Inaugural Draft - Players not signing for what their demand shows

kaykills · 09-05-2022, 07:08 PM

Hello,

I have a question around contracts while running an inaugural draft.

I ran an inaugural draft and it looks like all the guys that were drafted signed short contracts right off the bat. I am seeing some younger players though who had demands of a lot of money, showing up as minimum contract players. Like some guys who's demand's showed up at over $20m, however they are on minimum deals, post draft. This was an auto-draft as I am just testing everything out before my league launches.

Does anybody know why they could have signed for min. contract instead of what their demand said before the actual draft?

I have never done an inaugural draft before, and plan on launching an online league fairly shortly, but would love an explaination on the above. If this is normal.

Thank you for any insight on this and for your time.
Michael

LansdowneSt · 09-05-2022, 07:36 PM

I'd always assumed that for an Inaugural draft, vice an amateur draft, the contracts they start with a fairly random with perhaps some correlation to age/rating. Even if you manually played the role of your team's GM, you'd just be drafting them and not signing them per se. After the draft, the first stop I make is to the Front Office to see where the contracts stand on this first day of this new league.

09-05-2022, 07:08 PM	#1
kaykills Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 66	Inaugural Draft - Players not signing for what their demand shows Hello, I have a question around contracts while running an inaugural draft. I ran an inaugural draft and it looks like all the guys that were drafted signed short contracts right off the bat. I am seeing some younger players though who had demands of a lot of money, showing up as minimum contract players. Like some guys who's demand's showed up at over $20m, however they are on minimum deals, post draft. This was an auto-draft as I am just testing everything out before my league launches. Does anybody know why they could have signed for min. contract instead of what their demand said before the actual draft? I have never done an inaugural draft before, and plan on launching an online league fairly shortly, but would love an explaination on the above. If this is normal. Thank you for any insight on this and for your time. Michael __________________ Commissioner : Skyline Baseball League (2005-2032) Los Angeles Dodgers GM : Skyline League (2000-2028) Memphis Blues GM : Skyline League (2030-2032) Colorado Rockies GM : Skyline League (2037-present) Bloordale Benedicts GM : National Dynasty League (2087-present)

09-05-2022, 07:36 PM	#2
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 8,155	I'd always assumed that for an Inaugural draft, vice an amateur draft, the contracts they start with a fairly random with perhaps some correlation to age/rating. Even if you manually played the role of your team's GM, you'd just be drafting them and not signing them per se. After the draft, the first stop I make is to the Front Office to see where the contracts stand on this first day of this new league.