Post by Milwaukee GM (Souriyo) on Feb 17, 2016 0:37:10 GMT
I had a couple notes about how the dynasty/keeper format should go. The two main options are
Contract based salary cap:
The pro to this is that it will increase roster turnover, and basically force trades. A competitive team may trade away a prospect or a long term player for a win now player with one year on their deal, knowing that they will have to retool in the offseason because of an expiring contract. Basically, each team would receive a designated number of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 year deals and would have to maneuver around under a cap (I haven't set up all of this yet, but I think this would be fun). Also, this opens it up to "free agency" as an option in the offseason where teams will bid (like an auction) on players that come off the books but will have to control their budget based on who they already have to see if they can afford to put them on their roster.
Simple example:
Say the salary cap is 100 million and I have a 5 player roster:
Mike Trout- 5 years, 50 mil
Zack Greinke- 4 years, 20 mil
Nick Castellanos- 3 years, 5 mil
Ryan Braun-2 years, 10 mil
Christian Yelich-1 year, 15 mil
So after the 2016 season, Yelich is coming off my books, which means I will have 15 million dollars to work with to offer a free agent. Say Giancarlo Stanton is coming off the books. I can choose to try to shell out 15 and hope to get lucky and sign Stanton and if that doesn't work out I'll have 15 mil to work for some other free agent. Obviously on our roster you'll have more contracts to work with so you might have 20 million in cap room and 3 contracts to work with so you can give one guy a 3-10 mil, another a 3-5 mil and another a 2-5 mil. Or hell, if you want to, you can go all in to try to get a better player and get a 3-19 mil guy and try to snag two really cheap guys as well. It just provides some options and some competitive bidding that I know at least some of you are looking for.
The only offseason draft would be for incoming rookies, which would be in reverse order of standings, and it would be a fixed draft (So the first pick would have the first pick in each round (5 rounds for NFL, 4 rounds for NHL, 2 rounds for NBA)
This does take away from the second option:
Standard Keeper Format:
Each owner would have the option to keep as many players off of their roster as they would like, up to their entire roster, or could very well release their entire team back into the offseason player pool for the offseason draft. It is "cool" to be able to draft a guy like Bryce Harper or Mike Trout and keep them for their entire professional career knowing you wouldn't be forced to give them up. While it's more straightforward, I am a little concerned that that would lead to stagnant rosters where people sit on their players or teams that are struggling and want to give up their players over and over.
For the non-contract dynasty (and this could be an option for contract-based as well), the most feasible offseason is a fixed redraft to refill rosters based on how many players are released.
Simple Example (2 Team League)
Team A: 10-5, released 5 players
Team B: 5-10, releases 3 players
Round 1: B A
Round 2: B A
Round 3: B A
Round 4: A
Round 5: A
I’ll make a poll on here that I would love if everyone would go ahead and vote on with what they prefer.
Contract based salary cap:
The pro to this is that it will increase roster turnover, and basically force trades. A competitive team may trade away a prospect or a long term player for a win now player with one year on their deal, knowing that they will have to retool in the offseason because of an expiring contract. Basically, each team would receive a designated number of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 year deals and would have to maneuver around under a cap (I haven't set up all of this yet, but I think this would be fun). Also, this opens it up to "free agency" as an option in the offseason where teams will bid (like an auction) on players that come off the books but will have to control their budget based on who they already have to see if they can afford to put them on their roster.
Simple example:
Say the salary cap is 100 million and I have a 5 player roster:
Mike Trout- 5 years, 50 mil
Zack Greinke- 4 years, 20 mil
Nick Castellanos- 3 years, 5 mil
Ryan Braun-2 years, 10 mil
Christian Yelich-1 year, 15 mil
So after the 2016 season, Yelich is coming off my books, which means I will have 15 million dollars to work with to offer a free agent. Say Giancarlo Stanton is coming off the books. I can choose to try to shell out 15 and hope to get lucky and sign Stanton and if that doesn't work out I'll have 15 mil to work for some other free agent. Obviously on our roster you'll have more contracts to work with so you might have 20 million in cap room and 3 contracts to work with so you can give one guy a 3-10 mil, another a 3-5 mil and another a 2-5 mil. Or hell, if you want to, you can go all in to try to get a better player and get a 3-19 mil guy and try to snag two really cheap guys as well. It just provides some options and some competitive bidding that I know at least some of you are looking for.
The only offseason draft would be for incoming rookies, which would be in reverse order of standings, and it would be a fixed draft (So the first pick would have the first pick in each round (5 rounds for NFL, 4 rounds for NHL, 2 rounds for NBA)
This does take away from the second option:
Standard Keeper Format:
Each owner would have the option to keep as many players off of their roster as they would like, up to their entire roster, or could very well release their entire team back into the offseason player pool for the offseason draft. It is "cool" to be able to draft a guy like Bryce Harper or Mike Trout and keep them for their entire professional career knowing you wouldn't be forced to give them up. While it's more straightforward, I am a little concerned that that would lead to stagnant rosters where people sit on their players or teams that are struggling and want to give up their players over and over.
For the non-contract dynasty (and this could be an option for contract-based as well), the most feasible offseason is a fixed redraft to refill rosters based on how many players are released.
Simple Example (2 Team League)
Team A: 10-5, released 5 players
Team B: 5-10, releases 3 players
Round 1: B A
Round 2: B A
Round 3: B A
Round 4: A
Round 5: A
I’ll make a poll on here that I would love if everyone would go ahead and vote on with what they prefer.