Trade Deadline 2015 and Draft Info
Jul 31, 2015 9:27:30 GMT -5
Post by Ben (Rays GM) on Jul 31, 2015 9:27:30 GMT -5
Hey guys,
Today is the trade deadline! Although I think you all probably knew that, I failed to post a reminder sooner, so we're going to give you until midnight tonight instead of the traditional 4:00 pm, in case this is taking any of you by surprise. So the trade deadline is tonight at 12:00 AM PACIFIC TIME (3:00 am ET). All trades must be posted by that precise minute if they are going to go into effect this season. We will give you a 5 minute grace period for the other GM to confirm the trade, so trades must be posted by 12:00 PT and confirmed by 12:05.
Once the deadline passes, any trades that are posted will be for 2016. You may continue to post trades, but they won't be processed until the season ends. As such, you may not trade players on expiring contracts after the deadline (even if the acquiring team is intentionally doing it for the compensation pick or the hometown discount). You may trade 6th year players but only if they haven't yet reached the year of service requirements for 2015 at the time of the trade.
You also may not trade 2015 draft picks as a commodity after the deadline. You may, however, trade players that you select in the draft immediately after you have taken them (these trades would also go into effect after the season ends).
Secondary free agency will remain open until the week before the start of the playoffs.
The 2015 draft will be starting on SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 at 12:00 PM ET. Brian will be posting a full draft order and list of picks by team for you to review before the draft. DON'T FORGET TO CHECK YOUR DRAFT PICKS! We will not change the draft order once it has been finalized. As soon as the first pick is on the clock, that order will not change. So if there are any errors, you need to let us know before that time.
A reminder of a few important draft policies:
1. The time per pick will be 12 hours for the first round, and 6 hours for all subsequent rounds (including the compensatory round). If you miss a pick, you will have up to 24 hours from the time you went on the clock to make up your pick (an additional 12 hours in round 1, 18 hours in subsequent rounds, adding up with your pick time to 24 hours total). If you fail to pick within 24 hours, you will be automatically assigned the highest available drafted and signed player from the 2015 MLB draft. You can also choose to be put on autopick if you don't care who you draft and just want the highest available drafted and signed player.
2. In order to allow teams with significant salary cap constraints a chance to improve via the draft, there will be a Draft Salary Exemption of $3.2 million. This means that a team may draft up to 8 players beyond the current salary cap, provided that they resolve their salaries and become cap compliant when rosters are due at the start of the offseason. THE SALARY CAP WILL NOT BE GOING UP THIS OFFSEASON! Once the season ends, the cap returns to $120 million. This year, we will also be expanding rosters to 80 players maximum from the current 75.
3.If the person before you runs out of time, it is your pick right away. You do not need to wait for a commissioner to say that the person before you has missed their pick - in fact, you should not wait. All you need to do is see when the person before you went on the clock and add the appropriate amount of time (twelve for the first round, six for all other rounds). If their time passes and they still haven't picked, they've missed their pick and you may (and should) pick immediately.
4.If you know your pick is coming up in the draft and you know you won't be around to make your pick, you are welcome to pm a list of preferred players to any commissioner so we can expedite the selection process in your absence. It's not required that you leave a list so don't feel obligated to do so if you want to make your own picks, but if you don't mind not announcing your own selections and you know who you want, it would certainly be appreciated if you could help us keep the draft moving by allowing a commissioner to announce your selections in your absence.
5.If you completely miss two of your picks in a row (and by completely miss, we mean miss the entire 24 hour period and have to be auto-picked for. If you miss the 6 hour period but you make it back in time to make your pick before the autopick, you're fine), you will be considered "absent" and you will lose your exclusive 6 hour picking window for subsequent picks until you personally inform us that you have returned. Instead of having 6 hours to pick and 18 hours to make it up, you will have 0 hours to pick and 24 hours to make it up. You can also choose to become absent if you'd like to move the draft along and know you won't be around as much as you'd like - this would mean we'd skip your pick when it comes up, but you'd have 24 hours to make the pick up.
Please see the Draft Procedures thread in the rules folder for a more detailed look at the rules for the draft. If you have any questions please contact Brian (Blue Jays GM), Ben (Rays GM), Smitty (Mets GM), or Tucker (Padres GM).
Best of luck to all down the stretch!
