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GM_CheatSheets · 12-18-2016, 09:10 PM

In the short period of time in between adding the expansion team and me taking over as the GM of the Expos, OOTP managed to almost completely fill the team's front office and coaching staff. I am surprisingly pleased with the pre-assembled team and will stick with all but two of them.

The Front Office

I took over as the GM and currently have an "Unproven" reputation. My first front office hire was of Allard Baird as my Assistant GM. He is a veteran of the (real life) Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox front offices. He has an excellent reputation and heavily favors prospects, hitting, offense, and on base percentage. His primary responsibilities include signing and firing minor league personnel and minor league promotions and demotions. He will assist minor league managers in minor league free agent signings and releases.

My second, and perhaps most important, hire is of Tom Magrann as Scouting Director. He has a good reputation and highly favors tools. His scout ratings are outstanding for major leagues, international, and amateurs; excellent for minor leagues.

I set the initial scouting budget to $20,000,000 and prioritized amateur and international scouting (30% each) over major league and minor league scouting (20% each) in the scouting budget distribution. If it looks like I will run into early financial difficulties, I will lower this amount before the season starts.

Coaching Staff

Jaime Harkins will manage the Expos. He has an excellent reputation, normal personality, and conventional style. He slightly favors prospects and heavily favors hitting, offense, and on base percentage. It seems that pitchers may not fare as well as hitters under Harkins' management. This is reflected in both his player development influence and his overall relationships with players.

My bench coach is Dave Perez who has an excellent reputation, normal personality, and tactician style. He also favors prospects. He does not project to have much of a development impact on players, but overall has good relationships with the players.

Joe Gray is my pitching coach. He has an excellent reputation and focuses on power pitchers. He should have a considerable influence on some of my young power pitchers.

Brian Dillon is my hitting coach. He has an excellent reputation and with a neutral focus, works well with all types of hitters.

Rounding out the staff is Dave Groeschner, the team trainer. He has an excellent reputation and focuses on prevention. He was my final hire of this offseason.

The minor league coaches in the organization are largely of the unproven variety. Those who don't perform well this year will likely be replaced by my Assistant GM next offseason.

To assist my coaches, I've allocated $24,000,000 to the player development budget. This is two times the baseline.

Owner and Initial Finances

The Expos owner is Juan Lopez. His patience is tolerant; fiscal personality is penny-pincher; involvement is hands-off; and priority is profit. I play with owner goals disabled.

My initial budget is $120 million and projected to rise in each of the next two years.

The two main financial items have already been covered: $20 million toward scouting and $24 million toward player development.

As I have the second pick in the first year player draft, I've assigned $9 million to signing draft picks. I also assigned $3 million--the cap amount--toward signing international amateur free agents.

One last important financial step to take with an expansion team is to raise the ticket price. Initially set at $12.50, I raised the price to the baseline of $25. With high fan interest and loyalty right now, this should be okay. However if my team doesn't perform and interest starts to drop, I may need to revisit this price.

I have found with previous expansion teams that finances usually take a few years to normalize and require very close attention initially. If I take any missteps financially, it might mean not being able to sign any international amateur free agents, which I hope will become a key source of talent for my organization.

In other league news, protection lists are due and the expansion draft will follow...

12-18-2016, 09:10 PM	#11
GM_CheatSheets Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 171	Front Office, Coaching Staff, and Initial Finances In the short period of time in between adding the expansion team and me taking over as the GM of the Expos, OOTP managed to almost completely fill the team's front office and coaching staff. I am surprisingly pleased with the pre-assembled team and will stick with all but two of them. The Front Office I took over as the GM and currently have an "Unproven" reputation. My first front office hire was of Allard Baird as my Assistant GM. He is a veteran of the (real life) Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox front offices. He has an excellent reputation and heavily favors prospects, hitting, offense, and on base percentage. His primary responsibilities include signing and firing minor league personnel and minor league promotions and demotions. He will assist minor league managers in minor league free agent signings and releases. My second, and perhaps most important, hire is of Tom Magrann as Scouting Director. He has a good reputation and highly favors tools. His scout ratings are outstanding for major leagues, international, and amateurs; excellent for minor leagues. I set the initial scouting budget to $20,000,000 and prioritized amateur and international scouting (30% each) over major league and minor league scouting (20% each) in the scouting budget distribution. If it looks like I will run into early financial difficulties, I will lower this amount before the season starts. Coaching Staff Jaime Harkins will manage the Expos. He has an excellent reputation, normal personality, and conventional style. He slightly favors prospects and heavily favors hitting, offense, and on base percentage. It seems that pitchers may not fare as well as hitters under Harkins' management. This is reflected in both his player development influence and his overall relationships with players. My bench coach is Dave Perez who has an excellent reputation, normal personality, and tactician style. He also favors prospects. He does not project to have much of a development impact on players, but overall has good relationships with the players. Joe Gray is my pitching coach. He has an excellent reputation and focuses on power pitchers. He should have a considerable influence on some of my young power pitchers. Brian Dillon is my hitting coach. He has an excellent reputation and with a neutral focus, works well with all types of hitters. Rounding out the staff is Dave Groeschner, the team trainer. He has an excellent reputation and focuses on prevention. He was my final hire of this offseason. The minor league coaches in the organization are largely of the unproven variety. Those who don't perform well this year will likely be replaced by my Assistant GM next offseason. To assist my coaches, I've allocated $24,000,000 to the player development budget. This is two times the baseline. Owner and Initial Finances The Expos owner is Juan Lopez. His patience is tolerant; fiscal personality is penny-pincher; involvement is hands-off; and priority is profit. I play with owner goals disabled. My initial budget is $120 million and projected to rise in each of the next two years. The two main financial items have already been covered: $20 million toward scouting and $24 million toward player development. As I have the second pick in the first year player draft, I've assigned $9 million to signing draft picks. I also assigned $3 million--the cap amount--toward signing international amateur free agents. One last important financial step to take with an expansion team is to raise the ticket price. Initially set at $12.50, I raised the price to the baseline of $25. With high fan interest and loyalty right now, this should be okay. However if my team doesn't perform and interest starts to drop, I may need to revisit this price. I have found with previous expansion teams that finances usually take a few years to normalize and require very close attention initially. If I take any missteps financially, it might mean not being able to sign any international amateur free agents, which I hope will become a key source of talent for my organization. In other league news, protection lists are due and the expansion draft will follow...