Salary Cap Ever Work For You?

coljesep · 01-14-2018, 02:43 PM

Is it me or is the salary cap feature broken?

I feel like its never actually stopped teams from exceeding the hard player payroll cap?

Am I doing something wrong?

TGH-Adfabre · 01-14-2018, 06:02 PM

I think the only way to remove the cap is to remove arbitration. I cannot be certain but I think the salary jump that happens at arb time screws up the cap completely.

RchW · 01-14-2018, 06:28 PM

Also September call ups.

udbacker58 · 01-22-2018, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Also September call ups.

And players added to the 40-man over the winter. They suddenly get ML contracts in Spring Training and can put a team over.

Adding players to the ML/40-man roster in season can put teams over too (big issue with injuries)

NoOne · 01-22-2018, 04:13 PM

a few teams going over due to 500k contracts isn't much of a factor relative to what a salary cap does before that point.

if they are 10m-20m over and often that's a serious issue. the ai either has to cutoff with a bit more cushion or 'rules' allow for a little cushion above the cap... mostly arbitrary which it is.

imo, the cap should work as rationally expected, rather than an appoximation. i thought the only way to go over was iwth comissioner mode on, but i don't look over other teams much. avoiding it should be easy for a human player.

if it's just a few 500k contracts here and there, that's no problem realtive to competition.. .those palyers are not helping the team much more than any other mook they should have used.

udbacker58 · 01-23-2018, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by NoOne

a few teams going over due to 500k contracts isn't much of a factor relative to what a salary cap does before that point.

if they are 10m-20m over and often that's a serious issue. the ai either has to cutoff with a bit more cushion or 'rules' allow for a little cushion above the cap... mostly arbitrary which it is.

imo, the cap should work as rationally expected, rather than an appoximation. i thought the only way to go over was iwth comissioner mode on, but i don't look over other teams much. avoiding it should be easy for a human player.

if it's just a few 500k contracts here and there, that's no problem realtive to competition.. .those palyers are not helping the team much more than any other mook they should have used.

Just a few 500k contracts turns into millions pretty quickly, especially with the higher rate of injuries in this version. I've had up to 8 starters on the 60-day DL, plus others on the 7-day. If I was against the cap at the beginning of the season, I'd be $4-5 million over the cap, just with 500k injury replacements.

andyhdz · 01-23-2018, 11:48 AM

Conversely if you release a player instead of their entire contract being counted against the cap (like say in football) it's subtracted from your cap total even though you are on the hook for that money in your finances. Not necessarily bad but that's not how it usually works in the sports world.

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01-22-2018, 04:13 PM	#5
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,167	a few teams going over due to 500k contracts isn't much of a factor relative to what a salary cap does before that point. if they are 10m-20m over and often that's a serious issue. the ai either has to cutoff with a bit more cushion or 'rules' allow for a little cushion above the cap... mostly arbitrary which it is. imo, the cap should work as rationally expected, rather than an appoximation. i thought the only way to go over was iwth comissioner mode on, but i don't look over other teams much. avoiding it should be easy for a human player. if it's just a few 500k contracts here and there, that's no problem realtive to competition.. .those palyers are not helping the team much more than any other mook they should have used. Last edited by NoOne; 01-22-2018 at 04:20 PM.

01-23-2018, 11:48 AM	#7
andyhdz All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fresno, CA by way of Texas Posts: 1,754	Conversely if you release a player instead of their entire contract being counted against the cap (like say in football) it's subtracted from your cap total even though you are on the hook for that money in your finances. Not necessarily bad but that's not how it usually works in the sports world.