Free Agency Compensation Rules

[Hammer]

im gonna go through with the compensation this first year with these rules, and make amendments as i go along. its a work in progress but id like to see this become a main fixture.

1. free agency will now be six 5-day rounds. the first 2 rounds will be compensatory rounds, the final 4 will not. compensation is decided by the signings of class a and class b free agents.

2. class a free agents will net compensation in the form of a pick from #16 overall to #45 overall, depending on the signing team

3. class b free agents will net compensation in the form of a pick from #46 overall to #75 overall, depending on the signing team

4. the class of the free agent will NOT be decided by ratings. keep your eyes on ratings, because some guys may not be rated in comparison to their class (meaning, if a 1 star player meets the qualifications to be a class a free agent, he will indeed be a class a free agent... and thusly, keep that in mind before you offer to him).

5. instead, their class will be decided by statistics...

a. class a hitters compensation will be decided by...
1. a minimum of 500 PLATE APPEARANCES
2. an ops of .835 or higher

b. class b hitters compensation will be decided by...
1. a minimum of 400 PLATE APPEARANCES
2. an ops of .750 or higher

c. class a starters compensation will be decided by...
1. a minimum of 200 innings pitched
2. 25 starts
3. an earned run average of 3.60 or lower

d. class b starters compensation will be decided by...
1. a minimum of 150 innings pitched
2. 18 starts
3. an earned run average of 4.25 or lower

e. class a relievers compensation will be decided by...
1. either 75 appearances or 75 innings pitched
2. an era under 2.50

f. class b relievers compensation will be decided by...
1. either 50 appearances or 50 innings pitched
2. an era under 3.25

g. ratings will come into play in one situation and one situation ONLY... injuries. their statistics and, more importantly, i will be the determining factor in that case.

h. if you sign 2 players of the same class... the team whos player you signed officially FIRST, will be given the correct compensation. the team whos player you signed SECOND, will be given your NEXT ROUND pick, as well as a sandwich pick in between rounds.

this is known as the dave rule, since diamond dave initially asked the question which prompted this rule. to translate it and make it more understandable... and ill use dave as the example. dave signed michael young, a class b free agent this season. thus, the yankees will be getting a 2nd round pick from detroit. now, let us assume dave signs another class b free agent... he would send his 3rd round pick to that team, and that team would also get a sandwich pick in between rounds 2 and 3.

[BrianDawkins]

this is such a classy idea, i most definitely adorn it with the zz top seal of approval courtesy of charlie villenueva and guillermo del toro

[Kingdom]

Definitely won't be going after any relievers now.
Or much of anything else, for that matter.

[BrianDawkins]

pansy

[Kingdom]

I never move draft picks.
No one can touch my draft picks. All mine. Off my grill, ***** pickle.

[Hammer]

whats a mid-late 2nd round pick for joe nathan? plus, eric gagne had a shitty year, no compensation for him. i think you can make it work for yourself bucko.

[BrianDawkins]

I never move draft picks.
No one can touch my draft picks. All mine. Off my grill, ***** pickle.

im absolutely enamored by what potential 5-letter obscenity was bad enough to be censored but awesome enough to be the preface to "pickle"

[Kingdom]

b i t c h

[Kingdom]

whats a mid-late 2nd round pick for joe nathan? plus, eric gagne had a shitty year, no compensation for him. i think you can make it work for yourself bucko.

I was completely being sarcastic on the reliever front, last thing I really want unless I landed some old fogey on the cheap.

I need a good bat, DH type or a better 2B than Frandsen/Theriot/Luna. Not sure what the market will bring. I'm still kinda shocked you didn't set the compensation up based on ratings since a monster stud could have had a real bad year as opposed to a scrub having a fluke year..

[Hammer]

well that would entail the quandry of being the gm of a team. plus theres no ratings in real life, and since i couldnt find the true qualifications the mlb uses, i did it on my own system.

[Kingdom]

Entirely fair enough.
I like new ideas for sims.

[DMBZeppelin]

I think this is an awesome idea! It helps out teams that may not be able to keep a guy because he wants a winner. Will reduce people who might sign someone just to trade them.

[OrioleMagic]

Hillenbrand: Nothing
King: A Colorado ERA... Nothing
Fuentes: Ditto
Leiberthal: Nothing
Jennings would have been nothing as well.

Oh well.

[DiamondDave]

WooHoo!!!!!... I'll get something for IRod!!!

[Providence A's]

assuming someone signs him in the 1st 10 days...

I'll get nothing for Kendall...too low of an OPS.