Cincinnati Reds

[Nationals]

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2020-zips-p ... nati-reds/

[Reds]

Mark Payton $1

[Guardians]

Payton $2

[Reds]

Payton $3

[Guardians]

$4 - Payton

[Reds]

Payton $5

[Guardians]

Payton $6

[Reds]

Payton $10

[Guardians]

Payton - $14

[Reds]

Payton $14

[Guardians]

1) Are tying bids allowed if it's not the max? My understanding is the tie-breaker is for max bids, not just anywhere along the way.

2) If yes, then I'll go to $15 on Payton.

[Reds]

Yes they are. The waiver order is the tiebreaker

[Guardians]

Yeah, I know it's allowed at $20 to protect the fastest person from just bidding the max, but I'm questioning if you can tie a bid prior to $20. My understanding is the point of the rule is to enable someone to match the most anyone can bid, not just match any bid, but I could be wrong.

I care less about the $1 and more about the precedent of allowing tying bids prior to getting to $20.

[Reds]

It is not specifically disallowed, so therefore it’s permissible. 14 was my maximum, so that’s why I bid it.

[Guardians]

Yeah, actually I think you're right since bids of $0 are allowed.

So fair enough, officially $15 on Payton for me.

[Nationals]

To answer the question, ties are broken by waivers, whether or not it's at max bid or not

[Nationals]

Yeah, actually I think you're right since bids of $0 are allowed.

So fair enough, officially $15 on Payton for me.

I never officially closed this out. Thank you to Ken for pointing that out. Zips budgets are updated. Payton to KC