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1 | MLB 2013-14 Off season Key Dates | All Awards summarized here --> | http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/y2012/index.jsp | |||
2 | red = estimated date | |||||
3 | blue == known date | Bold/Italic = award related | ||||
4 | Date | Event | Winners/notes/Nats Specific Impact this off-season | URL if applicable: updated for 2013 as needed | ||
5 | Sept 29th, 2013 | Last day of regular season | No Nats post-season for 2013 | |||
6 | Oct 1st, 2013 | Beginning of 2013 Post season (NL WC game). End of Year BBWAA award ballots due (prior to beginning of post season) | Some Nats may get some mentions | http://bbwaa.com/voting-faq/ | ||
7 | Oct 21rd, 2013 | Sporting News Comeback Players of the Year AL and NL | Mariano Rivera and Francisco Liriano winners | http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2013-10-21/al-comeback-player-of-year-mariano-river-nl-comeback-player-francisco-liriano | ||
8 | Oct 25th, 2013 | Gold Glove finalists announced | Span, Desmond finalists but no awards | http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/gold-glove-award-finalists-announced?ymd=20131025&content_id=63344480&vkey=news_mlb | ||
9 | Oct 27th, 2013 | Roberto Clemente Award given | Carlos Beltran 2013 winner; Zimmerman best Nats candidate | http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24143137/carlos-beltran-wins-2013-roberto-clemente-award | ||
10 | Oct 28th, 2013 | Fielding Bible Awards given | No Nats mentioned | http://www.fieldingbible.com/ | ||
11 | Oct 29th, 2013 | Rawlings AL & NL Gold Glove Announcements | Span, Desmond finalists but no awards | http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/orioles-royals-lead-pack-of-gold-glove-award-winners?ymd=20131029&content_id=63492878&vkey=news_mlb | ||
12 | Oct 30th, 2013 | Last actual day of 2013 World Series; official end of 2013 season | Boston wins Game 6 and takes the 2013 WS 4-2 | |||
13 | Oct 31st, 2013 | MLB Coaches contracts expire | Will the Nats coaches be back? | |||
14 | Oct 31st, 2013 | MLB announces nominees for GIBBYs | http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/y2013/gibbys/ | |||
15 | Oct 31st, 2013 (WS end + 1) | Official start of FA period (8am CST the day after the last game of the WS) | Dan Haren, Chad Tracy officially ex-Nats for now. | |||
16 | Nov 2nd, 2013 (WS end + 3) | Team and player options must be decided three days after the end of the World Series. (this may be WS + 5 by 2013) | ||||
17 | Nov 4th, 2013 | Clubs have to re-set their 40-man rosters, moving all 60-day DL players back to active. | Nats had 2 empty slots: Detwiler and Garcia added back on 40/40 | |||
18 | Nov 4th, 2013 | Hall of Fame "Veterans Committee" releases ballot. | http://baseballhall.org/news/press-releases/twelve-finalists-comprise-expansion-era-ballot-hall-fame-consideration-2014 | |||
19 | Nov 4th, 2013 (WS end + 5) | 5pm: Deadline to make Qualifying offers for your own Fas (average of top 125 salaries or $14.1M for 2014). 5 days after end of WS | was 13.3M for 2013. Nats highly unlikely to offer Qos to their two Fas. | |||
20 | Nov 4th, 2013 (WS end + 5) | End of "Quiet Period." Teams have "exclusive" negotiating rights with their own free agents during this period. | ||||
21 | Nov 4th, 2013 (WS end + 5) | 5 days after WS ends: Free agent filing period and exclusive negotiating window ends at 12:01 a.m. ET. Free agents can sign with any team. | Haren, Tracy only major league Fas for Nats in 2013. | |||
22 | Nov 5th 2013 | MLB Comeback Players of the Year AL and NL | Liriano, Rivera winners | http://pirates.scout.com/2/1343305.html | ||
23 | Nov 4th, 2013 (WS end + 5) | Free Agency granted to all eligible Minor League free agents (5 days after the end of the WS). Eligibility done on service time; 6 years ML service for college draftees or 7 years ML service for HS draftees or free agents under the age of 18. | Plenty of significant, long-serving Nats farm hands hitting MLFA this year. Chris Marrero, Caleb Clay probably leading candidates | http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/11/minor-league-free-agents-2013/ | ||
