B1G Player Draft

I guess the issue in our discussion is you are looking at individual team payrolls while I am looking at the average MLB payroll. Respectfully, if your assumption is used, it seems you are undervaluing the elite players.

With the proposed draft structure, a GM would not be able to do that. If they skipped their pick (intentional or not), the make-up selection they would post would be in the forum thread for that round and the player's salary would be determined by that draft slot still. Although the salaried contracts were proposed to end at the 16th Round, the intention would be to continue drafting--whether we do all 50 rounds or stop at 40 or another number. The players selected in those rounds where the contract is either [0/.5/A1] or [ML] depends on their MLB experience through the end of 2020.  Again, that's just the proposal, but I wanted to explain that intention as I think we may need to have a vote to determine the exact process for roster construction.

Well, it's good we already have a great open dialog with this and other discussions. I've always been one for not voicing my opinions on things. I'm also very active and love to make trades with one or more teams at a time. This is what make any league fun. My opinion is, one trade sometimes leads to another

I'm not a vocal person but ready though all the response it looks like we'll be fine.

What does 0/.5/A1/A2/A3 mean? I'll assume the back end is arbitration. Also, is the anyway to see newer threads first?

Correct, the A indicates a stage of arbitration. The [0/.5/A1] and [.5/1/A1/A2/A3] are different contract statuses. Someone would only enter the [.5/1/A1/A2/A3] contract status if you had them signed on your team before they reached the minimum MLB rookie eligibility requirements. If you sign a player during the season who has already exceeded those minimums, then they'll be on the [0/.5/A1] contract with more limited future control. The forum isn't perfect, but I think the threads with the most recent activity should display first for you.

Included below are the descriptions I put in the Rulebook to try to differentiate the pay scales...

C. Pay Scales
At the end of every season, players who reach the minimum MLB rookie requirements of 130 at-bats and 50 innings pitched will change pay scales and move to a [.5/1/A1/A2/A3] contract. The [A1/A2/A3] contract years indicate stages of arbitration. Teams will have until a designated deadline to release these players before those contracts become official.

During the season, a team who signs a player who has already exceeded those minimum experience requirements (as of that exact time of the signing) will be on a [0/.5/A1] contract.

D. Arbitration Process
At the end of every season, all teams will be encouraged to propose salary figures for every player who is arbitration-eligible. The highest and lowest figures for each player will be thrown out and then the remaining figures will be averaged to determine the player’s arbitration salary. No player can earn less than their previous year's salary. Maximum salaries are determined by the arbitration stage.

[A1] Maximum: $3 million
[A2] Maximum: $5 million
[A3] Maximum: $10 million

another idea would be to allow a team to skip a round and get an additional pick in the subsequent round.

We can certainly consider adding those wrinkles (skipping a round or trading picks), but it might help to simplify the options first. If we can settle on 2-3 options and have a league vote, then we could get started as soon as next week. If people like the draft slot salary adjustments offered by San Francisco more than the initial proposal, we could put some type of free agency option against that for the league to decide.

So let's say I draft Mike Trout in the 50th Round. If I understand correctly, his salary will be 0.1 Million, or $100,000. Those slots are catagorized as 0/.5/A1 or ML. My understanding is that in his second year on my team, he would continue to be paid $100,000. In the third year, he would receive a raise of 50% to $150,000. After that he would be eligible for Level 1 arbitration. Thus, a maximum of $3,000,000. Please clarify where I am wrong.

Regarding the annual draft, the draftable players would be newly carded players who were't taken in a Minor League Draft and free agents who were not signed during the free agent signing period.

After we draft minor leaguers, how much are they paid?

I just realized that I adjusted San Francisco's proposal to use the [.5/1/A1/A2/A3] contract through the 26th Round because ending it at the 25th would have given the teams at the top of the snake order more of those players.

I disagree. A player should be drafted based on his market value, not some rule meant to save MLB teams cash...
The slot draft system is a practical restriction given we have 30 owners, we do not need further restrictions to create artificial undervaluation.

Would it be a compromise for the [.5/1/A1/A2/A3] contract to be the slot value for rounds 16-20? If so, the [0/.5/A1] or [ML] contract would be the slot value for the 21st Round and beyond--depending on their MLB experience. Or am I misunderstanding what you meant by how the [ML] process is being done? If you look at the major league level players who would be available after the 20th Round, the valuable options really start to dwindle at around 600 players. I think those would mostly be relievers and bench depth. I can understand offering more flexibility to draft those younger players/prospects (who don't have the MLB experience) a little earlier without forcing teams to start their financial clock immediately.

That makes sense to me. Does anyone have any other suggestions to the salaries for other draft slots? If the draft remains the preferred option over limited free agency to start the league, we can even vote on different draft proposals if we don't seem to be on the same page.

I’m with Miami’s line of thought.