05-07-2014, 07:50 PM
I love that this league allows for GM's to offer Type A or Type B fallback, I like that sooooo much more than having a system and the system chooses. This way that we use in this league is soooo much better, but I do believe a tweak is in order. I'll give 2 examples, and I mean no disrespect or anything or trying to go after the GM's here, because they are doing exactly how the rules are constructed, and I don't think this will get changed for this year, since it's already off-season, but maybe my suggestion can help the league going forward, which is important.
Go look in the resignings and you will see the Giants offering Type A fallback to Corey Attermann - SP and Nats offering Type A fallback to Ray Flemming - 1B. First off, Atterman should only be getting offered Type B, his vitals and stats just aren't nearly good enough to be offered Type A, but problem is, some team that has a lot of cash may be desperate enough to bid on him, since most Free agencies here are weak or just average. There is a lot of cash in the game, and there will be teams needing to unload the cash and may bid on him. That's a very scary thought that the Giants or any team to get a Type A comp for that guy. That's not how the system should be designed, I think I have a fix for this, but keep reading.
Ray Flemming - 1B is a little better but only has a career .792 OPS and just had a 10 homer year, .778 OPS season from the 1B position and he'll now be 33 years old. He does do a good job of getting on base, but I don't think he's worth Type A. No way he's worth getting an important pick in the 30's range, that's ridiculous. I realize that neither of these two players may get bid on, but what if they do? That's ridiculous that those two players possibly could net their teams 30's overall picks, that's crazy. Would any gm here trade a 30's overall pick for either of them? I'd be stunned if any team would. My point is, we should make it tougher for gm's to offer Type A comp.
Talents like Kamp and good players like that should get Type A comp, not some run of the mill guys. I have a suggestion, just for Type A guys, and I think that this will improve and much better shot at only the elite or almost elite guys being offered Type A comp in the future.
ONLY for Type A fallback players: You have to offer 2 years: $16 million per year, so if they don't get any bids, then you're on the hook for 2 years at that price, so it will make teams think more, so that's a solution I wouldn't mind trying and I think that we'll mainly see only the real good players offered Type A. I don't think we have to do this for Type B players, because overall most of them are getting labeled correctly. Right now, there is no fear in offering Type A comp for almost anyone that's solid. I have no doubts that Flemming and Atterman would be offered Type B and be worth comp, but it's crazy to offer them Type A and they'll probably get someone to bid, even if just one of them gets a bid, it's too much.
There is just currently no fear in it, and there should be some level of fear, other than they have to pay him 1 year: $16 million. At least now the gm's would have to think a bit more in case nobody bids on their player. Maybe this doesn't completely fix the problem, but I believe it's a step in the right direction.
Right now, people knows that these FA classes are pretty weak overall, they know the cash situation in this league, it's a situation where teams are taking advantage of the landscape here and can get rewarded greatly. If we have at least Type A fallback changed to this, then more teams are going to second guess themselves and offer Type B rather than Type A. Guys like Kamp should be the main ones getting Type A comp, not just any average Joe getting offered it.
It just looks like a flaw in this and I don't think teams should be rewarded like that, while it pushes back bad teams in the 2nd round even further away, when they need those early picks more. I'm not just saying this because I have early picks, I'm not going to be bad forever, I just want this to be as realistic as possible for the future, it will never be perfect, but I think this would be in the right direction.
Go look in the resignings and you will see the Giants offering Type A fallback to Corey Attermann - SP and Nats offering Type A fallback to Ray Flemming - 1B. First off, Atterman should only be getting offered Type B, his vitals and stats just aren't nearly good enough to be offered Type A, but problem is, some team that has a lot of cash may be desperate enough to bid on him, since most Free agencies here are weak or just average. There is a lot of cash in the game, and there will be teams needing to unload the cash and may bid on him. That's a very scary thought that the Giants or any team to get a Type A comp for that guy. That's not how the system should be designed, I think I have a fix for this, but keep reading.
Ray Flemming - 1B is a little better but only has a career .792 OPS and just had a 10 homer year, .778 OPS season from the 1B position and he'll now be 33 years old. He does do a good job of getting on base, but I don't think he's worth Type A. No way he's worth getting an important pick in the 30's range, that's ridiculous. I realize that neither of these two players may get bid on, but what if they do? That's ridiculous that those two players possibly could net their teams 30's overall picks, that's crazy. Would any gm here trade a 30's overall pick for either of them? I'd be stunned if any team would. My point is, we should make it tougher for gm's to offer Type A comp.
Talents like Kamp and good players like that should get Type A comp, not some run of the mill guys. I have a suggestion, just for Type A guys, and I think that this will improve and much better shot at only the elite or almost elite guys being offered Type A comp in the future.
ONLY for Type A fallback players: You have to offer 2 years: $16 million per year, so if they don't get any bids, then you're on the hook for 2 years at that price, so it will make teams think more, so that's a solution I wouldn't mind trying and I think that we'll mainly see only the real good players offered Type A. I don't think we have to do this for Type B players, because overall most of them are getting labeled correctly. Right now, there is no fear in offering Type A comp for almost anyone that's solid. I have no doubts that Flemming and Atterman would be offered Type B and be worth comp, but it's crazy to offer them Type A and they'll probably get someone to bid, even if just one of them gets a bid, it's too much.
There is just currently no fear in it, and there should be some level of fear, other than they have to pay him 1 year: $16 million. At least now the gm's would have to think a bit more in case nobody bids on their player. Maybe this doesn't completely fix the problem, but I believe it's a step in the right direction.
Right now, people knows that these FA classes are pretty weak overall, they know the cash situation in this league, it's a situation where teams are taking advantage of the landscape here and can get rewarded greatly. If we have at least Type A fallback changed to this, then more teams are going to second guess themselves and offer Type B rather than Type A. Guys like Kamp should be the main ones getting Type A comp, not just any average Joe getting offered it.
It just looks like a flaw in this and I don't think teams should be rewarded like that, while it pushes back bad teams in the 2nd round even further away, when they need those early picks more. I'm not just saying this because I have early picks, I'm not going to be bad forever, I just want this to be as realistic as possible for the future, it will never be perfect, but I think this would be in the right direction.