24 | Nov 4th, 2013 | MLBPA announces "Players Choice" awards: Player of the year, Comeback Player of the year, etc | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1837452-mlb-players-choice-awards-2013-results-full-list-of-winners | |||
25 | Nov 5th, 2013 | BBWAA Award Nominees announced on MLB networks | http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/bbwaa-announces-finalists-for-four-major-awards?ymd=20131105&content_id=63700492&vkey=news_mlb&partnerId=ed-7713411-619694693 | |||
26 | Nov 6th, 2013 | Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Awards | Ian Desmond wins 2013 Silver Slugger for NL shortstops | http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/06/silver-slugger-award-winners-as-theyre-announced/ | ||
27 | Nov 7th, 2013 | Wilson Defensive Player of the Year awards, given by MLB to best defensive player on each club. | Denard Span Nats winner | http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/wilson-honors-best-defensive-players-and-clubs?ymd=20131107&content_id=63767578&vkey=news_mlb | ||
28 | Nov 11-13, 2013 | GM Meetings, Orlando, FL for 2013 | ||||
29 | Nov 11th, 2013 (WS end + 12) | 12 Days after WS ends: Players must accept or reject Qualifying Options | Neither Nats FA offered a Q.O. Not one of the 13 MLB players offered a Q.O. accepted for 2nd year in a row. | http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/11/no-free-agents-accept-qualifying-offers.html | ||
30 | Nov 11th, 2013 | Sporting News Executive of the Year announced | Ben Cherington winner (Neil Huntington best NL) | http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2013-11-11/mlb-executive-of-the-year-ben-cherington-red-sox-award | ||
31 | Nov 11th, 2013 | AL, NL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Awards | Fernandez, Myers in walkovers. | http://mlb.si.com/2013/11/11/rookie-of-the-year-jose-fernandez-wil-myers/ | ||
32 | Nov 12th, 2013 | AL and NL Manager of the Year | Francona, Hurdle winners | http://mlb.si.com/2013/11/12/terry-francona-clint-hurdle-al-nl-manager-of-the-year/ | ||
33 | Nov 13th 2013 | AL and NL Cy Young | Scherzer and Kershaw in. Zimmermann comes in 7th. | http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tigers-ace-scherzer-easily-wins-233206036--mlb.html | ||
34 | Nov 13-14th, 2013 | Owner Meetings, Orlando, FL for 2013 | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1845975-a-baseball-fans-guide-to-the-2013-mlbs-gmowner-meetings | |||
35 | Nov 14th 2013 | AL and NL Most Valuable Player | Cabrera and McCutchen win. Werth comes in 7th | http://mlb.si.com/2013/11/14/mvp-award-winners-miguel-cabrera-andrew-mccutchen/ | ||
36 | Nov 20th, 2013 | Day to file reserve lists for all Major and Minor League levels. In other words, Last day to add players to 40-man to protect them from the Rule5 Draft | Nats Protection analysis; probably Solis, Souza, maybe Taylor or Barrett. Answer: Souza already on , other 3 protected | |||
37 | Nov 26th, 2013 | Hall of Fame Ballot for 2014 class officially released | Though we all already know who's on it. | http://bbwaa.com/ | ||
38 | Nov ?, 2013 | Rolaids Relief Man Announced | No idea when date actually is. Website is down | www.rolaidsreliefman.com website down | ||
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40 | Dec 2nd, 2013 | Midnight: Deadline for teams to Tender contracts to arbitration eligible players. If not tendered, those players immediately become free agents. This is the non-tender deadline for arbitration eligible players | No real non-tender scares for this year's arbitration eligible list of Nats. Nats have 8 players arb eligible this year: Zimmermann, Desmond, Ramos, Strasburg, Storen, Clippard, Detwiler, Ohlendorf. | |||
41 | Dec 2nd, 2013 | Last day for teams to offer 2014 contracts to unsigned players. (same thing as the non-tender deadline above?) | ||||
42 | Dec 3rd, 2013 | Baseball America announces its Executive of the Year | Billy Beane = 2013 winner | http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/executive-of-the-year-oaklands-billy-beane/ | ||
