Post by Astros GM (Kris) on Jan 4, 2017 10:45:54 GMT -5
Hello ALL,
As in previous years, please follow these instructions for the 2017 RFA bidding process:
1. For *EACH* RFA of interest, please send a PM to this account (rfaacount) to submit your single silent bid.
Please do *NOT* lump multiple RFA bids into one PM as that makes it harder for us to tally bids.
If you submit multiple bids/PMs for the same RFA, we will assume the last one is the correct one.
2. For each RFA silent bid PM, you should include the following:
A sample RFA silent bid PM would be:
Subject: Alex Rodriguez
Message: The Dodgers offer RFA Alex Rodriguez an AAS of 25M/year for 5 years.
NOTE: The winning bid is determined soley by the AAS, not the contract length (assuming the minimum is met), although the final contract must equal the length specified in the bid.
NOTE 2: IF no bids are made for an RFA, the restricting team automatically keeps the RFA at his real life salary for just 1 year -- this has always been the case though we never got around to writing it explicitly into the rules.
3. The RFA bidding deadline is set for 11:59pm PST on 2/17 (Friday).
The silent bid PMs will *NOT* be opened for processing until some time after 9am ET on the following day. Hopefully, we will have all RFA auctions processed w/ results posted by around noon ET or so.
4. AFTER all RFA auctions are processed and results posted, we will send out a league-wide email to inform everyone (hopefully not much later than noon ET or so)
And then, each restricting team will have a minimum of 72 hours (until 11:59 pm PST on 2/21 (Tuesday), to either match the high bid(s) w/ the 15% "hometown" discount (and post contract details for the signing(s)) *OR* pass to allow the high bidder(s) to sign the RFA(s). Lack of response will constitute a "pass".
High bidders of unmatched RFAs will then be given a minimum of 48 hours (at the latest until 6am PST on 2/24 (Friday)) to complete their signings.
NOTE: Trading will continue to be allowed throughout the RFA process, including for the purpose to facilitate legal signings of RFAs (either to meet cap requirement or roster limits).
Finally, regular MLB FA will likely begin at 6am PST on 2/24 (Friday), if all goes according to plan, w/ some possibility of starting a day or two earlier, if all RFA signings are completed earlier.
Happy bidding!!!
-The League Office-
As in previous years, please follow these instructions for the 2017 RFA bidding process:
1. For *EACH* RFA of interest, please send a PM to this account (rfaacount) to submit your single silent bid.
Please do *NOT* lump multiple RFA bids into one PM as that makes it harder for us to tally bids.
If you submit multiple bids/PMs for the same RFA, we will assume the last one is the correct one.
2. For each RFA silent bid PM, you should include the following:
A sample RFA silent bid PM would be:
Subject: Alex Rodriguez
Message: The Dodgers offer RFA Alex Rodriguez an AAS of 25M/year for 5 years.
NOTE: The winning bid is determined soley by the AAS, not the contract length (assuming the minimum is met), although the final contract must equal the length specified in the bid.
NOTE 2: IF no bids are made for an RFA, the restricting team automatically keeps the RFA at his real life salary for just 1 year -- this has always been the case though we never got around to writing it explicitly into the rules.
3. The RFA bidding deadline is set for 11:59pm PST on 2/17 (Friday).
The silent bid PMs will *NOT* be opened for processing until some time after 9am ET on the following day. Hopefully, we will have all RFA auctions processed w/ results posted by around noon ET or so.
4. AFTER all RFA auctions are processed and results posted, we will send out a league-wide email to inform everyone (hopefully not much later than noon ET or so)
And then, each restricting team will have a minimum of 72 hours (until 11:59 pm PST on 2/21 (Tuesday), to either match the high bid(s) w/ the 15% "hometown" discount (and post contract details for the signing(s)) *OR* pass to allow the high bidder(s) to sign the RFA(s). Lack of response will constitute a "pass".
High bidders of unmatched RFAs will then be given a minimum of 48 hours (at the latest until 6am PST on 2/24 (Friday)) to complete their signings.
NOTE: Trading will continue to be allowed throughout the RFA process, including for the purpose to facilitate legal signings of RFAs (either to meet cap requirement or roster limits).
Finally, regular MLB FA will likely begin at 6am PST on 2/24 (Friday), if all goes according to plan, w/ some possibility of starting a day or two earlier, if all RFA signings are completed earlier.
Happy bidding!!!
-The League Office-