TRADE DEADLINE EXPORT
We'll shut the trade well off at regular deadline (10pm eastern) on Monday night and then it starts back up again on Tuesday after the 1st half sim and then shuts down for good again at 5pm eastern time on Thursday (in advance of the second-half sim.)
So Monday night effectively becomes the Trade Deadline sim.
FRANCHISE PLAYER CLARIFICATION
I wanted to clarify the franchise player rule a bit. It's never been an issue, but since we've got some new owners and we're nearing the 2nd generation of franchise guys. I figure if I make the ruling ahead of time, we don't have to worry about any potential issues with it.
The main intent behind the FRANCHISE player rule was to replace the LEGACY player rule. The idea is basically to provide an extra layer of immersion for owners, by enabling them to keeping a home-grown player for his entire career at an uncapped salary. For clerical purposes and the sanity of your commissioner, this is listed in game as a $100k salary, but franchise players are understood to "earn" the average of the top 5 players in SLOP annually, but this value is not charged to your cap.
(In case you need to feel like his family is eating okay...)
A player can be franchised if he meets any of the following criteria:
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- A traded player no older than 24 years old. (What this means is, a team can deal a guy who is no older than the age of 24 years and 364 days old and the new team that acquires him, still can franchise him provided he meets one of the other criteria below.)
- Player has played exclusively in the major leagues only for the franchising team (minor league service doesn't count for this clause) regardless of age.
- A player that not exceeded one season of major league service. (Season played in the majors under 50 IP/130 ABs, do not count as "major league" seasons for the purposes of this rule.)
- The team franchising the player is the one that drafted him. (Regardless of age)
- The franchised player has spent at least one minor league season with the team prior to the franchise year. (Regardless of age)
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The franchise tag can be removed at any time, but the player who was franchised must immediately be released & cannot be resigned by the franchise club for at least one year. The tag can be applied to another player, provided he meets the above criteria and cannot be a player who already earns a salary beyond the league minimum. So you can't use the franchise tag on a guy who is on your club, that is earning $10m a year, but is homegrown to try to get rid of that contract. It's too late by then to franchise him. It's a way to keep a potential home-grown free agent, essentially.