Free Agency

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Free AmateurAgent Draft.

GeneralSigning GuidelinesPeriod

• Free Agents will only sign during the ''preseason''preseason and ''regular''regular season. They
• Free Agents will not sign during the first 8 games of the season,preseason orto afterensure that teams have a fair chance to bid on players.
• Free Agents signing end for that year on the last day of the regular season.
  

Decision Timing

• Free Agents will wait a minimum amount of time before making a decision (toon giveoffers.
• This waiting period allows other team owners a chance to make counter offers).offers.
• The actual waiting time depends on the simsimulation rate.
  rate of the game.
• 2/day leagues: Between 4-8 sim days after their oldest offer.
  
• 4/day leagues: Between 2-4 sim days after their oldest offer.
  
• 8/day leagues: Between 1-2 sim days after their oldest offer.
  

Bidding

• When
  Ifmultiple teams submit contract offers to a freeFree agentsAgent, hasthe multiple contract offers, theyplayer will sign with the team that offers the mosthighest moneysalary. -
• In inthe caseevent of ties,a theytie, the Free Agent will sign with a randomly selected team.
• You can only have pending free agent bids that add up to the amount of salary cap space available on yourtheir team. Anyteam free- agentany bids that would take a team overexceed the salary cap,cap will not be processed.
  

When

Offering youMore submitthan anAsking Salary

• Players have the option to offer more than the asking salary to a Free Agent, you have the option of offering ''more'' than their asking salary, (this is commonespecially when multiple teams are bidding on the same player).player.
• If you sign a player is signed at morea salary higher than histheir asking salary,amount, the additional amount offered over the player's base salary will be renewed evereach year for as long as the player stays with the team.
  

Free Agent Market Forces

• There are various factors in the Hardgame Cap,that Bindingcan Contracts,influence the abilityrole toand adjustimpact of free agency.
• How high the leagueSalary capCap number,is andset
• Hard theCap
• Binding ability to create Contracts
• Pre-Season Free Agents,Agents. leagues
• Users havecan a lot of options to control how much of a role free agency will play. Forfind more information:information about these in the Team Finances

Free Agent Roster Placement

• When you sign a Free Agent,Agent heis signed, they will join either yourthe AAA or Low Minors.Minors roster.
• If the player has no Active Roster experience,experience and youthere haveis roomspace available in yourthe Low Minors roster (Low Minors(which has a maximum of 20 players), hethey will be assigned there.
• If the player has onegame experience or morethere year’s playing experience, or if you haveis insufficient room in yourthe Low Minors roster, hethey will be assigned to AAA.
  

Sign-N-Drop

When

• Sign-N-Drop placing Free Agent bids,allows you are permitted to select up to three players from your roster to be dropped fromif your roster should thatthe Free Agent signyou have a bid on signs with yourtheir team.
• This feature is useful for teams whothat are currently over the salary cap with no clear path to get back under, or teamsfor those who do notdon't want to lose the production of a current player until the replacement has signedbeen on the dotted line. =
  secured.
  • The dropped player(s) salary must be greater than yourthe offer,offer made to the Free Agent, or yourthe final salary of the Free Agent must be below the league salary cap
    cap.
  • YouThe team must keep at least 14 hitters and 11 pitchers on Active or AAA rostersrosters, (includingincluding the signed player)
    player.
  • The dropped player(s) may not be involved in other pending transactions
    transactions.

• Once a player is included in a Sign-N-Drop transaction, hethey may notcannot be included in another one until the first one has been cleared or cancelled. Players from
• Additionally, your team who areplayers included in Sign-N-Drop transactions may notcannot be dropped from the roster or included in any trade offers.