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Originally Posted by Westheim
Actually, actual would be 10 years, $240M for that one since he had just signed that deal with the Mariners. Also, the Hernandez and Molina contracts started prior to 2014, so your numbers are not 100% either.
Some of the OOTP numbers seem to be off by (roughly) 50% here...
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You're right about the Cano one. For Hernandez and Molina, I just used the starting year of their contract that was in place in 2014.
Robinson Cano $355M for 6yrs; actual $240M for 10 years
Felix Hernandez $432.5M for 7 yrs; actual $175M for 7 yrs
Fernando Rodney $42M for 2 yrs; actual $14M for 2 yrs
Adam Wainwright $275M for 5 yrs; actual 97.5M for 5 yrs
Yadier Molina actual $47M for 1 yr; 75M for 5 yrs
The main point is that the OOTP contract numbers are way off compared to their actual contract, which makes 'Shop a Player' an ineffectual way to game the system. I could make trades and create a superteam with those inflated OOTP contracts in which AI teams are trying to dump salary. I think if it were the performance stats that were inflated 2x-3x, many people would complain about the realism of replaying a historical season.