You're the owner...(2005 off-season)

darkcloud4579 · 06-19-2005, 08:02 PM

Ok, I'm doing my Rockies dynasty here and I'm enjoying it just fine without a whole lot of people caring one way or another.

But I want to be fair about the payroll. I don't like how MVP Baseball 2005 does the "budgets" and so, to simulate real baseball there is no cap. Instead, I'll make you all the owner and give you a range (that fits within my story line or at least is plausible) and you'll pick.

There will be other times too, when I'll appeal to the "owners" for specific things and then we'll go from there. I figure it'll counteract the natural staleness that occurs after a while of messing around with your own league, logic and such.

So anyway, here we go.

The Rockies won the NL West. They beat the Phillies in the NLDS, then knocked off the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games to advance to their first-ever World Series appearance.

Ownership allowed the team to raise payroll to up to $60m (according to my current story) after the team did surprisingly well and was going to contend. The logic being, the fans have waited over a decade for a winner, if this team was the one to do it, they'd better invest and ask questions later.

Well, the team's payroll is $58.3 million. You're the owner.

Do you grant the team a huge increase to continue to contend?
Do you argue that if they could succeed on this modest amount, they ought to continue with a modest increase - say to resign a key player or two - and that's it?

The Yankees lead the majors with $218.6 million payroll. They lost in the ALCS to the Red Sox, who are in the Series again. The Sox are second in the majors with $120.5 million payroll.

San Diego was the lowest payroll team to make the playoffs this year with a payroll just over $56 million. Meanwhile, the numbers 1, 2 and 3 teams in salary all made the playoffs.

darkcloud4579 · 06-19-2005, 08:10 PM

You can feel free to describe your choice, etc. In fact, I implore you to.

The World Series is headed into Game 4, with the Rockies leading 3 games to 0.

I simulated all those games. I played Game 6 of the NLCS and lost it, which is why we went to 7 games. I won Game 7.

I'm going to play the rest of the World Series games from here on out, win or lose. There isn't a real rhyme or reason to my simulating v. playing, other than I don't simulate deciding games. I just felt I spent too much time on this season and so, simulated most of August and September, though I played almost the last dozen of the team's regular season games.

Anyway, if you think say..that your choice is contigent on us winning the series, than say so. Remember the Rockies can pack Coors out when they're winning.

darkcloud4579 · 06-19-2005, 08:46 PM

I sense a trend here

darkcloud4579 · 06-20-2005, 03:39 PM

We won the World Series, in Game 5, after playing 19 innings.

John Olerud, who had hit the Game-tying home run, came in the top of the 19th, with a runner on and hit the game winning RBI. The Rockies tacked on another run and won it 6-4, after closing out the bottom of the 19th.

Vris · 06-20-2005, 04:01 PM

Well now that you won, I can see if you'd want to up the payroll a little bit. Not much, but enough to garner some interest.

darkcloud4579 · 06-20-2005, 04:19 PM

We're going to go with a payroll capped at $80 million this season come heck or high water.

It's enough to keep the team competitive coming off a World Series, but not a Yankee-like increase that would be unrealistic, especially given our market.

View Poll Results: You're the owner, what should the 2005 NL Champion Rockies payroll be for 2006?
Great work! Here's a blank check, keep the winning coming!	1	5.26%
Good job, GM. Keep payroll under $80 million for next season	9	47.37%
Nice work, but..times are tight. We've gotta keep it at no more than $65 million	6	31.58%
We can't afford to increase salary at all. Keep it at its current level ($58.3m) or lower.	3	15.79%
Voters: 19. You may not vote on this poll

