Huge Unexpected salary Increase

Pivot · 08-19-2019, 05:08 PM

In my historical league, I brought up player from the minors. This was his first time in the majors and he played for the major league minimum of about $11k. I assumed i had him for at least three years at this low salary as he had no prior major league experience. So I took no action. At the winter meetings prior to the start of the next season, his salary was listed at $49k. How can this be? Again, I took no action and he had no prior ML experience.

Argonaut · 08-20-2019, 12:11 PM

From my experience playing historical, players are on 1-Year contracts and automatically get arbitrated in the offseason. Doesn't matter if they're a sophomore. If they have good stats, they'll make more money.

This changes in 1976 with the introduction of free agency, and the financial system gets a little more complicated.

08-19-2019, 05:08 PM	#1
Pivot Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 44	Huge Unexpected salary Increase In my historical league, I brought up player from the minors. This was his first time in the majors and he played for the major league minimum of about $11k. I assumed i had him for at least three years at this low salary as he had no prior major league experience. So I took no action. At the winter meetings prior to the start of the next season, his salary was listed at $49k. How can this be? Again, I took no action and he had no prior ML experience.

08-20-2019, 12:11 PM	#2
Argonaut All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,085	From my experience playing historical, players are on 1-Year contracts and automatically get arbitrated in the offseason. Doesn't matter if they're a sophomore. If they have good stats, they'll make more money. This changes in 1976 with the introduction of free agency, and the financial system gets a little more complicated. __________________ Texas Rangers Dynasty (Est. 1972) Hartford Whalers Dynasty: Brass Bonanza