TBL Free Agent Compensation

[cjkalt]

If real life Tampa Rays can win 90 games or compete for playoffs yearly now for X amount of years without a big payroll, it's possible. I think the salary cap works well in this league.

Sure but would they be able to do it without compensation picks to supplement their draft picks

[HollywoodLeo]

Team X could have a team worthy of losing 110 games. Team X, with 80 million in cap space, signs Type A player to a max deal (20 million per) for 2 years (my understanding of how long this player would need to be signed for compensation consideration.)

While this Type A Player might help Team X win 5-6 more games, he's still looking at a 105 loss season, as he attempts to stack his minor league system.

Seems like a lot of trouble to trade a current year's high 2nd round pick for a low 1st round pick 2 years later, while hoping the type A player doesn't die off during those 2 years.

Plus, if the type A player is young enough 2 years, max or no max, may not cut it for him.

I agree with the majority of your post (most of the part I cropped out in the quote) but I don't see this part as much of a concern.

[Kingdom]

Sure but would they be able to do it without compensation picks to supplement their draft picks

The same teams since the inception of this league have been competing for playoffs and world series almost every year without compensation, so, yeah, at least in this league it works. Compensation won't hurt. Just adds another angle for everyone to consider.

[BillyOcean]

I like that though, because it then discourages what he did a few seasons ago.

I'm guessing signing Wells and Sizemore and 3/4 of the free agent class would have lost him Harper. I think?

So although I generally dislike FA Compensation, I like that part

Let's not skew intent on this though. I inherited a team that had 9 players on the roster during that offseason and a salary of about 13 million. If I was going to field a 25 man roster not full of 1.0 overall players, much less compete, I needed to spend money.

[Trendy Bastard]

Just a couple things:

- Type A will no longer require a draft pick from the signing team. I've thought it over and decided against it. I'm thinking a legit 5.0 + 4.5

- Teams must make a solid attempt (judged by me) to sign the player in order to receive compensation. Open teams are exempt from this rule.

[OrioleMagic]

Can we get one post at the top of a thread to detail the criteria that makes a Typ A, Type B, and Type C free agent?