Free Agent bidding will be broken down into 6 weeks of bidding.
Week 1 - 20 Players
Week 2 - 25 Players
Week 3 - 30 Players
Week 4 - 40 Players
Week 5 - 45 Players
Week 6 - Unlimited Players
Each team has the opportunity to nominate a player(s) by posting them on the message board in this thread beginning Thursday, January 12th and 9pm PDT.
A team is allowed 5 nominations per day and all nominations are free of charge.
If nominations do not cover an entire week, the open spots will be filled by the CO by randomly choosing from the Free Agent list.
The CO retains the right to balance the player pools based on the nominations for the first three weeks.
Group bidding begins Saturday evening of each week and the earliest a player can close is Monday at 9 PM PST. Open message board bidding extends until 9 PM PST on Thursday of each week.
When necessary a silent auction is implemented with bids due before Friday at 9 PM PST
Rum Runner's Nominations - Just moving them here to keep all nominations in one thread.
Yu Darvish TEX-SP
Curtis Granderson NYM-RF
Carlos Torres MIL-RP
Jose Ramirez CLE-3B
Paulo Orlando KCR-RF
JD Martinez - RF
Zach Britton - RP
Corey Kluber - SP
Mark Trumbo - DH
Robinson Cano - 2B
Bulldogs nominate
- Russell Martin - C
- Brian McCann - C
- Chris Sale - P
- Wade Miley - P
- Anibel Sanchez - P
Nomads nominate:
Max Scherzer - SP
Clayton Kershaw - SP
Craig Kimbrel - CL
Josh Donaldson - 3B
Charlie Blackmon - CF
OCD nominate:
Rick Porcello, SP
Bartolo Colon, SP
CC Sabathia, SP
Madison Bumgarner, SP
Jon Lester, SP
tried to list the remaining Cy Youngs--hard to believe Bumgarner has never been close.
I propose all recent winners all post in the same round to see how frenetic it gets.
I can nominate SP too :)
Jose Quintana
Danny Duffy
Ian Kennedy
Stephen Strasburg
Tanner Roark
Edwin Encarnacion, 1B
Jose Altuve, 2B
Elvis Andrus, SS
Todd Frazier, 3B
Khris Davis, LF
Adrian Beltre - 3b
Adam Duvall - LF
Mike Napoli - 1b
Jeff Samardzjia - SP
John Lackey - SP
Nori Aoki - LF
Salvador Perez - C
Brandon Belt - 1B
Chase Headley - 3B
Robbie Grossman - LF
I'm confused. Are these nominations for week 2 and beyond?
Adam Jones - CF
Michael Saunders - LF
Hanley Ramirez - 1b
Evan Longoria - 3b
Adam Wainwright - SP
Anyone can nominate any player at any time (5 per day max). Once the number of players for the upcoming week have been defined they just bleed into the following week. Without running the numbers, I bet by now we have enough to fill Week 2 and we're onto Week 3.
Cam Bedrosian RP
Mauricio Cabrera RP
Brad Hand RP
Trevor Cahill RP
Seth Lugo RP
Jake McGee- RP
Pedro Strop- RP
Ian Kinsler- 2B
Victor Martinez- DH
Jason Kipnis- 2B
Eric Hosmer, 1B
Kendrys Morales, 1B
Matt Carpenter, 3B
Freddy Galvis, SS
Sean Rodriguez, SS
Andrew McCutchen
Technically you can only nominate 5 per day.
But I'll take the pressure off and nominate McCutchen for you :)
Brian Dozier, 2B, Min
Josh Reddick, OF, Hou
Corey Dickerson, OF, TB
Jeurys Familia, RP, NYM
Aroldis Chapman, RP, NYY
Mike Moustakas - 3b
Jason Hammel - SP
Scott Kazmir - SP
Jeanmar Gomez - RP
Hernan Perez, 3B
Tyler Chatwood, SP
Stephen Wright, SP
Carlos Torres, RP -- Already Nominated
Dan Otero, RP -- Koi NRO
I think the ACLs want to charge the Bombers with tampering with a player we signed last week with Carlos Torres. :)
Bulldogs Nominate:
Craig Kimbrel
Jim Johnson
Jake Barrett
Joe Biagini
Rick Porcello
Hmmm, I tried to search for everyone in this thread. Maybe I spelled his name with a Z? It's awfully tough to do anything while your three year old tugs at your pant leg (and your heart strings).
