Commish Ruling (Read 94 times)

[Bobby]

I was asked today if a player should lose his RFA rights if he is in the wrong RFA category. This is not covered in the LC.

We attempt to list them in a category that they qualify for. I sometimes move a guy I know won't qualify for that position to a position he does. Their site makes certain things clear but there is no clarity in their written rules for no play or partial play (like 4 starts at 2B, 3 at SS, 4 at 3B).

I sent a query in December on a player put in our UTIL slot. They replied he would have NO position, just DH having not played last year. Now I see Yahoo gives him 2 positions, 1B and LF. So much for their help.

There would be NO loss of RFA rights if a player is in the wrong thread, as we have no control over Yahoo eligibility. We do our best and if anyone sees a player in a slot we know he won't qualify for before bidding starts, we will move him.

As many learned years ago, and some recently, no listing at all before the deadline has been and continues to be the loss of matching rights.

[lewjo]

Seems fair to me.

When I lost an RFA several years ago similar to Pirates/Bay, the rationale was it wasn't fair to the other owners looking at RFA's and developing their bidding strategy.

The guy having the RFA has the responsibility to post it.

As long as a search can find an RFA in the RFA section, the above is reasonable.

[Deleted]

Not to mention Yahoo stinks.

Example: Jesus Montero was a catcher his whole minor league career but because he only appeared at catcher in 8 games he is only DH.

Example: Why is Bryce Harper listed as RF when he played LF in AA for majority.

[bosox]

So i take it this means if a player like Kendrys Morales who is listed now at 1B/RF will stay in DH and not be moved?

[Deleted]

I thought we would be going with whatever yahoo has regardless of where we think they should play or in some cases where they actually play

[bosox]

yes it is where yahoo has the players positions and not what they may be in here.

my example was kendrys morales is listed dh here but on yahoo is listed at a 1B/RF.

i was wondering if he will now be moved to where he is now officially listed or stay at dh in here.

[Bobby]

We use Yahoo to play, so however they set positions, that's what we have. Yahoo does not open until sometime in February, often after we start bidding. So for slotting the players, we do the best we can. Once bidding starts I would not move them.