Proposal F-tag becomes Flex-tag
Jan 29, 2022 22:08:42 GMT -5
Post by Trey - Astros GM on Jan 29, 2022 22:08:42 GMT -5
Simple proposal: Change the tag system from 1 franchise tag and 1 restricted tag to 1 restricted tag and 1 flex tag that can be either restricted tag or franchise tag.
Why?
Our league's salary cap is well below the biggest budget MLB teams who are now paying top talent $30-35M AAS for top players. That's way over our market. Only sweetheart deals like Acuna's are attractive anymore. Those are rare and make those specific players way more valuable because everyone can only tag 2. Giving everyone the ability to retain 2 players makes it more fair. The mid-range player's market prices are also way over where our market would price them.
2nd reason - every year player signings drag on. This year is worse than most because of the lockout. Tons of good players still unsigned. it will be hard to use an F-tag, reserve enough cash / estimate the price. It's doable, but maybe there is a better way.
So few guys are worth F-tagging anymore. Let's swap the F-tag to a flex tag (either F or R)
Why?
Our league's salary cap is well below the biggest budget MLB teams who are now paying top talent $30-35M AAS for top players. That's way over our market. Only sweetheart deals like Acuna's are attractive anymore. Those are rare and make those specific players way more valuable because everyone can only tag 2. Giving everyone the ability to retain 2 players makes it more fair. The mid-range player's market prices are also way over where our market would price them.
2nd reason - every year player signings drag on. This year is worse than most because of the lockout. Tons of good players still unsigned. it will be hard to use an F-tag, reserve enough cash / estimate the price. It's doable, but maybe there is a better way.
So few guys are worth F-tagging anymore. Let's swap the F-tag to a flex tag (either F or R)
