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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru
Thanks for explaining what this is as a result of your post. I gather this means that if you want to make a trade, you can retain (part? all?) his salary on your payroll to make him more attractive to somebody else who may have salary cap problems. That's cool; so many times I have seen trades that I wanted to make go bust because the other team was up against a salary cap or just out of money.
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Yes, I think that's it. Like, say you have an over-the-hill but still somewhat useful veteran nearing the end of a 20 mil/year deal. You're trying to unload him to a contender at the deadline that needs a little help. In current OOTP this is basically impossible -- every GM is going to give you the "we are not interested in overpaid veterans" blanket statement.
In real baseball, you can absolutely find a taker for guys like this, but you have to retain some salary. You retain, say, 15 million, you can demand a good prospect back. You retain, say, 5-7 million, you can probably expect a project at best, probably worthless prospect back, but you might be able to still unload the veteran and free up money.
This is a huge aspect of actual trading, especially near-deadline trading that has never been reflected in the game. Again, if done correctly it's a huge improvement in my mind.