Post by Andy on Oct 8, 2015 5:00:33 GMT
Welcome to Major League Baseball Fantasy Baseball. Here I have tried to simulate an experience for you guys similar to that of a GM, but with the obvious twists and turns that fantasy baseball brings. To begin, you will start with $150,000,000. We will then commence a fantasy draft with the following rules and instructions:
1. To create a player to bid for, go to their position and click New Thread, and create a thread title with the player's name, and the description being your opening bid. OPENING BIDS MUST BE AT LEAST $500,000.
2. If you are bidding for a player that has already been posted, YOUR NEW BID MUST BE A RAISE OF AT Least $500,000 For example, if I post Jose Altuve for $700,000 initially, the next bet must be at least $1.2 million. If it is a 2 year contract worth 30$ million (15$ mill per year), you have to raise on a per year basis. So if I bid that 2 years 30$ million, the next bet must be at least 1 year $15.5 million, 2 years $31 million, or 3 years $46.5 million.
3. You will be allowed to give out unlimited 1 year contracts, a maximum of 15 2 year contracts, and a maximum of 5 3 year contracts. However, there is a risk associated with multiyear contracts, SEE FREE AGENT RULES. When putting down a 2 year contract, please use the format "2 years, $20 million" For all of you math geniuses, this signifies that the contract is worth 10$ million per year.
4. Improper bids or raises of bids will be voided and will not count. If you raise a bid by less than $500,000, it will not count. If your initial post for a player is less than $500,000, it will not count, and therefore the rest of the thread is invalid for that player, and none of the following bidding will have counted, so a new post with a proper initial bid will need to be made to bid on that player.
5. Once a player has not had their bid raised after 24 hours, I will reward them to their respective team. So if on Tuesday at 10 pm I have the highest bid until Wednesday at 10 pm, I win the player. If someone bids at 9:59 PM on Wednesday, then tough shit. I will award the players to their winners whenever I get a chance. Don't be an asshole and bother me as soon as you win a player to put them on your roster. I promise you I will take even longer to do it. I have a life.
6. No players may be dropped until after the fantasy draft bidding period ends.
7. The Bochenek Rule: If you bid on too many players than you have room on your roster for, you will get whichever ones you win first to fill your roster and the rest will go to the next highest bidder.
8. For no reason ever can you delete a bid. It may seem strict, but that will prevent people from just raising other owner's bids for the hell of it then deleting their bid.
9. No trading players or dropping players until the fantasy draft bidding process is over. There will be a separate thread put up for the rules of trading and free agents once the draft process is over.
10. I'm sure there are lots of situations I haven't covered yet, and I will have to deal with them when they come up. Please be patient with me as I will try to make this as fun and fair as possible.
11. Have fun, and draft the best team possible.
UPDATE 12/14/2015: You can now give out unlimited 1 year contracts, a max of 15 2 year contracts, and a max of 5 3 year contracts, but risks are associated with multi year contracts (see free agent bidding rules for more details). ALSO: I am now allowing teams to give out 3 team option clauses during the bidding. These team options MUST be included in your bid for the player, and you can only give out 3 of them. How a team option clause works: My bid would be Clayton Kershaw 2 years $40 million with a TEAM OPTION for a 3rd year. That team option means that after 3 years you can essentially re-sign the player for one more year if you still want him, but you must increase his salary by 25%. So if Kershaw was making $20 million a year under that 2 year contract, in his 3rd year you will have to pay him $25,000,000 (increase of 25%). After that 3rd year he will become a free agent. To repeat, every team gets THREE team option clauses that can be used for a 1, 2, or 3 year contract. Use them wisely.
UPDATE 12/20/15: If you use too many 3 years, 2 years, or options I will just drop the contract down to the next year or drop the option. For example, if you already have 5 players for 3 years and win another one for 3 years, I will drop the contract down to 2 years. Same thing for having over 15 2 year contracts. Also, if you use all 3 options and win a 4th player with an option, I will just drop the option on that 4th player.
ALSO: If you run out of money, I will drop your highest contract players until you are back out of negative dollars, and those players will be available for re-bid and you will not be allowed to bid on them. So, don't go over the $150 mill please. Thanks.
