How to ARB and FA your players! READ

[Rockies GM (Alex)]

Okay, everyone seems to be confused on this process so i'm going to lay it out step by step.

I've created a list of all players this year with expiring contracts (or options) on your team.

Some players that have played 4 years in the MLB and have outgrown their prospect protection, or had ARB on them when we started the league for this year, will undergo arbitration. All players that have ARB next to their name on the list I created are eligible for ARB.

Here's how it works.

There's a ranking system in the rules. For example, players ranked 1-25 will receive a 6m raise. Also, players ranked 250+ will get a 500k raise. I also sent you a pm with the list of rankings, but they're also in the rules if you deleted the PM. Yet here's the link again for the rankings.

Ranked 1-25 they will get a 6M raise
Ranked 26-50 they will get a 5M raise
Ranked 51-100 They will get a 4M raise
Ranked 101- 200 they will get a 2M raise
Ranked 201- 250 they will get a 1M raise
Ranked 250+ they will get a 500K raise

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sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=early2012ranks250

Okay, so you select a player. Let's take Clayton Kershaw who's undergoing ARB this year. He has a contract of... i don't know what it is but say it was 6.3m. He's ranked in the top 25 so he gets a 6m raise per year that you want to keep him. You allowed to resign a ARB eligible player for up to 3 more years. So if you wanted him all three years, his contract would be this.

Clayton Kershaw reaches ARB with a conract of 6.3m.

New contract:

2012: 12.3m (increases by 6m)
2013: 18.3m (increases by 6m)
2014: 24.3m (increases by 6m)

You can do this to all your players that have ARB after the comma after them. After they go through their ARB contracts, they will reach FA. Which brings me to the next topic.

Franchise Tags:

Now, each team gets ONE franchise tag EACH year. For example, Albert Pujols has an expiring contract of 16m. According to the rankings in the rules...

Ranked 1-25 --> 25M Annual salary
Ranked 26-50 --> 20M Annual salary
Ranked 51-75 --> 15M Annual salary
Ranked 76-100 --> 10M Annual Salary
Ranked 101-200 --> 5M Annual Salary
Ranked 200-250--> 3M Annual Salary
Ranked 250+--> 500k Annual Salary/If injured in previous year and would be in the top 300: 1M Annual Salary.

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I didn't check, but say Pujols was in the top 1-25 again. He would receive an annual contract of 25M which I believe can last from 1 to 5 years. So his contract would be.

2012: 25m
2013: 25m
2014: 25m
2015: 25m (say you don't wanna keep him the full 5 years)

Then he would be a free agent again and you could give him the franchise again if you wish.

Now, restriction tags.

Each team gets 2 restriction tags.

Restriction tags allow your 2 players to be placed in the free agency pool, but at the end of the bidding. You have the option to match the highest bid and keep your player.

Say Orioles let Pujols go into free agency. And... I bid 35m for 4 years on him. I win the bid as the 48 hours limit is done. Orioles has the option to take or leave pujols for 35m for 4 years.

Now, I don't have time to make it more elaborate, but I hope that makes sense for you guys.

Thanks!

Alex

[philliesgm]

Alex, isn't all of this in the rules?

[Deleted]

why does it go up by 6 M each year? i was under the impression that it was 6M for 3 years? if thats the case Lincecums contract would be 20, 26, 32. which is crazy

[Jacob (Former Tigers GM)]

I still think like half my guys are ARB elgible, not FA.

[philliesgm]

Guys, having run a league before it's hard to do ALL the work. Just double check your own guys and if you see that something may be incorrect get with Alex. I can say he's one of the hardest working commish's I've seen in awhile.

[Rockies GM (Alex)]

I really appreciate that Jon . But I am sorry, I should have the draft picks done by now. If you guys could double check your own guys on cots contracts (mlbcontracts.blogspot.com) then I'll get the draft picks done. I'll see if I can finish my accounting work tomorrow in school and use the computer to do what I want .

[Deleted]

I thought I understood, but this has actually confused me quite a bit. Can we use some actual league examples?

Rays:
Asdrubal Cabrera, ARB
Elliot Johnson, FA
Johnny Damon, FA
Cole Hamels, ARB

Who can be given ARB? Everyone or only players labeled ARB? Why is there a FA and an ARB designation - I thought everyone was ARB eligible if they weren't under a rookie contract?

[philliesgm]

Guys, this REALLY is quite simple and Alex may have overlooked some of the players. A ML season counts as 100AB/50IP simply put if a player does NOT do that in a single year it's NOT a season that counts. If a player has had 4-6 seasons then he is ARB. If 2011 or before was his 7th such season he is a FA a MUST be released or tagged.

[Rockies GM (Alex)]

Cabrera and Hamels can be given ARB thus the ARB sign next to them. The others you must franchise or restrict to keep. And it's 4 seasons in this league for ARB Phils.

[brandon]

Where do we post it?

[Rockies GM (Alex)]

PM it to me.

[Deleted]

This is very helpful.. thanks rox

[Orioles GM (Michael)]

Still think we need to lower the rankings for Franchise tags. And are those 1-25, etc. ratings by POSITION? Or by overall league value (total fantasy points)? Because if it's by position, I certainly don't think the 25th best fantasy 2B (Ty Wigginton accoring to ESPN.com) is worth 25M...

I assume it's by total fantasy value, but just wanted to confirm.

[Deleted]

yes 1-25 overall

[Deleted]

Hey, I think the best way to do this would be once again to spreadsheet. If I create the template, can someone help me populate it?

[Angels GM (Derrick)]

Does our league have it's own rules to determine a players rookie status?

mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp

Determining rookie status:
A player shall be considered a rookie unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has (a) exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues; or (b) accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the period of 25-player limit (excluding time in the military service and time on the disabled list).

[Rockies GM (Alex)]

Wait, a spreadsheet for what???

[Deleted]

Spreadsheet to keep track of FA decisions by teams and where they can see salary cap implications of their signings.

Also, Alex... can you confirm that players with 0 to 3 years of experience are on rookie contracts while players with 4 and 5 years are ARB? I think what's missing is a definition of what makes a player ARB eligible.

[Rockies GM (Alex)]

It's really simple. 4 years of prospect protection and then they hit arbitration. 4 years of 100 AB's or 50 IP.

[Deleted]

We have til the end of this month to send you our list of arb/fa players right...?

[Rockies GM (Alex)]

Yeah, that's when I want them turned in. If you need a couple of extra days it's fine though.