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yajeflow · 06-12-2009, 06:49 AM

thank you, guys.

although i have worked in baseball for 12 years, i had never heard of the june 15 rule. go figure. that solves my issue right there.

as far as our teams losing money, this has already come up. i instituted a cash balance low limit of -$10,000,000. we had a team try out a plan i came up with whereby a team would not care at all about contract values. they would acquire way above and beyond contracts from teams wanting to get out from under them for prospects.

most of the time the acquired players were in the final year of their contracts, and the team would receive some potential free agent compensation. the team would obviously have zero money for free agents or extensions. no matter. more teams would be willing to dump off contracts the next season. draft picks merely served as a tool for acquiring these excellent (and expensive) players.

the team could theorhetically do this forever, since there are always dumping teams and draft picks. the team that did this has the most wins in our league's history, and four 2nd-place finishes in four seasons. they are getting off it now, as they would like to see if they can rebuild the team the old-fashioned way now. but it worked, and could work forever without a cash balance minimum. the team has a $3.6 million hole to dig itself out of.

as far as our $2.5 average payroll and budgets, it works well with the other settings we have. i think i basically used a straight % of the major league figures the game came with. we just want our salary structure to be lower and mean something. we have never had a million dollar player, and we won't unless the guy is young and the best ever, i imagine. RF log pilo did sign for $775K, but no one has topped it.

06-12-2009, 06:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
yajeflow Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: newport beach Posts: 156 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	thank you, guys. although i have worked in baseball for 12 years, i had never heard of the june 15 rule. go figure. that solves my issue right there. as far as our teams losing money, this has already come up. i instituted a cash balance low limit of -$10,000,000. we had a team try out a plan i came up with whereby a team would not care at all about contract values. they would acquire way above and beyond contracts from teams wanting to get out from under them for prospects. most of the time the acquired players were in the final year of their contracts, and the team would receive some potential free agent compensation. the team would obviously have zero money for free agents or extensions. no matter. more teams would be willing to dump off contracts the next season. draft picks merely served as a tool for acquiring these excellent (and expensive) players. the team could theorhetically do this forever, since there are always dumping teams and draft picks. the team that did this has the most wins in our league's history, and four 2nd-place finishes in four seasons. they are getting off it now, as they would like to see if they can rebuild the team the old-fashioned way now. but it worked, and could work forever without a cash balance minimum. the team has a $3.6 million hole to dig itself out of. as far as our $2.5 average payroll and budgets, it works well with the other settings we have. i think i basically used a straight % of the major league figures the game came with. we just want our salary structure to be lower and mean something. we have never had a million dollar player, and we won't unless the guy is young and the best ever, i imagine. RF log pilo did sign for $775K, but no one has topped it.