I have a question- Otero is on my "non roster obligations list". Can he be listed here? Can I bid on him? If I bid on him, wouldnt that give me a "discount" from the winning bid or would I "pay" him twice??
@ecjimg --- this came up last year.
From the Rulebook - -
"Teams may not re-sign any player that currently appears on that team's Non-Roster Obligation
list."
Thanks! Do I still pay him?
You'll pay the difference.
"When a player is waived with an amount remaining on the contract, it does not alleviate the waiving
GM’s obligation unless that player is claimed by another GM or, alternatively if that player is signed as a
free agent before the original contract expires. In that case, the waiving team is still responsible for the
difference in cost per year, if any. If the new free agent contract annual dollar amount is equal to or
greater than the original contract, the waiving team is no longer obligated to the player. If a waived
player was subject to an ISR, that player’s salary will only be alleviated by the amount that the free agent
contract annual dollar amount is greater than the ISR."
Tony Wolters, C
Carlos Ruiz, C
Travis Jankowski, CF
OCD nominate:
Adonis Garcia, 3B
Steve Pearce, 1B
Nate Jones, RP
Boone Logan, RP
Sandy Leon - C
Luke Gregerson - RP
Gavin Floyd - RP
Joba Chamberlain - RP
Wellington Castillo, C
Dee Gordon - 2B
Lonnie Chisenhall - RF
Whit Merrifield - 2B
Jake Smolinsk - CF
Tyler White - 1B
Dan Straily, SP
Miguel Gonzalez, SP
Tyler Chatwood, SP
Steven Wright, SP
(sorry if any of these guys have been nominated - I don't think I've seen their names, which is kind of surprising, which leads me to believe maybe I missed them)
Matt Bush - RP
Joaquin Benoit - RP
Domingo Santana - RF
Joey Rickard - RF
Eric Thames - 1B
Matt Joyce, OF
Melvin Upton, OF
Mallex Smith, OF
Matt Bush, RP
Ivan Nova, SP
Chris Rusin, SP/RP
Xavier Cedeno, RP
Felipe Rivero, RP
Chris Iannetta, C
Mark Reynolds, 1B
Robbie Ross RP
Jake Diekman RP
Jason Werth OF
I know I can only nominate 5 a day, so just consider these invalid until tomorrow. :)
Josh Harrison, 3B
Jordy Mercer, SS
Melvin Upton, OF
Ben Revere CF
Tommy Milone SP
Homer Bailey SP
Denard Span CF
Irchiro Suzuki RF
Kyle Ryan, RP
Brian Flynn, RP
Matt Strahm, RP
Blake Treinen, RP
Strahm only has 22 career IP.
I'm sure he'll eclipse 25 before the minors draft, therefore he'll be available in free agency next year.
alright, I didn't see any eligibility rules so I figured if they played they are good. I'll study the rules again.
Edit: its because I clicked on "process" - the first topic, and skipped the first section... oops, I see it now.
Keon Broxton, OF
Angel Pagan, OF
Juan Centeno, C
Robert Gsellman, P
Jharel Cotton, P
Clearly Strahm is on my radar, but I see him going into free agency for 2018.
Tony Sipp, RP
Jonathan Broxton RP
Fernando Rodney RP
Chris Herrmann, C
Brandon Morrow - RP
Alec Asher - SP
Tyler Cravy - RP
Tyler Lyons - RP
Adeiny Hechavarria - SS
Ryan Schimpf- 2B
Cory Gearrin RP
A.J. Schugel RP
Bruce Maxwell, C
Jose Lobaton, C
Alex Avila, C
Anthony Recker, C
Matt Belisle, RP
Tony Barnette, RP
Chase Whitley, RP
David Wright, 3B
Adam Rosales, 3B
Clay Buchholz, SP
Fernando Salas, RP
AJ Griffin, SP
Jerry Blevins, RP
Stephen Drew, IF
TJ Rivera, IF (he's eligible, I assume?)
Nick Wittgren, RP
Drew Butera - C
David Ross - C
Jose Reyes - 3b/SS
Shin-Soo Choo - OF
Alex Claudio - RP