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Post by Oakland Athletics on Feb 4, 2017 18:03:51 GMT -5
Hey guys I have had a couple of owners suggest to me of putting a limit or a cap on the amount of options you can add to the end of a contract during Free Agency. The only reason we did not do this in the first place we tried to follow the rules of the 2 leagues this one was built off of as closely as possible. Me and Gray both believe it is a good idea. It seems somewhat meaningless to have options if every player can have one. By putting a cap on the options it will help fro a better pool of free agents on a yearly basis. My suggestion would be to put a limit of 3 options for an entire season. So once free agency starts you will have 3 options to give to a player during Free Agency until the season ends. Once a new season begins on October 2nd you will have 3 options available again to use during the Offseason free agency and next season's free agency all the way until the end of next season. I really don't see a reason not to do this. Thoughts?
FOR YOUR REFERENCE: You may not give any players options for the Initial Contract assignments.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 18:11:35 GMT -5
I vote for nothing because we did an entire draft, some of which long term plans may have been affected by it
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Post by Baltimore Orioles on Feb 4, 2017 19:05:25 GMT -5
I think the option should be two per offseason, I think it helps make the FA process mean something.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 20:27:46 GMT -5
I agree there should be a limit on how many players you can have options on. As far as how many, I don't have a preference.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 21:43:44 GMT -5
Fine by me. I assume options can only be added to players at the time they are bid on. Not players already on the roster.
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Post by Oakland Athletics on Feb 4, 2017 21:48:03 GMT -5
Fine by me. I assume options can only be added to players at the time they are bid on. Not players already on the roster. Of course. Players that were won in this initial auction are not allowed any options. This is for free agency. |
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Post by Baltimore Orioles on Feb 4, 2017 22:45:22 GMT -5
Honestly I think we should only be allowed to place an option on one or two players. Because if you do three players there is a possibly of a FA being quite a bit weaker due to several players getting kept due to option years. If we limit the amount of players optioned it will allow for their to be a stronger group of players available as FA. This way it keeps the FA part of this league in pretty good shape.
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Post by Oakland Athletics on Feb 4, 2017 23:15:53 GMT -5
I'm good with 2 per year
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 0:07:43 GMT -5
Honestly I think we should only be allowed to place an option on one or two players. Because if you do three players there is a possibly of a FA being quite a bit weaker due to several players getting kept due to option years. If we limit the amount of players optioned it will allow for their to be a stronger group of players available as FA. This way it keeps the FA part of this league in pretty good shape. If you don't put a limit on option contracts then free agency will have less impact on those teams who have cash to spend. having FA's on a yearly basis helps out those other teams who want to make a move. A few of us here are in another league that allows a team to be awarded 2 option year contracts each off season. However, a team may acquire through trades any number of option year contracts So for example if in 2018 a team may place a bid like: Joe Blow (LAA) 3 years plus an option $12.00 So any team is allowed to be awarded a max of two option contracts starting in 2018. If the league allows three then so be it. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 11:00:13 GMT -5
I like the idea of two. I think it would work out well for all the teams.
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Post by San Francisco Giants on Feb 6, 2017 11:09:34 GMT -5
2 options sounds good to me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 12:01:43 GMT -5
I am on board with 2
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 12:07:51 GMT -5
If we go with options does a bid withoit an option trump one with one?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 12:14:20 GMT -5
In most dynasty leagues the priority of the bid is:
-- amount of yearly salary
-- the number of years
-- the option
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 15:10:52 GMT -5
Don't have a strong opinion, but lean more toward an overall limit to assigned options instead of handing out multiple options a year. Like you can use up to X options, you can trade for guys with options, but you can only sign someone and assign them an option X number of times. Once those contracts expire or you trade that player away, you get more back toward your limit.
Once again I need to read the rules carefully, but there should be a risk-reward element to options. Like if you decline an option, you forfeit a discount on them in FA.
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