Off Season
More details will come from time-to-time
about specific dates on the following events. Also see the
Off
Season section of the Benchwarmer Baseball Rules
Player List Updates - Salary Cap Calculation
In mid November, the player lists were updated to reflect new positions and new salaries for the
next season. Retired players were removed
automatically from team rosters and free agent lists.
Teams learned how much cash they'll get during the
winter.
Cash Implications
There are always questions about this, so here's an
attempt to run down a few things about cash balances and how
the events/decisions below come into play.
- You received your cash distribution of salary cap
Benchwarmer Bucks in mid-November.
This is all the cash you will receive from BWB until
Opening Day (Week
Zero).
- There are two trading periods in November-December.
You can trade cash back and forth during these trades.
- As you make your final decisions for the carryover
of up to 28 players on your roster, keep in mind that
any cash left in your balance is all you have to work
with; you will not receive any further cash
distributions from BWB until Opening Day.
- All salaries for players carried over into 2015 will
be deducted at the carryover deadline.
- The remaining balance you have in your account is
all you have to spend on signing players in the
Redistribution Draft in January.
- When free agency begins again in February, you can
cut players for a 50% salary rebate. If you trade
players away, you will get 100% salary rebate.
There is no additional cash from the BWB office
until Opening Day.
Roster Decisions
In November-December, teams can decide which
players to retain for the next season
November Trading
There are two fall trading periods - Nov 24-Dec 13 and Dec
14-Jan 3 that gives you some flexibility on your team
composition before carryover selections. No salary
implications on these trades - it's just players and cash.
Carryover Selection
You can actually start this in November, but after the two trading periods we go
exclusively into choosing your carryover players - you can
keep a maximum of
28 players. You MUST keep any players under contract
for 2015 and beyond - everything else is up to you.
See the Benchwarmer Rules
for more information about carryover.
The deadline to complete this is
Sunday, January 11. You'll be charged at that time
for the 2015 salary for the players you keep. All other players will go into the free
agent list.
New Players
The MLB Winter Meetings in December serve
as our cutoff point for the player lists in 2015. At
that time, any players on 40-man rosters immediately after
the Rule V Draft who are not in the BWB System will be added
to the master list. (In practice, the player list
update will typically occur in late December). After this time, there are no more
additions in 2015 until a player debuts in a Major League game
and at the amateur draft in June.
Redistribution and League Entry Drafts
New leagues will begin drafting as they
fill up. In January, teams in returning
leagues will submit a list of up to 15 players that they
wish to sign in the Redistribution Draft. Teams will
draft in reverse order of their 2014 season record.
See the Benchwarmer Rules
for more information about the Redistribution Draft.
Free Agency
Throughout February and March,
teams can begin to make trades and sign/cut players.
By the beginning of April, they need to have a complete
roster in place in order to make a run at next year's title.
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