Post by LRSuccess7 on Nov 17, 2012 20:24:05 GMT -5
This is the first year of the Grand Slam Invitation league (GSI). Therefore, contracts will be a little skewed for some players, but that is the way it is. Every year, some players will go up in value and other players will go down. The player rater that we are going to use is the ESPN default player rater. This is the rater ESPN uses for all of its generic h2h catagory leagues.
NOTE: Our scoring structure is different from this player rater, so be aware that just because a guy is valued high, he might not be as valuable as another guy who is valued lower. Look at our league scoring structure to try and gage which players would be better in our league and try to draft them.
All players will be drafted this offseason and this will be the only real player draft that we have outside of the A roster draft which happens every year. See roster structures for more details.
Any player can be signed to a contract. Based on where the player is signed determines how many years he can be signed for. Below is the league, minimum amount a player can be signed for and the maximum amount of years he can be signed for.
Roster Minimum $ Maximum Years
MLB $500K 5
AAA $250K 3
AA $0 N/A
A $0 1
We have posted the offseason Player Rater Values for all players above the AAA minimum. Since this value will change on a daily basis, we have decided to update the player values approximately 4 times a year. When we update, the player rater value for players will change in the spreadsheet. Therefore, all you really have to do is look at the spreadsheet and see if a player is even rated. If he is not, you can sign him for the minimum of the league he is going to be in. If he is, you can sign him for that value. The idea here is to try and sign guys long term when you expect that value to continue to rise and to sign short term for guys you think are going to go down in value. An example might be that if you were doing this last year and signed Mike Trout to a 5 year deal at league minimum of 500K, you would have a bargain for the next 4 years. When resigning a player, you will always have to use the players current contract value or the new player rater value (whichever is higher). The only way to sign a player for less than a previous contract is to sign him through free agency (which is a bidding process) or after the free agent signing period if he goes unsigned. Then you could sign him at his current player rater value.
NOTE: Our scoring structure is different from this player rater, so be aware that just because a guy is valued high, he might not be as valuable as another guy who is valued lower. Look at our league scoring structure to try and gage which players would be better in our league and try to draft them.
All players will be drafted this offseason and this will be the only real player draft that we have outside of the A roster draft which happens every year. See roster structures for more details.
Any player can be signed to a contract. Based on where the player is signed determines how many years he can be signed for. Below is the league, minimum amount a player can be signed for and the maximum amount of years he can be signed for.
Roster Minimum $ Maximum Years
MLB $500K 5
AAA $250K 3
AA $0 N/A
A $0 1
We have posted the offseason Player Rater Values for all players above the AAA minimum. Since this value will change on a daily basis, we have decided to update the player values approximately 4 times a year. When we update, the player rater value for players will change in the spreadsheet. Therefore, all you really have to do is look at the spreadsheet and see if a player is even rated. If he is not, you can sign him for the minimum of the league he is going to be in. If he is, you can sign him for that value. The idea here is to try and sign guys long term when you expect that value to continue to rise and to sign short term for guys you think are going to go down in value. An example might be that if you were doing this last year and signed Mike Trout to a 5 year deal at league minimum of 500K, you would have a bargain for the next 4 years. When resigning a player, you will always have to use the players current contract value or the new player rater value (whichever is higher). The only way to sign a player for less than a previous contract is to sign him through free agency (which is a bidding process) or after the free agent signing period if he goes unsigned. Then you could sign him at his current player rater value.