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Tysok did provide the key information.
However, the tendency for AI teams to run in the red is pretty overwhelming. When Dog Days was down on owners, every single team that had AI management during an off season got itself into serious long term financial trouble. When testing out finances the other day, I set up a test league using default settings, and half the teams were in the red when I checked after several seasons.
My theory is this: If the AI looks at anything before offering a contract to a FA, it is the text at the bottom of the page -- cash plus budget room.
Even if the budget room number is reliable and accurate (I am far from sure that it always is), it is a terrible financial strategy to spend all your "cash plus budget room." If a team does that, they will be broke at the end of one year, and on the hook for salaries far beyond their income in the second year. Thus, this methodology is only reasonably prudent when the league cash max is very small.
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