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Old 11-27-2019, 01:02 PM   #1
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Financials Mismatch

I'm playing a fictional league. Financials were reset around 1990 with yearly inflation of -1/+2%. Now in 2006. Average superstar salary $14.9 million. Several free agents are asking in the $35+ million range. What gives? I expect a little over the average, but 2.5x seems extreme. More importantly, what's my fix?
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Old 11-27-2019, 04:16 PM   #2
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The question is what are they actually signing for? No matter what the average salary for superstars are I always see rediculous asking prices. They often go down the closer to opening day you get.
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Old 11-27-2019, 04:45 PM   #3
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There are currently 14 players making $20m or more and another 11 making $18m or more, with two over $30m: 30 year old SS, six-time batting champ and former Triple Crown winner (makes sense he's the highest-paid) and a 29 year old borderline starter with one Cy Young and 103 career wins (makes no sense at all).
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Old 11-27-2019, 11:16 PM   #4
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What do the team budgets look like? I kinda ran into a similar issue when most teams had too much money to spend thus it was easier for the players to ask and get big contracts. If you notice that teams have way too much money to spend even after the season starts i would go into commissioner mode if you're able to and lower some budgets. With less money to go around players should ask and get much lower contacts.
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Old 11-27-2019, 11:22 PM   #5
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The "average" listed in the settings page is really more of a min, so players signing for more is expected. They usually should only ask for about double, but maybe in some cases can go a little more. And as people said, what they ask for and what they sign for are often different.
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Old 12-02-2019, 02:05 PM   #6
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I had a guy in one league(17 or 18) that wanted $40+/5 years, ended up signing for $12(ish) for 1 year in Feb.
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Old 12-02-2019, 03:37 PM   #7
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Then there's always that one player who wants $40 million, you offer him $25m, he declines, then takes $21m from someone else. I want to have my pitcher drill that guy every time he comes up.
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Old 12-02-2019, 04:21 PM   #8
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Then there's always that one player who wants $40 million, you offer him $25m, he declines, then takes $21m from someone else. I want to have my pitcher drill that guy every time he comes up.
the financial system is incredibly simplistic in how it runs and doesn't make too much sense. needs a total rehaul
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Old 12-04-2019, 10:08 PM   #9
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the financial system is incredibly simplistic in how it runs and doesn't make too much sense. needs a total rehaul
Ive always said this with every sports game, but free agency should be like the college football games with recruiting; except now it includes money too. Factor in a players importance with current roster, manager, ownership/front office, recent playoff history, team prestige (Yankees, Dodgers), money, proximity to home... All sports games' free agencies are incredibly simplistic.
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