Free Agency

Outside the draft and trading, free agency is the way to acquire players in BaseHit.

Free Agent Signing Period

• Free Agents will not sign during the first 8 games of the preseason to ensure that teams have a fair chance to bid on players. After that, free agents can sign until the last day of the regular season.

Decision Timing

• Free Agents wait a minimum amount of time before signing, to give other owners a chance to bid.

• The wait time depends on the simulation rate of the league.
• 8/day leagues: Between 4-8 sim days after their oldest offer.
• 4/day leagues: Between 2-4 sim days after their oldest offer.
• 2/day leagues: Between 1-2 sim days after their oldest offer.

Bidding

• When multiple teams submit contract offers to a Free Agent, the player will sign with the team that offers the highest salary.
• In the event of a tie, they will randomly select which team to sign with.
• You can only have pending free agent bids that add up to the amount of salary cap space available on your team - any bids that would exceed the salary cap will not be saved.

Offering More than Asking Salary

• Players have the option to offer more than the asking salary of a Free Agent.
• If a player signs at a salary higher than their asking amount, the additional amount over the base salary is considered a perpetual signing bonus, and will be renewed each year unless the player returns to free agency.

Free Agent Market Forces

• There are various factors that can influence the role and impact of free agency.
• How high the Salary Cap is set
• Hard Cap
• Binding Contracts
• Pre-Season Free Agents.
• To find more information about these, follow this link - Team Finances

Free Agent Roster Placement

• When a Free Agent is signed, they will join AAA or Low Minors.
• If the player has no Active Roster experience and there is space available in the Low Minors roster (which has a maximum of(max. 20 players), they will be assigned there.
• If the player has game experience or there is insufficient room in the Low Minors roster,Minors, they will be assigned to AAA.

Sign and Drop

• Sign and Drop allows you to select up to three players from your roster to be dropped if the Free Agent you have a bid on signs with their team.
• This feature is useful for teams that are currently over the salary cap or for those who don't want to lose the production of a current player until the replacement has been secured.
• The dropped player(s) salary must be greater than the offer made to the Free Agent, or the final salary of the Free Agent must be below the league salary cap.
• The team must keep at least 14 hitters and 11 pitchers on Active or AAA rosters, including the signed player.
• The dropped player(s) may not be involved in other pending transactions.
• Once a player is included in a Sign and Drop transaction, they cannot be included in another one until the first one has been cleared or cancelled.
• Additionally, players included in Sign and Drop transactions cannot be dropped from the roster or included in any trade offers.

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