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Post by Anthony_TwinsGM on Nov 22, 2015 21:20:05 GMT -5
All-Star Game- Rosters will increase from the current 25 players to 33 players. This will allow 8 more participants from the AL and NL and will allow teams more roster flexibility.
- All 30 SBL teams will now be required to send at least one representative to the All-Star Game.
- The Outcome of the All-Star game will not influence home field advantage for the World Series.
- Influence of Popularity in All-Star Vote has been decreased from “High” → “Moderate”
10/5 Veto Players will not have the right to veto any trade. The player must meet the following criteria: 10 Years in SBL 5 Years with the same Franchise
The Blue Exemption: (under review) This rule is for New GM's. This will allow a new General Manager taking over a team the ability to request the reduction of up to 2 contracts already in place. This will be adjusted at the commissioners discretion to help out the GM taking over the team. This may be either changing guaranteed years to Team Options, or removing years from the contract.
Award Voting tomorrow... First offseason sim will be Tuesday night!
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Post by marcus.dodgers on Nov 23, 2015 9:43:09 GMT -5
10/5 Veto? As in 10 years of service, five with the same team trade veto? Nice. Another reason not to sign guys to those gaudy contracts.
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Post by Anthony_TwinsGM on Nov 23, 2015 9:57:36 GMT -5
10/5 Veto? As in 10 years of service, five with the same team trade veto? Nice. Another reason not to sign guys to those gaudy contracts. Yes. I was falling asleep as i posted this so i didnt get a chance to explain more in detail. It was a setting I always thought was on.
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Post by Phillies_GM_Fin on Nov 23, 2015 20:21:37 GMT -5
Will we be using best overall record to determine WS home field now?
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Post by Anthony_TwinsGM on Nov 23, 2015 20:23:43 GMT -5
Thats how it was the last few seasons albeit manually done. I dont feel a wild card team deserves home field advantage.
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Post by Phillies_GM_Fin on Nov 23, 2015 20:27:10 GMT -5
Love the thinking and support it. Awesome.
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Post by mikebraves on Nov 23, 2015 21:04:48 GMT -5
What will I do with 33 players. I don't have 25 good ones. Do we stay at 40 or go to 48 man secondary?
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Post by Anthony_TwinsGM on Nov 23, 2015 21:19:06 GMT -5
What will I do with 33 players. I don't have 25 good ones. Do we stay at 40 or go to 48 man secondary? Don't worry. That's just for the All-Star game ONLY.
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Post by Anthony_TwinsGM on Nov 23, 2015 23:01:54 GMT -5
Coaches!
After long, drawn out negotiations between the Commissioners office and the SBL Players Association... A deal has been struck! Coaches will be added for the 2023 Season. Per the agreement, all teams will be required to have the following coaches at the Major League level: Bench Coach Hitting Coach Pitching Coach Team Trainer Assistant GM (Optional) Manager (Optional)
The Following are required at all minor league levels: Manager Hitting Coach Pitching Coach
If you hire an assistant GM you can have him control hiring and firing your minor league staff, which may make things easier for all General Managers.
You may have noticed that "Manager" is not required for the Major League Level. Due to OOTP, some managers do not allow their General Managers to set Lineup's, Pitching Staff's, or any sort of Game Strategy. Currently right now, all 30 General Managers are set-up as General Manager & Manager. This can be changed to JUST General Manager by request only. If you do request this, then you will need to hire a Major League Manager. You will not be able to hire a manger in-game until this setting is changed. Please notify the Commissioners office to make this change.
Per the agreement between the two sides, there will be $5,000,000 added to the National Media Contract to help offset the cost of additional Staff.
After discussing several options of how to disperse Managers/Coaches to teams, an agreement could not be made. Therefore, it will be an open bidding process in-game.
One of SBL Commissioners, Anthony Valentine, had this to say, "we were hoping to make SBL a more realistic experience. By adding coaches, we believe this will help develop younger players and will help make the SBL experience even better! This looks to be the last major change of after implementing scouting last year. Hundreds of coaches have been added in-game that will give every team a very fair opportunity to hire coaches with a respected reputation. If anyone has any questions, they can reach out to me or Thomas and we'll be glad to answer! We're very excited about adding this feature to the league."
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Post by mikebraves on Nov 24, 2015 0:18:49 GMT -5
What will I do with 33 players. I don't have 25 good ones. Do we stay at 40 or go to 48 man secondary? Don't worry. That's just for the All-Star game ONLY. Ah. Not sure what I smoking.