UPDATE 12/22/15: I am reversing the rule made in the 12/20/15 update. If you win a player that will put your team at negative dollars, you will not win that player, there will be a rebidding. If you are at 0$, you can't bid anymore regardless of how full your team is.
1. To create a player to bid for, go to their position and click New Thread, and create a thread title with the player's name, and the description being your opening bid. OPENING BIDS MUST BE AT LEAST $500,000.
2. If you are bidding for a player that has already been posted, YOUR NEW BID MUST BE A RAISE OF AT Least $500,000 For example, if I post Jose Altuve for $700,000 initially, the next bet must be at least $1.2 million. If it is a 2 year contract worth 30$ million (15$ mill per year), you have to raise on a per year basis. So if I bid that 2 years 30$ million, the next bet must be at least 1 year $15.5 million, 2 years $31 million, or 3 years $46.5 million.
3. You will be allowed to give out unlimited 1 year contracts, a maximum of 15 2 year contracts, and a maximum of 5 3 year contracts. However, there is a risk associated with multiyear contracts, SEE FREE AGENT RULES. When putting down a 2 year contract, please use the format "2 years, $20 million" For all of you math geniuses, this signifies that the contract is worth 10$ million per year.
4. Improper bids or raises of bids will be voided and will not count. If you raise a bid by less than $500,000, it will not count. If your initial post for a player is less than $500,000, it will not count, and therefore the rest of the thread is invalid for that player, and none of the following bidding will have counted, so a new post with a proper initial bid will need to be made to bid on that player.
5. Once a player has not had their bid raised after 24 hours, I will reward them to their respective team. So if on Tuesday at 10 pm I have the highest bid until Wednesday at 10 pm, I win the player. If someone bids at 9:59 PM on Wednesday, then tough shit. I will award the players to their winners whenever I get a chance. Don't be an asshole and bother me as soon as you win a player to put them on your roster. I promise you I will take even longer to do it. I have a life.
6. No players may be dropped until after the fantasy draft bidding period ends.
7. The Bochenek Rule: If you bid on too many players than you have room on your roster for, you will get whichever ones you win first to fill your roster and the rest will go to the next highest bidder.
8. For no reason ever can you delete a bid. It may seem strict, but that will prevent people from just raising other owner's bids for the hell of it then deleting their bid.
9. No trading players or dropping players until the fantasy draft bidding process is over. There will be a separate thread put up for the rules of trading and free agents once the draft process is over.
10. I'm sure there are lots of situations I haven't covered yet, and I will have to deal with them when they come up. Please be patient with me as I will try to make this as fun and fair as possible.
11. Have fun, and draft the best team possible.
UPDATE 12/14/2015: You can now give out unlimited 1 year contracts, a max of 15 2 year contracts, and a max of 5 3 year contracts, but risks are associated with multi year contracts (see free agent bidding rules for more details). ALSO: I am now allowing teams to give out 3 team option clauses during the bidding. These team options MUST be included in your bid for the player, and you can only give out 3 of them. How a team option clause works: My bid would be Clayton Kershaw 2 years $40 million with a TEAM OPTION for a 3rd year. That team option means that after 3 years you can essentially re-sign the player for one more year if you still want him, but you must increase his salary by 25%. So if Kershaw was making $20 million a year under that 2 year contract, in his 3rd year you will have to pay him $25,000,000 (increase of 25%). After that 3rd year he will become a free agent. To repeat, every team gets THREE team option clauses that can be used for a 1, 2, or 3 year contract. Use them wisely.
UPDATE 12/20/15: If you use too many 3 years, 2 years, or options I will just drop the contract down to the next year or drop the option. For example, if you already have 5 players for 3 years and win another one for 3 years, I will drop the contract down to 2 years. Same thing for having over 15 2 year contracts. Also, if you use all 3 options and win a 4th player with an option, I will just drop the option on that 4th player.
ALSO: If you run out of money, I will drop your highest contract players until you are back out of negative dollars, and those players will be available for re-bid and you will not be allowed to bid on them. So, don't go over the $150 mill please. Thanks.
UPDATE 12/22/15: I am reversing the rule made in the 12/20/15 update. If you win a player that will put your team at negative dollars, you will not win that player, there will be a rebidding. If you are at 0$, you can't bid anymore regardless of how full your team is.
