Low, low salary cap

Iffy_Boatrace · 08-13-2003, 11:36 PM

$15 Million to be exact.

I started a new league with no players, then filled all minor leagues with fictional players. Then, for each team, I promoted the entire AAA team to the Big team. Then, I refilled only the AAA teams. The reason for this is that when the AI generates players, it assigns salaries based on rating, so the cap doesn't come into play for several years (until all old contracts have expired)

After a year, so far, so good. The best paid player in my league made just a hair over $850K in my first season, and now in my second season one guy makes $1.8M. The team with the highest payroll is somewhere around 7.5 million.

I've evened out the small-market disparity by providing $10M cash to all teams so they'll never have problems signing coaches/scouts. (I suppose I could've just done this by setting all team markets to Average, but then markets grow over time.)

My team sucks but it's much more fun than my previous league, where I couldn't control myself with my spending and I'd have a 100M+ payroll and make the playoffs 35 straight years.

My biggest problem is improving my team. Nobody's over the age of 29 in the entire league and they're all under arbitration for the next 5 years - so there's almost no options on the FA market, and it's very difficult to make a favorable trade.

One interesting note though, there are several players in the league who have ratings that hover in the 6's or 5's in all or most categories. Thier 'star' ratings are between 4 and 5 gold stars. Can't explain it.

Cuss16 · 08-13-2003, 11:46 PM

I've done this a couple of times too. It's really fun the first couple fo seasons since lots of players put up some really good numbers despite their bad ratings.

bsbll_n_mn · 08-14-2003, 12:43 AM

i had a pitcher, named Steve Avery (think of that) and he went onto become the "Cy Young" of the league, over 400 wins on a five man rotation plenty of strikeouts, best pitcher in the league, dominate to say the least

lost the league though due to a corruption

Skipaway · 08-14-2003, 02:11 AM

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Originally posted by bsbll_n_mn
i had a pitcher, named Steve Avery (think of that) and he went onto become the "Cy Young" of the league, over 400 wins on a five man rotation plenty of strikeouts, best pitcher in the league, dominate to say the least

lost the league though due to a corruption

They took gambling money?

Kelric · 08-14-2003, 02:17 AM

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Originally posted by Skipaway
They took gambling money?

Pete Rose would be in the Hall!

cooper_gd · 08-14-2003, 07:42 AM

And about 20% of players prior to the 1919-20 "cleansing".

Frank Chance... how coincidental.

Scott Vibert · 08-14-2003, 09:35 AM

I do this frequently by seeding my start up fictional leagues with filled players as better players come in you see a more realistic league development IMO. As the league matures the athletes it attracts are better and better skilled.

To do this quicker I simply start a blank league, fill minors on all teams.... reset, release all, and redraft. All done and ready to go.

(If you set the Initial draft to 60 rounds you'll clean the entire draft pool and start with 0 free agents... adjust down to taste..)

If you couple this start up with a June 1 draft you'll find lots of the very best players in the draft making their ML debuts on June 2nd during the early seasons of the league.

HolyCow98 · 08-14-2003, 03:04 PM

Haha...I'm going to give this a go...sounds like fun.

08-13-2003, 11:36 PM	#1
Iffy_Boatrace Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 43	Low, low salary cap $15 Million to be exact. I started a new league with no players, then filled all minor leagues with fictional players. Then, for each team, I promoted the entire AAA team to the Big team. Then, I refilled only the AAA teams. The reason for this is that when the AI generates players, it assigns salaries based on rating, so the cap doesn't come into play for several years (until all old contracts have expired) After a year, so far, so good. The best paid player in my league made just a hair over $850K in my first season, and now in my second season one guy makes $1.8M. The team with the highest payroll is somewhere around 7.5 million. I've evened out the small-market disparity by providing $10M cash to all teams so they'll never have problems signing coaches/scouts. (I suppose I could've just done this by setting all team markets to Average, but then markets grow over time.) My team sucks but it's much more fun than my previous league, where I couldn't control myself with my spending and I'd have a 100M+ payroll and make the playoffs 35 straight years. My biggest problem is improving my team. Nobody's over the age of 29 in the entire league and they're all under arbitration for the next 5 years - so there's almost no options on the FA market, and it's very difficult to make a favorable trade. One interesting note though, there are several players in the league who have ratings that hover in the 6's or 5's in all or most categories. Thier 'star' ratings are between 4 and 5 gold stars. Can't explain it.

08-13-2003, 11:46 PM	#2
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	I've done this a couple of times too. It's really fun the first couple fo seasons since lots of players put up some really good numbers despite their bad ratings. __________________

08-14-2003, 07:42 AM	#6
cooper_gd All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PopBunker.net Posts: 1,011	And about 20% of players prior to the 1919-20 "cleansing". Frank Chance... how coincidental. __________________

08-14-2003, 03:04 PM	#8
HolyCow98 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Douglasville, GA Posts: 2,735	Haha...I'm going to give this a go...sounds like fun. __________________ NPBL Enjoying its 60th season Georgia GM

08-14-2003, 12:43 AM	#3
bsbll_n_mn Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 593	i had a pitcher, named Steve Avery (think of that) and he went onto become the "Cy Young" of the league, over 400 wins on a five man rotation plenty of strikeouts, best pitcher in the league, dominate to say the least lost the league though due to a corruption

08-14-2003, 09:35 AM	#7
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,264	I do this frequently by seeding my start up fictional leagues with filled players as better players come in you see a more realistic league development IMO. As the league matures the athletes it attracts are better and better skilled. To do this quicker I simply start a blank league, fill minors on all teams.... reset, release all, and redraft. All done and ready to go. (If you set the Initial draft to 60 rounds you'll clean the entire draft pool and start with 0 free agents... adjust down to taste..) If you couple this start up with a June 1 draft you'll find lots of the very best players in the draft making their ML debuts on June 2nd during the early seasons of the league.