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**BigRon** · 07-30-2012, 06:45 AM

Being a newcomer, I've never participated in the free agent auction. I also haven't done my homework and read up on the rules/protocol, so I have little idea of what will happen. I'll try to read some of the dialogue pertaining to this to see if I can figure anything out.

But, I don't even understand some of the basic mechanics. THere are, I guess, well over 100 free agents out there. Do we start bidding on any/all of them simultaneously, or what?

**scubadan** · 07-30-2012, 08:01 AM

Originally posted by rmadachik View Post

We will begin the free agent auction a couple days later than originally planned. Here are the stats for free agents available. The auction will begin Tuesday morning at 9:00am EST. Every other date on the calender will move up 2 days.

Rich, can you please edit the calendar for the complete off season activity schedule? Your message notes that the free agent auction will begin on Tuesday (7/31) at 9 am which is "a couple of days later than originally planned". The way I read the schedule posted in the 1901-02 offseason thread, we were scheduled to begin the free agent auction on Friday 8/3 at 9 pm. Maybe I'm the only one but I'm confused since this looks to be earlier rather than later and I'm not certain if the 9 am vs 9 pm is a typo or schedule change and how it might impact the full calendar.

Sorry, I'm really not trying to be anal, but perhaps it would be less confusing (at least for me) if you updated the full calendar for all of these changes. Thanks.

**scubadan** · 07-30-2012, 08:15 AM

Originally posted by BigRon View Post

Being a newcomer, I've never participated in the free agent auction. I also haven't done my homework and read up on the rules/protocol, so I have little idea of what will happen. I'll try to read some of the dialogue pertaining to this to see if I can figure anything out.

But, I don't even understand some of the basic mechanics. THere are, I guess, well over 100 free agents out there. Do we start bidding on any/all of them simultaneously, or what?

Ron, here is an updated version of a post I made to Wade's similar question in another thread. Please note that the dates and times are based on the original schedule but the process is still the same regardless the dates and times:

Basically, you can place an opening bid on any player (in 250k increments) from 9 pm Friday until 8 pm Monday. So if you bid 250k on a player, I can bid 500k (or 750k, or 1M. etc) on the same player. If you get outbid, you can put another bid in on the player until 8 pm Monday. After 8 pm Monday, high bids on all players are listed. The 250k phase goes from Monday at 9 pm until Tuesday at 8 pm. All bids are raised in minimum 250k increments. Any player not receiving a new bid in this phase is signed by the high bidder from previous period. Any player receiving a higher bid during this period (whether it is one higher bid or 100 higher bids) automatically moves into the 500k phase which goes from 9 pm Tuesday until 8 pm Wednesday. In this phase, all higher bids have to be at least 500k higher than the previous bid. Again, if the player receives no new bids during this phase, he is signed by the previous phase high bidder. If the player does receive at least one higher bid, they move into the 1M phase. Any player getting a higher bid in the 1M phase, then moves into the live phase of the auction on Friday night.

The Classic Keeper League just finished their 1981 free agent auction. You can check it out here http://www.baseball-fever.com/showth...-Agent-Auction to see how it works in practice.

**Erik Bedard** · 07-30-2012, 08:43 AM

Just want to be 100% certain of this, because it's different from the CKL: any player can be signed for up to five years, even at minimum salary?

**rmadachik** · 07-30-2012, 06:09 PM

sorry - Friday wil be the start date for free agency - as was originally posted.... things have been goofy at work and i'm losing track of dates lately.

**rmadachik** · 07-30-2012, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by Erik Bedard View Post

Just want to be 100% certain of this, because it's different from the CKL: any player can be signed for up to five years, even at minimum salary?

Thats Correct

**Erik Bedard** · 08-03-2012, 09:47 AM

Roscoe (Roxy) Miller should be on the free agency list.

We've started now, right?

**rmadachik** · 08-03-2012, 10:05 AM

yes its started

**jaybird_1981** · 08-03-2012, 10:37 AM

Wait the original post said 9pm it would start.

**scubadan** · 08-03-2012, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by rmadachik View Post

yes its started

I'm confused (again). The schedule says we start tonight at 9 pm EST.

**rmadachik** · 08-03-2012, 10:51 AM

sorry - 9PM it is. . . . Geeeez. . . How many times is the comissioner going to mess this up eh?

**scubadan** · 08-03-2012, 10:56 AM

Originally posted by rmadachik View Post

sorry - 9PM it is. . . . Geeeez. . . How many times is the comissioner going to mess this up eh?

Not like it makes a big difference at this point. I just didn't want someone offline now to wonder what happened when they show up later.

I have some questions regarding next week's free agency period. In the CKL, bidding for a phase ends at 8 pm with bidding for the next phase beginning at 9 pm. In the hour between, winning bids and players moving to the next phase are posted. In our schedule it simply reads that signings will be announced at 11 pm.

