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t-bone shuffle · 02-20-2013, 07:40 PM

Posting here because I figure it'll get more looks.

So, 2 things:

1. When I'm in the red I can't make a trade unless I can make the trade reduce, or at least not increase my projected negative balance. Yet, I can claim any player off waivers I want, regardless of his salary. What am I missing? Does the money come from or account to different places? Or am I just not getting it?

2. Unless I'm (again) not getting it, it seems to me that I'm paying MLB minimum to all players on the 40 man roster, regardless of whether they see a minute on the MLB roster during the season. Am I correct? And if so, does it work this way IRL? Or am I missing something yet again? I have a league where the minimum has worked its way up to 600K annually (financials are working really well - I do a manual gradual inflation) and that seems like a lot to pay for guys who never sniff a minute of mlb time.

Lastly, my suggestion: Can we stop having the AI run teams bring up the entire 40-man (or whatever size) roster at the expansion date? It's completely unrealistic, no teams do this (for many reasons), and it's bound to cause the AI unnecessary 40-man problems regarding service times, etc. But mostly because it's a completely inaccurate representation of what happens in reality.

Any thoughts/help on the above are greatly appreciated.

02-20-2013, 07:40 PM	#1
t-bone shuffle All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The dull edge of the blade Posts: 867	Financials questions/suggestion Posting here because I figure it'll get more looks. So, 2 things: 1. When I'm in the red I can't make a trade unless I can make the trade reduce, or at least not increase my projected negative balance. Yet, I can claim any player off waivers I want, regardless of his salary. What am I missing? Does the money come from or account to different places? Or am I just not getting it? 2. Unless I'm (again) not getting it, it seems to me that I'm paying MLB minimum to all players on the 40 man roster, regardless of whether they see a minute on the MLB roster during the season. Am I correct? And if so, does it work this way IRL? Or am I missing something yet again? I have a league where the minimum has worked its way up to 600K annually (financials are working really well - I do a manual gradual inflation) and that seems like a lot to pay for guys who never sniff a minute of mlb time. Lastly, my suggestion: Can we stop having the AI run teams bring up the entire 40-man (or whatever size) roster at the expansion date? It's completely unrealistic, no teams do this (for many reasons), and it's bound to cause the AI unnecessary 40-man problems regarding service times, etc. But mostly because it's a completely inaccurate representation of what happens in reality. Any thoughts/help on the above are greatly appreciated.