Post by Former Texas Rangers GM on Sept 3, 2016 18:40:36 GMT
December 10, 2016
January 6, 2017
January 20, 2017
January 23, 2017
- Rule V Draft
January 6, 2017
- 2016 Entry Fee Deadline. (Any owner who has not paid their entry fee by this time will be replaced.)
January 20, 2017
- Deadline to extend qualifying offers.
- Deadline to decline 2016 options at 10% Buyout Fee. (Options will automatically become guaranteed if nothing is posted.)
- Deadline to release players on minor league or rookie contracts or arbitartion elgibile players. (All 2016 salaries become guaranteed if nothing is posted.)
- Deadline to release prospects who have crossed the 130 AB / 50 IP threshold. (Player will be promoted and given a rookie contract if nothing is posted.)
January 23, 2017
- Free agency begins.