Fa bidding structure (offseason)

[Minnesota Twins]

Let's see if we can pass this.

Minnesota Twins YES
Kansas City Royals YES
New York Yankees YES
Milwaukee Brewers YES

Los Angeles Dodgers NO
Detroit Tigers NO
Toronto Blue Jays NO
Philadelphia Phillies NO
Boston Red Sox NO
Baltimore Orioles NO

Remaining
Texas Rangers
Pittsburgh Pirates
S D Padres
Chicago Sox

Players bidding
$10 mil must give at least 2 yrs
$15 mil must give at least 3 yrs
$20 mil must give at least 4 yrs
$25 mil must give 5 yrs at least

[Minnesota Twins]

Aye!

[Deleted]

I can't remember if this was my favorite option or not but it does address the problem so I'll vote yes.

[torontobluejays]

NO

[LA Dodgers]

NO..

[Detroit]

Yes

[Detroit]

I change my vote from yes to no. There is a better way.

[New York Yankees]

I vote No, cause...I don't like rules where u need a decoder ring to know what to do, I always prefer to KISS whenever possible!

I propose: ANY Contract for $15M or more, requires 2 yrs or longer; ANY contract $25M or more, requires 3 yrs or longer...that's only requirements!!

That keeps 1 yr contracts (under $15M) in play n prevents teams from just grabbing high priced FA's 4 1 yr n just flip them. Now to acquire a Trout or Kershaw, u r gonna have them 4 at least 3 yrs (not a bad thing) n may not b so willing to just flip them.

Like LA I plan on staying either way, but would like a simple change made to keep the competitive balance in place!!!

[[e-mail]]

Guys, I feel like Im turning into the league jerk tonight with lecturing posts. But if we're going to do posts/w votes, can we keep new proposals and commentary out of an active voting post? That's not to say I dont like NYY's idea, but if I vote "yes" in this post, I dont want it being confused that Im voting for NYY's idea and not Minnys.

I suggest a separate post for additional ideas and commentary.

[New York Yankees]

Btw, I did vote (No) n then said y n what I would like to see in place of this proposal.

No need to post my proposal for a vote, if no one else sees merit in it!

[Minnesota Twins]

See the no votes. Then there should be no complaining when people do trades. Spend 30 mil in free agency to get multiple cheap yrs of bogaerts, couple good prospects, and a first round pick will jump start a rebuild better than anything I know.

[[e-mail]]

I vote Yes

[New York Yankees]

If this is the only proposal up 4 vote, then I change my vote to YES as a decoder ring is a small price to pay to avoid all this 1 yr mega deal drama!

[Minnesota Twins]

We could try it for 1 yr and revisit it after fa bidding next yr.

[[e-mail]]

Minn, can you push for those who have not voted to cast a vote in the coming days so we can have all 14 of us chime in with a yes/no?