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Originally Posted by CBeisbol
The first thing you need to do is understand your financial situation.
I gave up on using the accounting system within the game, because it was never clear to me how it worked. I do my own accounting. I don't know where the number for money available for extensions comes from.
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First of all I want to say that I think this was a very thorough and helpful response and I'm glad someone took the time to give the OP such a thoughtful response.
As for the part quoted above though, I'm pretty sure that the money for extensions is basically (and I hope I'm not over-simplifying this) your projected budget for the following year/season minus your projected expenditures for next season. Which is why this number changes over the season as estimates for upcoming arbitration cases fluctuate depending upon player performance/ratings, etc. (Among other things.)
So for the OP, for instance, while he may not have any money for FA's this season the fact that he has quite a bit of money for extensions likely means that at least a few contracts come off the books starting next season and he then should have some money to spend.