Is 11 pm the deadline for submitting a bid or is it some time earlier and this is when the winning bids are announced?

Regarding the cutoff time for submitting a bid, what is the final time a successful bid will be accepted? For example, if the deadline is 11 pm, is the last successful bid at 10:59 and 11:00 is too late or is 11:00 the last acceptable time to make a bid and 11:01 is too late? This question arose in the last CKL free agent period and I thought it would be best addressed up front.

If there is no gap between the cutoff and announcement time, I assume the end of one phase and the beginning of the next phase will be seamless. If that is the case, it will be important that owners keep good track of players signed and players advancing to the next phase. This will help avoid bids in subsequent rounds for players "signed" in the previous round.

Do you want owners to post a roster recap (# of players and salary committed) on this thread or just update their roster's in the roster thread prior to the start of the free agency period?

**rmadachik** · 08-03-2012, 11:27 AM

Originally posted by scubadan View Post

Not like it makes a big difference at this point. I just didn't want someone offline now to wonder what happened when they show up later.

I have some questions regarding next week's free agency period. In the CKL, bidding for a phase ends at 8 pm with bidding for the next phase beginning at 9 pm. In the hour between, winning bids and players moving to the next phase are posted. In our schedule it simply reads that signings will be announced at 11 pm.

Is 11 pm the deadline for submitting a bid or is it some time earlier and this is when the winning bids are announced?

Regarding the cutoff time for submitting a bid, what is the final time a successful bid will be accepted? For example, if the deadline is 11 pm, is the last successful bid at 10:59 and 11:00 is too late or is 11:00 the last acceptable time to make a bid and 11:01 is too late? This question arose in the last CKL free agent period and I thought it would be best addressed up front.

If there is no gap between the cutoff and announcement time, I assume the end of one phase and the beginning of the next phase will be seamless. If that is the case, it will be important that owners keep good track of players signed and players advancing to the next phase. This will help avoid bids in subsequent rounds for players "signed" in the previous round.

Do you want owners to post a roster recap (# of players and salary committed) on this thread or just update their roster's in the roster thread prior to the start of the free agency period?

Updated free agency calender:

Friday, July 13 (9PM EST): Updated Rosters Due
Friday, July 20th (9:01 PM EST): Rookie draft begins
Monday, July 30th (9 PM EST): Rookie draft ends
Friday, August 3rd (9:01 PM EST): free agent bidding begins
Sunday, August 5th (11PM EST): first bid list posted
Tuesday, August 7th (11AM EST) 2nd bid list posted
Wednesday, August 8th (12PM EST): first phase signings announced
Wednesday, August 8th (1PM EST): 500K bid phase begins
Friday, August 10th (11 AM EST): second phase signings announced
Friday, August 10th (12 PM EST): 1M bid phase begins
Saturday, August 11th (9PM EST): fourth phase signings anounced
Saturday, August 11th (9PM EST):Blind bidding begins on remaining free agents via email
Monday, August 13th (9PM EST) Blind bidding closed - results posted by 10PM EST
Monday, August 13th (10PM EST): free signing period for any team under 30
Friday, August 17 (9PM EST): cut down deadline to 30 for any team over
Monday, August 20 (midnight EST): deadline for submitting Opening Day profile
Wednesday, August 22: Opening Day

**dust bunnies** · 08-03-2012, 12:06 PM

Kalamazoo Kumquat Initial Roster for 1902

George Barclay draft 02 $0.25
Jake Buckley FA 01-04 $6.00
Monte Cross FA 01-03 $1.00
Charlie Dexter FA 01-03 $2.00
Mike Donlin FA 01-05 $7.00
Red Dooin draft 02 $0.50
Patsy Dougherty draft 02 $2.50
Jack Doyle FA 01-03 $1.00
Mal Eason FA 01-03 $1.00
Kid Gleason FA 01-04 $2.00
Crese Heismann FA 01-02 $0.50
Fred Jacklitsch FA 01-03 $1.00
Jim Jones FA 01-02 $0.50
Billy Lauder FA 01-03 $0.75
Sam Leever FA 01-08 $15.00
Bobby Lowe FA 01-03 $0.75
Pat Moran FA 01-03 $3.00
George Mullin draft 02 $3.00
Jack O'Brien FA 01-03 $1.00
Casey Patten FA 01-05 $2.00
Bill Phillips FA 01-03 $2.00
Bob Rhodes draft 02 $1.50
Cy Seymour FA 01-05 $8.00
Harry Steinfeldt FA 01-03 $5.00
Doc White FA 01-08 $10.00
Gene Wright FA 01-03 $0.50

26 players $77.75

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