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Originally Posted by joejccva71
So if you had the chance to sign Kershaw to $33mil a year you wouldn't do it?
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if it was a 7-10 year contract i'd be looking to trade by 31,32,33 etc... the moment his ratings dip or ages too much you get 1/2 the return or possibly nothing... and 33m in costs for multiple years with ~no return.
extreme situations are desperate ones. Blackmissiongoggles's reply as to why makes perfect sense. he still has to trade him within 2-3 years. you can't ignore the very likely effects of age. (some defy it, but you cannot predict this)
starting a new game i see this, occasionally, but as time passes i will rarely be pigeon-holed into 1 choice for a top-5 SP for that season, and i have no concerns about trading a player in year 2 of a long-term contract if i do have to take the more expensive choice.
trading isn't all gravy... it doesn't gaurantee 1:1 replacement or better, but something is always better than nothing or 'much less.' this is somethign you ahve to be religious about and trade while still in the last glimmer of their prime and not too old.
if you get your ~conconsistent draft returns + IFA surprises + constant re-stocking of mil prospects from 2-3 trades per year of ~good players reaching age ~28-32, you can easily have a "top" prospect or multiple good choices in the pipeline already to replace them.
it's easy to have ~1/2 or more of your team on club control at all times... and, that allows for a lot of money to splurge when desperate. when you do splurge, it must be short-term and exit strategies for big contracts.
If i think a supplemental draft pick is better than the trade opportunities, then i let them leave via FA... for any good player this is unlikely. if contract is too lng or expensive, they must be traded before they are a problem.
it's okay to see a former player succeed for 2-3+ years somewhere else... just look back in the last few years of their terrible contract and see how that team does. they'll be so hamstrung it will take extreme luck to have a winning team - the AI that is.
Frontloading > backloading almost all the time. you should backload only when there is no other choice. i typically stick to same value each year, but could definitely squeeze a few extra dollars here and there if i jigsawed it a bit more in this context.
every market size/stadium size has a payroll cap you can't exceed -- not much different than a hard cap, but different for each team. few players are worth the "max" contracts you see (think top-few on payroll report). the AI often overpays. Don't be like the AI
harper, trout, kershaw these are guys you pay the most in the league and not feel too bad about it (ootp ratings, not RL neccessarily). a power hitter that strikes out 250 times a year probably isn't going to maintain those MVP numbers for lng. it just takes a little common sense. these guys better be ~consistent performers for 10years or more during their career. it easy to "see" who these players are with accurate ratings.