Rad = wolfmanAlso several people are probably not taking the time to math buyouts based on what players are countering with. If you don't offer 40% of the final year it becomes guaranteed and I will call you lazypants out on it.
Also several people are probably not taking the time to math buyouts based on what players are countering with. If you don't offer 40% of the final year it becomes guaranteed and I will call you lazypants out on it.
You are misreading the rules.40% because the contract I was looking at was >15%
I vote we get rid of all options.
Rad = wolfman
Some players practically insist on player options.
You are misreading the rules.
If it was, then you're right.Fine. The buyout was less than 10% of the highest contract year so still illegal.
I'm tired of free agent negotiations when people are line stepping constantly. It's a headache. Just offer more money if you want the player. Stop trying to screw your fellow Spacetopians to save $700,000 of fake money or to sign some 34 year old lefty with a 5 FIP.
Orlando had the only actual legal / non-shitty offer I saw this morning.
But it only has to be 20% of the option year not highest year.Fine. The buyout was less than 10% of the highest contract year so still illegal.
And I hate speculation based on what you see in a player's response to your offer.I'm tired of free agent negotiations when people are line stepping constantly. It's a headache. Just offer more money if you want the player. Stop trying to screw your fellow Spacetopians to save $700,000 of fake money or to sign some 34 year old lefty with a 5 FIP.
Orlando had the only actual legal / non-shitty offer I saw this morning.
Is your roster full?Maybe my owner just really hates me and I'm on a short leash, so he won't let me spend the big money or lock guys up for longer since he plans to release me at the end of the season.
rip lloyd
I really hope this contract offering issue fixes itself by 2058. I can only offer $490K per contract, and on top of that, I can only offer 1-year contracts.
Is your roster full?
That's always been a thing.Isn't the issue here that you're out of money because your budget dropped significantly? That's not going to fix itself and it's only going to get worse for you if you tank (or are truly awful) this season. No one else has had that issue other than you and given I just bid up a bunch of the IFAs you wanted it's only going to get worse.
I did have something interesting happen last night when I offered a four year (2+2TO) deal to a guy along with about $1M in incentives. Because the base contract was only $1M you can't have incentives that equal that in 17. Not sure if this was possible in 16 (I never tried it) but it was a nice "you cheap bastard, don't do this dumb shit" reminder to pay attention to the contract structuring, specifically bonuses.
Bring up some turds to get to 25 and then spend your money.nope
I'm assuming it's a mix of that and me starting 2057 $15M in the red.
Isn't the issue here that you're out of money because your budget dropped significantly? That's not going to fix itself and it's only going to get worse for you if you tank (or are truly awful) this season. No one else has had that issue other than you and given I just bid up a bunch of the IFAs you wanted it's only going to get worse.
I did have something interesting happen last night when I offered a four year (2+2TO) deal to a guy along with about $1M in incentives. Because the base contract was only $1M you can't have incentives that equal that in 17. Not sure if this was possible in 16 (I never tried it) but it was a nice "you cheap bastard, don't do this dumb shit" reminder to pay attention to the contract structuring, specifically bonuses.
Then he'll have to pay the turds half a million each too
I think if this was in reality tho, Lloyd would just commit suicide at this point.
That's always been a thing.
Ugh, double team options.
That's what the player wanted before we had to redo everything so I went with it again. It's no secret who this guy is (one of the many international FA that showed up in the FA pool) so I'm hedging my bets if he sucks I don't have to waste my piddly budget on a guy riding the pine and if he's good I've got him for another two years. Not all of us can offer Redbeard $20M AAV or sign Bish to $50M contracts like you dirty HAVES so you have to get creative.
By the way, @OU11 why didn't you process the Ploeg extension when you redid things? Now he wants almost $1M a year, which is fine, but I thought you had processed those when you did all of the pending FAs and IFAs.
You should probably just quit on him, btw. I still got 20M+ to burn.
Why? I'm going to make you pay as much as you're willing to waste since I too have $20M and nothing to spend it on.
Save that $20M until August and trade for Boys!
He only wanted a double TO because Tavaris gave him one.That's what the player wanted before we had to redo everything so I went with it again. It's no secret who this guy is (one of the many international FA that showed up in the FA pool) so I'm hedging my bets if he sucks I don't have to waste my piddly budget on a guy riding the pine and if he's good I've got him for another two years. Not all of us can offer Redbeard $20M AAV or sign Bish to $50M contracts like you dirty HAVES so you have to get creative.
By the way, @OU11 why didn't you process the Ploeg extension when you redid things? Now he wants almost $1M a year, which is fine, but I thought you had processed those when you did all of the pending FAs and IFAs.
Well he gonna have to pay someone a half million.Then he'll have to pay the turds half a million each too
I think if this was in reality tho, Lloyd would just commit suicide at this point.
Well he gonna have to pay someone a half million.
Double team option legit AF with some mystery 25 year old with no stats.
Slimy AF no matter the circumstance. We all a little slimy sometimes though. As long as it's not TO+PO.Double team option legit AF with some mystery 25 year old with no stats.
Don't count me out.And just think - one of us idiots is going to be paying him $20M AAV for 2+2 BABBY!!!