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03-02-2015, 07:28 PM | #1 |
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Budgeting
OK, I really don't understand how budgeting works with the difference between money available for extensions vs. free agents.
I had a budget of $55,000,000. My Player Payroll was $45,243,069. My $ for Extensions was $-3,928,807 while my $ for Free Agents was $7,604,624. I had a player who was in the last year of their contract (at $440,000) who I could not negotiate with because of my budget for Extensions. Since I wasn't going to be able to free up over $4 million in payroll (especially to sign a utility player), I decided to take a chance to release him and try to re-sign him as a free agent (hoping for a loophole). However, when I did, it still didn't let me try to re-sign him, even though he presumably would be under the $ for Free Agents budget and he did give a dollar figure for signing ($600,000). To add insult to injury, the next day, he was signed by my #1 rival at half the salary that I was paying him! So, I would like to know: 1) What's the rationale behind a difference of over $10 million between a free agent budget and an extensions budget? For that matter, why can I add a free agent at $7 million when I can't extend my $440,000 player by one year? 2) If my Player Payroll is over $9 million below my total Budget, why can't I sign a player to an extension that would add only a fraction of that difference (over future years, even)? 3) How are these numbers calculated, anyway? 4) Why couldn't I sign my former player as a free agent? |
03-04-2015, 10:57 AM | #2 |
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And just about a game-month later, that -3+ million changed to -7+ million, with my only activity being shuttling a few players (less than 6) between the majors and minors.
I just don't get it. |
03-04-2015, 12:04 PM | #3 |
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Could be some players got enough MLB experience to create an arbitration number next year.
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03-04-2015, 04:25 PM | #4 | |
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But I still don't get why the game will let me sign a free agent at a salary of $7 million but won't let me extend a $400,000 player by one year. |
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03-04-2015, 04:27 PM | #5 |
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I would assume he's having a good year and playing regularly.
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03-04-2015, 05:30 PM | #6 |
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03-04-2015, 05:32 PM | #7 |
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03-04-2015, 06:32 PM | #8 |
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No:
Budget: $55M Player Payroll: $45M $ for Extensions: -$8M $ for Free Agents: $7M And, just to make sure, I just went into the Offer Contract screen for a free agent (Omar Vizquel For The Win!) and it allowed me to submit an offer of $211,418, with "$7,456,768 left for player contracts." |
03-04-2015, 10:53 PM | #9 | |
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Can you screenshot your players salaries and years including minor leaguers? I'll see if I notice anything. I'll say this mine always seems accurate. |
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05-08-2015, 11:42 AM | #10 |
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It's because free agent money figure only looks at this year's budget while extensions look at next year's. You'll see the opposite happen when someone in their fifth year goes from 5 years 170 days to 6 years. Suddenly you'll get more money available for extensions, because that player is no longer taking up money on next year's budget.
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