current FA questions

[Former Angels GM (Mike C.)]

There are FA offers going on and I am guessing will continue since they were not cut off before the draft....

How can you tell where your payroll is at if FA bids are pending? This could influence who is drafted?

Or is there a set date for a cutoff point for FA bid announcements?

[Reds GM (Pat H.)]

Most players that are being drafted will qualify for your 10 man minor league roster. Since players on your 10 man MiLB roster do not count towards your cap, it shouldn't affect your choice of draft picks.

Each and every week from this point on this season, owners can nominate players to bid on in free agency during the Mon - Wed period.
Bids on these players are sent to Scott Boras. You are allowed to send bids for the nominated players anytime after they are nominated up through Friday night 11:59pm Eastern time.

See this link and scroll down to Free Agent Bidding Schedule.

pbfantasybaseball.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=officialrules&action=display&thread=6

After the draft is over, owners will be allowed to nominate any player signed to a Major League organization including players in the minor leagues.

[Former Angels GM (Mike C.)]

ok, but two players have already been drafted that DO count against your CAP, correct?

Soler is one or can he be put in the minors with no cap hit?

[Pirates GM (Hollar)]

All players have a salary that counts towards your cap. However, minor leaguers making $1M or less can be stashed on the 10-man MiLB roster, removing the cap hit. They still have the same salary, but for now you don't have to pay it (Maybe some mysterious booster pays them in a college football-type scenario). Soler will be making his real-life salaries (But I can non-tender him after any season, as with all prospects), so as long as that is $1M or less, I can choose to not have him count against my cap by sending him down to the MiLB roster.

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I don't see this as an issue considering how limited mlb contracts are going forward in the draft.

[Former Angels GM (Mike C.)]

so Soler's salary counts against the teams cap, this season, correct? any player who is above 1m and drafted goes against your cap this season, correct? Under 1m can go onto your minor league roster, correct?

Sorry, I still haven't seen a definitive answer.
Asking because I am near the end of my current cap.

[Pirates GM (Hollar)]

Like I told you in plain English above (And like the official rules say in the same), players making $1M or less can be put on the minor league roster. This is way easier than calculus.

[Pirates GM (Hollar)]

Wait, you have players listed as making $1M listed as being in your minor leagues on your team page. Are you trolling?

[Former Angels GM (Mike C.)]

lol, no, just making sure that players who are currently drafted count against your cap, if they have a major league contract, thats it, since some have been drafted already.

lol, and plain english to non-veteran players or people in the world is really simple generally, yes or no....thanks for answering the 3 questions above that were quite specific and that yes or no thing would have answered all 3 with 3 words.

[Pirates GM (Hollar)]

I minored in English. There's no hope for me in terms of directly answering questions. Or having a career.

[Former Angels GM (Mike C.)]

hilarious, my minor was environmental science and general business...at least it was looked at for my current career, used about zero.