Post by Athletics GM (Jared) on Mar 30, 2023 23:09:32 GMT
We're calling this "The Franimal Ammendment" in honor of the player that pushed us to actually fix this...
So, current state is that if one of your players on a team control contract is non-tendered in real life I have been allowing the GM to keep the player at the arbitration estimate value until they decide to release the player or the player gets a new contract. The last couple of years we've seen some bigger names go non-tender and it's creating unfair uncertainty for the GMs who roster those players. This rule is being issued to clear this up and to codify the rule into the constitution. Here's the new rule:
"If a player on a team control contract is non-tendered by his real-life club the GM here does not automatically lose the player to free agency. The player's contract value will reflect 50% of the player's pre-non-tender arbitration estimate from Spotrac until a new real life contract is signed and that information is reflected on Spotrac. If a player under this rule starts the season in the minors and still has no mlb contract, the GM may opt to turn the remaining years of control into a free agent style contract at the league minimum."
Because I didn't get to this until today, I will allow any GM affected by a player in this unresolved situation to make retroactive moves under the offseason rules provided there is a direct tie between the player in question and the retroactive move.
Thanks.
So, current state is that if one of your players on a team control contract is non-tendered in real life I have been allowing the GM to keep the player at the arbitration estimate value until they decide to release the player or the player gets a new contract. The last couple of years we've seen some bigger names go non-tender and it's creating unfair uncertainty for the GMs who roster those players. This rule is being issued to clear this up and to codify the rule into the constitution. Here's the new rule:
"If a player on a team control contract is non-tendered by his real-life club the GM here does not automatically lose the player to free agency. The player's contract value will reflect 50% of the player's pre-non-tender arbitration estimate from Spotrac until a new real life contract is signed and that information is reflected on Spotrac. If a player under this rule starts the season in the minors and still has no mlb contract, the GM may opt to turn the remaining years of control into a free agent style contract at the league minimum."
Because I didn't get to this until today, I will allow any GM affected by a player in this unresolved situation to make retroactive moves under the offseason rules provided there is a direct tie between the player in question and the retroactive move.
Thanks.