another thing: Brian Matusz signed a 4 year major league contract worth $3.47 million. I imagine the first year of the deal is 2009 (it was signed in August 2008 and he didn't play any pro baseball until the winter leagues)
also just for fun I started up a separate game as commish just to try out a few things. among them I tried some of the trades that happened IRL to see what the game thought of them.
Ramon Hernandez for Ryan Freel + 2 prospects: Orioles approve, Reds say "I will not accept any deal that includes overpaid veterans"
Edwin Jackson for Matt Joyce: Rays approve, Tigers want an actual baseball player in the deal (the "worst" player that would make it work is Dioner Navarro)
Matt Holliday deal: both teams were fine with it (I had to throw in a random minor leaguer for the A's - otherwise they couldn't afford it)
Olsen/Willingham deal: the Marlins want Shaun Hill or Ryan Zimmerman (lol), the Nats are fine with it
pretty realistic behavior
