4th rounds. Teams will not be compensated for any other free agent losses. These compensation picks can be traded just like any other draft picks for the Amateur Draft. The definitions of a Type A, B, and C free agent are as follows:- Ranked 1-100: Type A Free Agent
- Ranked 101-200: Type B Free Agent
- Ranked 201-250: Type C Free Agent
Players that are not drafted in the Base Knock Amateur Draft, will be rolled into the MiLB Draft. Draft picks may be traded before the draft. You can trade them up to 3 days before the start of the draft. After which time all pick slots are locked. Teams may not trade players as soon as they draft them. However teams may trade players selected in Round 1 through Comp. Round 2 after the completion of the 2nd Compensation Round. Teams may trade players selected in Round 3 through Round 4, after the completion of Round 4. Teams may trade players selected in Round 5 and Round 6 at the completion of the draft.
PM the Commissioner if you have any issues or questions with the league rules.Rockies GM (Commish)
