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Old 10-24-2013, 08:15 PM   #1
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$ for Contract Extensions

I want to extend a players contract, but apparently have less money available for extensions than I need to sign him, even if I've got plenty of money available to sign free agents. Is there anyway to re-allocate money from FAs to extensions? Or is there a way to add more money for extensions using Commissioner Mode?
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Old 10-24-2013, 10:33 PM   #2
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In Commissioner Mode, probably, but I don't know how for certain.

Otherwise, you're stuck. Your FA budget depends on who is under contract for the current season, while your extensions budget is based on who you have under contract for NEXT year. So if you have a player due a big raise, it will eat into your extensions money.
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Old 10-24-2013, 10:59 PM   #3
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In Commish mode, you can offer contracts that will put you over-budget, no questions asked.


The reason you can't re-allocate funds is because all those numbers are is a measurement of how much money you have available in your budget for each year. It's not a "pool" of money that you can dip into. Someone else raised this question a while back, here's how I explained it:

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The way it works is as follows:

You have a single budget that is available to you for player contracts. Let's say this budget is 10 million dollars (that's unrealistically low for modern-day MLB, but it's to simplify things). Now let's say that your team consists of 3 players (again, for simplicity's sake).
  • One has a flat contract of $2M for the next three years.
  • One has a $1M contract this year, that will go up to $2M next year.
  • One has a $3M contract this year, and will be a free agent next season.

Your FA money is the difference between your budget and your current payroll. In this example, your player payroll this year is 6 million dollars (2+1+3). Since your budget is 10 million, you therefore have $4M (10-6) available to you for free agents.

Money for extensions is the difference between next year's estimated budget and next year's payroll. In this example, Player 3's $3M will be off the books next season, but Player 2's contract will increase to 2 million. For the sake of this example, we'll assume next year's budget will also be $10M. Next year's contracts will total $4M (2+2, with Player 3 gone to free agency), meaning you will have $6M (10-4) available for extensions.

Put simply, there is no way to move money around, because it's not two separate budgets. It's the same budget over two separate years.
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Old 10-24-2013, 11:14 PM   #4
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Non-commish mode, you could possibly trade a player that would result in reducing your salary payments for next season, that should increase your extension money. Also you can try just waiting until later in the season and his money demands may go down a bit - allowing you to squeeze him in.
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Non-commish mode, you could possibly trade a player that would result in reducing your salary payments for next season, that should increase your extension money. Also you can try just waiting until later in the season and his money demands may go down a bit - allowing you to squeeze him in.
In addition to this, note that on the Salary Obligations page (Team Menu -> Front Office -> Salaries), arbitration estimates will be factored into next year's payroll. If you wait until the end of the season and decline arbitration to those players, that will free up some cash for you.
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Old 10-25-2013, 02:46 PM   #6
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In addition to this, note that on the Salary Obligations page (Team Menu -> Front Office -> Salaries), arbitration estimates will be factored into next year's payroll. If you wait until the end of the season and decline arbitration to those players, that will free up some cash for you.
You can also at times sign them now for less than the arbitration estimate, especially if you backload the contract some, allowing for more money for the next season. You may want to look at next year's salary increases and decide if there are contracts you need to dump before the trading deadline.
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