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Post by macmckenzie on Nov 24, 2015 7:33:14 GMT -5
The Blue Rule: This rule is for New GM's. This will allow a new General Manager taking over a team the ability to request the reduction of up to 2 contracts already in place. This will be adjusted at the commissioners discretion to help out the GM taking over the team. This may be either changing guaranteed years to Team Options, or removing years from the contract.
Award Voting tomorrow... First offseason sim will be Tuesday night! Did we ever have any discussion about this? 2 Contracts ? Why not just 1 ? And what type of reduction? This just seems a little vague. When I came into the league 5 seasons ago I was stuck with huge huge long term deals with Joey Votto, Devin Meseraco, Jay Bruce and Johnny Cueto. I had to unload or work through all of those contracts, but when I took on the challenge I knew what I was I getting into. So I'm am not sure how I feel about this rule being put in.
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Post by mikejk on Nov 24, 2015 7:45:23 GMT -5
The Blue Rule: This rule is for New GM's. This will allow a new General Manager taking over a team the ability to request the reduction of up to 2 contracts already in place. This will be adjusted at the commissioners discretion to help out the GM taking over the team. This may be either changing guaranteed years to Team Options, or removing years from the contract.
Award Voting tomorrow... First offseason sim will be Tuesday night! Did we ever have any discussion about this? 2 Contracts ? Why not just 1 ? And what type of reduction? This just seems a little vague. When I came into the league 5 seasons ago I was stuck with huge huge long term deals with Joey Votto, Devin Meseraco, Jay Bruce and Johnny Cueto. I had to unload or work through all of those contracts, but when I took on the challenge I knew what I was I getting into. So I'm am not sure how I feel about this rule being put in. I agree, if we are making an attempt to increase realism in some ways, we shouldn't try to reduce it in others.
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Post by Anthony_TwinsGM on Nov 24, 2015 8:28:06 GMT -5
The Blue Rule: This rule is for New GM's. This will allow a new General Manager taking over a team the ability to request the reduction of up to 2 contracts already in place. This will be adjusted at the commissioners discretion to help out the GM taking over the team. This may be either changing guaranteed years to Team Options, or removing years from the contract.
Award Voting tomorrow... First offseason sim will be Tuesday night! Did we ever have any discussion about this? 2 Contracts ? Why not just 1 ? And what type of reduction? This just seems a little vague. When I came into the league 5 seasons ago I was stuck with huge huge long term deals with Joey Votto, Devin Meseraco, Jay Bruce and Johnny Cueto. I had to unload or work through all of those contracts, but when I took on the challenge I knew what I was I getting into. So I'm am not sure how I feel about this rule being put in. Did we ever have any discussion about this? 2 Contracts ? Why not just 1 ? And what type of reduction? This just seems a little vague. When I came into the league 5 seasons ago I was stuck with huge huge long term deals with Joey Votto, Devin Meseraco, Jay Bruce and Johnny Cueto. I had to unload or work through all of those contracts, but when I took on the challenge I knew what I was I getting into. So I'm am not sure how I feel about this rule being put in. I agree, if we are making an attempt to increase realism in some ways, we shouldn't try to reduce it in others. Mac/Mike, I understand your concern. Let me clarify a couple of things here... We have done this in the past, there was just no rule in place (Colby Rasmus, Oakland.) We had a GM come in, and ask if something could be done with the contract. Rasmus was making about 25% of the entire teams payroll. For a small market team, a contract that should have never been on that team. The idea behind this rule is to help an incoming GM out, and try to stop the revolving door that some teams just can't get away from. The rule is a little vague only due to the fact it's really on a case by case basis. A lot of factors go into looking at what to adjust/decrease and the rule only states it as a request. The Commissioners office does not need to oblige. I will never release a player with 5 years and 100 million dollars left on his contract. That is not the intention of this rule. The idea is to turn those last 2 years of 20 million each into Team Options. Now maybe 3 years @ 60 million is a little bit more moveable than say 5 years guaranteed. I am more than willing to discuss and tweak the rule in anyway that the league likes... My ultimate goal is to add stability to every franchise in the league. I've seen this done in other leagues as well as different variations of it. One league has done what i'm talking about. Turning the last 2 years into Team Options. Removing one of the years in the middle. Things of that nature to help out a new GM. Others have a clause that will allow a team one contract to be completely removed from their books without penalty when they first take over a team. Nothing is set in stone, and i'm willing to make any adjustments. I just don't want to see a team go through GM after GM because of several 'bad' contracts signed by a previous GM. We can discuss further and I will put this rule under review for now.
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Post by macmckenzie on Nov 24, 2015 8:32:57 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation Anthony.
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Post by Anthony_TwinsGM on Nov 24, 2015 8:40:15 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation Anthony. Does limiting it to one contract seem more fair to you?
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