43 | Dec 5th, 2013 | Last date to request outright waivers to assign player prior to Rule 5 Draft | ||||
44 | Dec 9th, 2013 | Last date to outright a player prior to Rule 5 Draft | ||||
45 | Dec 9th, 2013 | Hall of Fame "Veterans Committee" officially announces the results of its voting | Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre all were unanimous selections | http://natsinsider.com/2013/12/09/la-russa-cox-torre-elected-to-hall-of-fame/ | ||
46 | Dec 9th, 2013 | MLB announces winners of 21 "GIBBY" awards (greatness in Baseball yearly awards) | http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/y2013/gibbys/ | |||
47 | Dec 9th-12th 2013 | Winter Meetings, Lake Buena Vista/Orlando, FL | Nats FA priorities: maybe a SP, maybe some bullpen help, bench help | |||
48 | Dec 10th, 2013 | J.G. Taylor Spink Award voting results announced | writer Paul Hagen | http://baseballhall.org/awards/j-g-taylor-spink/2013-j-g-taylor-spink-award-winner-paul-hagen | ||
49 | Dec 13th, 2013 | MLB Balloting results announced for Hall of Fame Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting | Rangers broadcaster Eric Nadel winner | http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/december/rangers-broadcaster-eric-nadel-is-the-2014-ford-c-frick-award-winner.html | ||
50 | Dec 12th, 2013 | Rule 5 Draft. Occurs at Winter meetings | Nats lose Nieto, take two in AAA phase. | |||
51 | Dec 31st, 2013 | Deadline for BBWAA ballots for Hall of Fame voting. | ||||
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53 | Jan 8th, 2014 | Hall of Fame BBWAA voting announced; the Hall of Fame class of 2014. | Maddux, Glavine, Thomas inducted | http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10261922/baseball-hall-fame-class-2014-announced | ||
54 | Jan 14th, 2014 | Salary arbitration filing Date | Nats have 8 remaining arbitration cases outstanding for 2014 by this date (Ohlendorf, Strasburg already signed) | |||
55 | Jan 17th, 2014 | Salary arbitration figures exchanged (1pm) | formality; how far off are the two sides? Lots of pressure to do signings before this deadline | |||
56 | Feb 1-21, 2014 | Salary arbitration hearings (actual hearing date per player picked at random), Phoenix AZ | ||||
57 | Feb 13th, 2014 | Nats Mandatory Spring Training reporting date for Pitchers, Catchers, Injured players | http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/wp/2014/01/07/nationals-pitchers-and-catchers-will-report-feb-13/ | |||
58 | Feb 15th, 2014 | Voluntary Spring Training reporting date for non-pitchers and catchers | ||||
59 | Feb 28th, 2014 | First Spring Training Game for the Nats | http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/was/nationals-announce-2014-spring-training-schedule?ymd=20131106&content_id=63740032&vkey=news_was | |||
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61 | Mar 2-11th, 2014 | Contracts of unsigned players who are not yet eligible for Arbitration may be renewed | ||||
62 | March 13th, 2014 | Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days. | ||||
63 | March 27th, 2014 | Deadline to request unconditional release waivers without having to pay the player's full salary or $100k bonus for certain types of veterans | ||||
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65 | March 31st, 2014 | 2014 Season Opener; Opening Day 2014; active rosters must be reduced to 25 players and 40-man rosters must be established | http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/was/nationals-announce-2014-spring-training-schedule?ymd=20131106&content_id=63740032&vkey=news_was | |||
66 | March 23rd-24th, 2014 | Opening Series in Sydney, Australia: Dodgers vs. D-backs | ||||
67 | March 30th, 2013 | Opening Night 2014: teams TBD | ||||
68 | March 31st, 2014 | Traditional Opening Day (Cincinnati) | Nats open at home to Miami | http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=was&year=2013 | ||
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