Negative $?

Howwy11 · 11-01-2013, 06:50 PM

I'm in the first off-season of my Nationals franchise and I had a pretty successful year totaling 92 wins and a playoff berth. However, when I looked at my budget info in early November it says my projected budget is -2,000,000. I havnt spent a penny as I stood pat at the deadline and have yet to sign someone. Can someone help me understand why I'm projected to have no money??

Mike Lowe · 11-01-2013, 07:10 PM

Your players currently under contract, some have raises coming to them. Has your owner revealed the new budget yet? That also plays a role.

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Fyrestorm3 · 11-02-2013, 09:55 PM

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...xtensions.html

I explain in that thread how the game determines money for Free Agents and Extensions. This is very similar. Let's say you have a budget of $10M. You have eight players on your team, each one making $1M. Your budget room for this year is therefore $2M (disregarding staff and other miscellaneous expenses). Now let's say that all eight players are under contract for next year, but four of them are due $2M instead of $1M. Your players' contracts thus total $12M, and if your projected budget is still $10M, you're going to have a -$2M projected budget room.

TGH-Adfabre · 11-02-2013, 10:12 PM

Arbitration can also have an effect. If you have a number of players going from league minimum to arbitration it can eat money fast. I am adding this to what Fyrestorm said because if you just look in player profile you may not notice arbitration raises. I would look in your finances tab under Salaries and see what players are making more or are eligible for arbitration raises.

Good luck,
Tom

11-01-2013, 06:50 PM	#1
Howwy11 Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11	Negative $? I'm in the first off-season of my Nationals franchise and I had a pretty successful year totaling 92 wins and a playoff berth. However, when I looked at my budget info in early November it says my projected budget is -2,000,000. I havnt spent a penny as I stood pat at the deadline and have yet to sign someone. Can someone help me understand why I'm projected to have no money??

11-01-2013, 07:10 PM	#2
Mike Lowe Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,178	Your players currently under contract, some have raises coming to them. Has your owner revealed the new budget yet? That also plays a role. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy sIII __________________ SSG Baseball Simming in real-time (daily sims) since 2015 Join us by filling out an application from the website below Website \| Discord

11-02-2013, 10:12 PM	#4
TGH-Adfabre Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,601	Arbitration can also have an effect. If you have a number of players going from league minimum to arbitration it can eat money fast. I am adding this to what Fyrestorm said because if you just look in player profile you may not notice arbitration raises. I would look in your finances tab under Salaries and see what players are making more or are eligible for arbitration raises. Good luck, Tom __________________ You mock me, therefore I am My wife

11-02-2013, 09:55 PM	#3
Fyrestorm3 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Massachusetts Posts: 2,928	http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...xtensions.html I explain in that thread how the game determines money for Free Agents and Extensions. This is very similar. Let's say you have a budget of $10M. You have eight players on your team, each one making $1M. Your budget room for this year is therefore $2M (disregarding staff and other miscellaneous expenses). Now let's say that all eight players are under contract for next year, but four of them are due $2M instead of $1M. Your players' contracts thus total $12M, and if your projected budget is still $10M, you're going to have a -$2M projected budget room.