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There are more ways to be efficient than trying to get prospects and picks when you can’t afford contracts. Picks sometimes don’t work out and even when they do, they’re not always going to be a fit for your team. My strategy doesn’t fit traditional baseball wisdom, but it has worked very well for me in game. You can get guys that are exceptional on your roster, pay what it takes to keep them... do that while keeping your player development well funded and you can trade the solid starters that you develop behind them for cash to pay for their contracts. If you run the front loading in cycles, you have only one or two years of extreme payrolls to fund. Purge what you don’t need (guys 24+ with two plus stars that will never have a shot to start) for cash. Once the front loads come back to a more reasonable level, you have a handful of years to reload the farm for the next wave.
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