Salary floor

[millhousebc]

If I adjusted markets, and owners......would this be achievable? Or do you think I'd have to adjust each team every year?

[Phantom Player]

Originally Posted by millhousebc

If I adjusted markets, and owners......would this be achievable? Or do you think I'd have to adjust each team every year?

My first thought would be to instead set the minimum player salary so that when multiplied by your league’s active roster limit it equals the desired salary floor. E.g., if you wanted the salary floor to be $150 million with a 26-man roster, the minimum player salary should be set at 5,769,231 (rounded). That seems easier than messing with the market sizes and owner profiles. Plus, I’m pretty sure that the minimum player salary is the absolute minimum a player would get, whereas the amount teams spend on player salary with the other method would likely vary even if the teams have the same financial resources and owner spending preference.

[Bobfather]

Originally Posted by Phantom Player

My first thought would be to instead set the minimum player salary so that when multiplied by your league’s active roster limit it equals the desired salary floor. E.g., if you wanted the salary floor to be $150 million with a 26-man roster, the minimum player salary should be set at 5,769,231 (rounded). That seems easier than messing with the market sizes and owner profiles. Plus, I’m pretty sure that the minimum player salary is the absolute minimum a player would get, whereas the amount teams spend on player salary with the other method would likely vary even if the teams have the same financial resources and owner spending preference.

I think that is a brilliant idea!

[Pelican]

One hack that I have used is to give the teams with low budgets and pathetic salaries a big pile of cash - say $100,000,000 - to act as a magic increase in revenue, to invest in the team. That seems to trigger free agent spending and investment in scouting and extending contracts to retain good players.

I don't think this is so far-fetched. It's like a new owner [I typically pull names from bitcoin and AI companies with excess cash] investing additional money in the team. And the return on that investment (increased attendance, merchandising, TV rights) is likely to be rewarding. It can definitely increase competition.

I know the cynics out there will say that a typical "thrifty" MLB owner would stash that $100,000,000 and not invest in his/her team. I am hoping the AI is more competitive.

It would be great to have a payroll floor (minimum) as an option in OOTP. I don't see how to set a floor once for the whole league with current financials.