1853 FFP Auction & RFA Designations
 

If you have a guy who just became a FA and want to RFA him, please list here before tonight's sim.

just want to confirm... these are only for those with no franchise player?

Correct, you can only FFP/RFA if you don't currently have a FRANCHISE player.

Or maybe even better, since teams have so much this year, we can let teams that have a FRANCHISE guy buy access to FFP/RFA for this year only.

WOOO!

Washington will RFA William Messer.

Ok, teams with FRANCHISE players can buy into RFA/FFP this year for $25 million in cap space. You need to indicate that you're buying access.

For this year, Age 17 and under players are FFP eligible. That might stick, since the players are older now. But for right now, we'll just say its for this year.

Also the $25m charge for FRANCHISE teams is for access to both. So it's $25m total. (Not $50m) And no, you don't get your money back if you opt against bringing back your RFA or you whiff on any FFPs you bid on.

Nevermind that blind bid thing. Post your FFPs bids here.

Clerical note, the rule is always that a player is FFP eligible, so long as he was the age (17) during the season. So under those conditions, the following 18-year olds are FFP eligible. (There might be others, I'm just indicating the ones who are good enough)

SP Braiden Boles, New York Skyliners
CL Pat Eck, Denver Dinosaurs
LF J.J. Collis, Detroit Chiefs

St. Louis (FFP)

C Melvin Rugama SLOT
SP Ethan Legge SLOT
SP Tom Elser SLOT

C Melvin Rugama 35M
SP Dante Fennel SLOT

SP Ethan Legge, 10M
SP Dante Fennel, 10M
C Ignacio Dominguez, SLOT
RF Jamie Nixon, SLOT
RF Ramiro Macias, SLOT
SP Erik Sisk, SLOT
1B Pat Nordin, SLOT
3B David Robles, SLOT

SP Dante Fennel, 20M
C Melvin Rugama 35M
CL Clay Rasmussen slot

It's been 48 hours since the last bids on anyone and the rule is if a guy goes 24 hours with a bump, you get him. With that said, here are the completed deals:

St. Louis: ($9.5m)
SP Tom Elser SLOT

Kauai: ($67m)
SP Ethan Legge ($10m)
C Ignacio Dominguez, SLOT
RF Jamie Nixon, SLOT
RF Ramiro Macias, SLOT
SP Erik Sisk, SLOT
1B Pat Nordin, SLOT
3B David Robles, SLOT

Washington: ($64.5m)
SP Dante Fennel $20m
C Melvin Rugama $35m
CL Clay Rasmussen SLOT

The auction on any othe eligible players will continue until 10pm EST tonight.

Damn - forgot all about that 24 hour window. Oh well.

Memphis bids on the following players:

SP Josh Williams ($20MM)
C C.J. Keast ($18MM)
SP Braiden Boles ($50MM)
C Davey Jones (SLOT)
CL Pat Eck (SLOT)
RF Jaime Daughtry (SLOT)

I forgot about it too, lol. I really wanted Rugama, but I think I waiting until closer to deadline and then forgot my own rule.

:D

i can trade him to you....

For what, my whole roster? I know how you roll...

St. Louis bids $60m on SP Braiden Boles

Memphis withdraws on RF Daughtry.

Memphis bids $65MM on Boles.

St. Louis bids $70m on Boles

I am so not greedy!

24 hr window was a rule? dammit! I didn't even know HAHAHA

It's actually not written anywhere on an FFP thread, as it turns out. I went to look for it. But I know I've mentioned it before and there was at least one time when I've actually invoked it. This is just the rare time where teams put out a bunch of bids (on actual good players) and they just weren't bumped off.

I mean, even I forgot. But it does answer a bit of the problem of bid sniping. Because I know a few of us were waiting until the last minute to see where the auction went to make our decisions.

2B Jimmy Maruca SLOT
SS Cyril Ancellotti SLOT
CF Brendan Anderson SLOT
LF Dave Cantrell SLOT
CL Jamel Pearson SLOT
CL Pat Radloff SLOT

wolvie's going to force me to create a rule next year that limits the number of FFPs you can bid on. ;)

Memphis withdraws on Davey Jones and Pat Eck. $84MM on Boles.

I suspected that might happen...Hmm..

Columbus bids $100MM on Boles

Hahaha..and now the fun really begins.

Out of curiosity, does this mean my $84MM (and your $70MM) are wasted? Or are we free to spend that cash elsewhere now?

I'm not YD, but I've done this before, and yes, you guys are free to spend that cash elsewhere

Unless that rule has been changed recently, but I'm not aware of it

Technically, he can still withdraw his offer and if he does, the last available offer gets accepted unless the offer is formally withdrawn. But conversely, yeah, we can spend they money we allocated to Boles elsewhere now.

Except on anyone we've renounced. You can't go back and re-offer on a guy you've withdrawn on though. Or else, this would get even messier.

That's what I suspected. It's only fair to have to stay out on guys you've already withdrawn on.

Columbus offers SLOT on SP Josh Moore and CL Pat Eck

SLOT is still 9.5 mill this year, correct?

LEADING BIDS (as of 9:46pm EDT)
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MEMPHIS:
SP Josh Williams ($20MM)
C C.J. Keast ($18MM)

COLUMBUS:
SP SP Braiden Boles ($100m)

KAUAI:
2B Jimmy Maruca SLOT
SS Cyril Ancellotti SLOT
CF Brendan Anderson SLOT
LF Dave Cantrell SLOT
CL Jamel Pearson SLOT
CL Pat Radloff SLOT

Correct. We're going to raise it next year. (Probably to $10 million)

St. Louis bids SLOT on C Davey Jones and RF Jamie Daughtry

St. Louis bids $10m on CL Pat Eck

SLOT on SP Bill Zufelt
SLOT on LF J.J. Collis
$12MM on CL Pat Radloff
$12MM on CF Brendan Anderson

St. Louis bids SLOT on 2B Josue Orozco

St. Louis bids $10m on SP Bill Zufelt

Columbus bids $14m on Eck

$15MM on Zufelt.

SLOT on 1B Pat McQuown.

$30 Mil on Brendan Anderson

haha

St. Louis bids SLOT on SP Dave Dick, Jon McKay,