Note: I am going to be mostly unavailable today and tomorrow. Please contact Brian or any of the other commissioners if you have any deadline day or draft-related questions.
Thanks,
Ben
Today is the trade deadline! Although I think you all probably knew that, I failed to post a reminder sooner, so we're going to give you until midnight tonight instead of the traditional 4:00 pm, in case this is taking any of you by surprise. So the trade deadline is tonight at 12:00 AM PACIFIC TIME (3:00 am ET). All trades must be posted by that precise minute if they are going to go into effect this season. We will give you a 5 minute grace period for the other GM to confirm the trade, so trades must be posted by 12:00 PT and confirmed by 12:05.
Once the deadline passes, any trades that are posted will be for 2016. You may continue to post trades, but they won't be processed until the season ends. As such, you may not trade players on expiring contracts after the deadline (even if the acquiring team is intentionally doing it for the compensation pick or the hometown discount). You may trade 6th year players but only if they haven't yet reached the year of service requirements for 2015 at the time of the trade.
You also may not trade 2015 draft picks as a commodity after the deadline. You may, however, trade players that you select in the draft immediately after you have taken them (these trades would also go into effect after the season ends).
Secondary free agency will remain open until the week before the start of the playoffs.
The 2015 draft will be starting on SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 at 12:00 PM ET. Brian will be posting a full draft order and list of picks by team for you to review before the draft. DON'T FORGET TO CHECK YOUR DRAFT PICKS! We will not change the draft order once it has been finalized. As soon as the first pick is on the clock, that order will not change. So if there are any errors, you need to let us know before that time.
A reminder of a few important draft policies:
1. The time per pick will be 12 hours for the first round, and 6 hours for all subsequent rounds (including the compensatory round). If you miss a pick, you will have up to 24 hours from the time you went on the clock to make up your pick (an additional 12 hours in round 1, 18 hours in subsequent rounds, adding up with your pick time to 24 hours total). If you fail to pick within 24 hours, you will be automatically assigned the highest available drafted and signed player from the 2015 MLB draft. You can also choose to be put on autopick if you don't care who you draft and just want the highest available drafted and signed player.
2. In order to allow teams with significant salary cap constraints a chance to improve via the draft, there will be a Draft Salary Exemption of $3.2 million. This means that a team may draft up to 8 players beyond the current salary cap, provided that they resolve their salaries and become cap compliant when rosters are due at the start of the offseason. THE SALARY CAP WILL NOT BE GOING UP THIS OFFSEASON! Once the season ends, the cap returns to $120 million. This year, we will also be expanding rosters to 80 players maximum from the current 75.
3.If the person before you runs out of time, it is your pick right away. You do not need to wait for a commissioner to say that the person before you has missed their pick - in fact, you should not wait. All you need to do is see when the person before you went on the clock and add the appropriate amount of time (twelve for the first round, six for all other rounds). If their time passes and they still haven't picked, they've missed their pick and you may (and should) pick immediately.
4.If you know your pick is coming up in the draft and you know you won't be around to make your pick, you are welcome to pm a list of preferred players to any commissioner so we can expedite the selection process in your absence. It's not required that you leave a list so don't feel obligated to do so if you want to make your own picks, but if you don't mind not announcing your own selections and you know who you want, it would certainly be appreciated if you could help us keep the draft moving by allowing a commissioner to announce your selections in your absence.
5.If you completely miss two of your picks in a row (and by completely miss, we mean miss the entire 24 hour period and have to be auto-picked for. If you miss the 6 hour period but you make it back in time to make your pick before the autopick, you're fine), you will be considered "absent" and you will lose your exclusive 6 hour picking window for subsequent picks until you personally inform us that you have returned. Instead of having 6 hours to pick and 18 hours to make it up, you will have 0 hours to pick and 24 hours to make it up. You can also choose to become absent if you'd like to move the draft along and know you won't be around as much as you'd like - this would mean we'd skip your pick when it comes up, but you'd have 24 hours to make the pick up.
Please see the Draft Procedures thread in the rules folder for a more detailed look at the rules for the draft. If you have any questions please contact Brian (Blue Jays GM), Ben (Rays GM), Smitty (Mets GM), or Tucker (Padres GM).
Best of luck to all down the stretch!
Note: I am going to be mostly unavailable today and tomorrow. Please contact Brian or any of the other commissioners if you have any deadline day or draft-related questions.
Thanks,
Ben