06-19-2005, 08:02 PM	#1
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	You're the owner...(2005 off-season) Ok, I'm doing my Rockies dynasty here and I'm enjoying it just fine without a whole lot of people caring one way or another. But I want to be fair about the payroll. I don't like how MVP Baseball 2005 does the "budgets" and so, to simulate real baseball there is no cap. Instead, I'll make you all the owner and give you a range (that fits within my story line or at least is plausible) and you'll pick. There will be other times too, when I'll appeal to the "owners" for specific things and then we'll go from there. I figure it'll counteract the natural staleness that occurs after a while of messing around with your own league, logic and such. So anyway, here we go. The Rockies won the NL West. They beat the Phillies in the NLDS, then knocked off the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games to advance to their first-ever World Series appearance. Ownership allowed the team to raise payroll to up to $60m (according to my current story) after the team did surprisingly well and was going to contend. The logic being, the fans have waited over a decade for a winner, if this team was the one to do it, they'd better invest and ask questions later. Well, the team's payroll is $58.3 million. You're the owner. Do you grant the team a huge increase to continue to contend? Do you argue that if they could succeed on this modest amount, they ought to continue with a modest increase - say to resign a key player or two - and that's it? The Yankees lead the majors with $218.6 million payroll. They lost in the ALCS to the Red Sox, who are in the Series again. The Sox are second in the majors with $120.5 million payroll. San Diego was the lowest payroll team to make the playoffs this year with a payroll just over $56 million. Meanwhile, the numbers 1, 2 and 3 teams in salary all made the playoffs. __________________ ------ My Mods OOTP Advanced Stats & DFS Suite Managerial Strategy Pack Competitive Balance Tax Calculator Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| ---- Dynasty classics: Centurion comes to OOTP5 \| DC Moneyball Dynasty (2004)

06-19-2005, 08:10 PM	#2
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	You can feel free to describe your choice, etc. In fact, I implore you to. The World Series is headed into Game 4, with the Rockies leading 3 games to 0. I simulated all those games. I played Game 6 of the NLCS and lost it, which is why we went to 7 games. I won Game 7. I'm going to play the rest of the World Series games from here on out, win or lose. There isn't a real rhyme or reason to my simulating v. playing, other than I don't simulate deciding games. I just felt I spent too much time on this season and so, simulated most of August and September, though I played almost the last dozen of the team's regular season games. Anyway, if you think say..that your choice is contigent on us winning the series, than say so. Remember the Rockies can pack Coors out when they're winning. __________________ ------ My Mods OOTP Advanced Stats & DFS Suite Managerial Strategy Pack Competitive Balance Tax Calculator Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| ---- Dynasty classics: Centurion comes to OOTP5 \| DC Moneyball Dynasty (2004)

06-19-2005, 08:46 PM	#3
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	I sense a trend here __________________ ------ My Mods OOTP Advanced Stats & DFS Suite Managerial Strategy Pack Competitive Balance Tax Calculator Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| ---- Dynasty classics: Centurion comes to OOTP5 \| DC Moneyball Dynasty (2004)

06-20-2005, 03:39 PM	#4
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	We won the World Series, in Game 5, after playing 19 innings. John Olerud, who had hit the Game-tying home run, came in the top of the 19th, with a runner on and hit the game winning RBI. The Rockies tacked on another run and won it 6-4, after closing out the bottom of the 19th. __________________ ------ My Mods OOTP Advanced Stats & DFS Suite Managerial Strategy Pack Competitive Balance Tax Calculator Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| ---- Dynasty classics: Centurion comes to OOTP5 \| DC Moneyball Dynasty (2004)

06-20-2005, 04:01 PM	#5
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	Well now that you won, I can see if you'd want to up the payroll a little bit. Not much, but enough to garner some interest. __________________ None Blog it.

06-20-2005, 04:19 PM	#6
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	Ok...that settles it. We're going to go with a payroll capped at $80 million this season come heck or high water. It's enough to keep the team competitive coming off a World Series, but not a Yankee-like increase that would be unrealistic, especially given our market. __________________ ------ My Mods OOTP Advanced Stats & DFS Suite Managerial Strategy Pack Competitive Balance Tax Calculator Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| ---- Dynasty classics: Centurion comes to OOTP5 \| DC Moneyball Dynasty (2004) Last edited by darkcloud4579; 06-20-2005 at 04:26 PM.