Hayvis really on brand sacrificing the financial future of his team to ensure every breeder Mong murrican can afford a ticket for their whole brood
I'll probably just have to trade the two good players I have and just rebuild from there. You think cash is more useful than draft picks? I don't really mind it taking a few years, so I would probably go down the route of draft picks over players about to break through.
If I knew the game was so unforgiving, I would never have taken the approach that I have. Does feel like I've wasted the first few years doing things the wrong way. I suppose that's the learning curve of most games though.
Well the best thing you could do would be make the playoffs. You are currently tied for fourth so you wouldn’t need a huge addition to make it. But making the playoffs would do two things - 1) increased revenue, which won’t directly increase your budget but it might push you to the positives in cash flow, which would give you some extra cash going into next season and 2) increase fan interest, which is obviously vital. So the only way you’ll be able to add people is via trade (or guys on the minimum) and you’ll have to give up some assets to do so.
Hayvis really on brand sacrificing the financial future of his team to ensure every breeder Mong murrican can afford a ticket for their whole brood
This is also where I've been unlucky then. I missed by a one game playoff and then by one game.
@hayvis a quick look at your team and you could add three pieces very cheaply that might be enough to push you into the playoffs: 3B and corner OFs.
You could probably get all three just for your draft picks, which, if you can’t sign them anyway, isn’t a huge loss.
I have no money for salary though.... Is that possible?
@Travis7401 , I did actually put T-Bone, and my catcher whoever he is on reasonable long term contracts, so that you guys would have to pay top dollar if you wanted to get at them, rather than pick them up as free agents. Was that a bad move? That's how it works in soccer, so I assumed the same would apply for baseball. Either I get to keep them or they're valuable to another team...
The whole WEAK LEAGUE in here trying make Paris a contender. STFU and worry about ur own teams.
In any given year I can get the best available C or 1B in free agency for $15m or less, so U have to keep that in mind as well. A lot of teams can’t afford the contract even if they would want to trade for them
They are the one position that affects Pitcher's ERA because of the way they call games, throw out runners, block wild pitches, etc. There's also pitch framing, but I don't think that matters in AI world where there are no human umps to fool. Obviously the ideal is one who can do both, but they are super rareHis contract never goes above 9m.... He's also durable, and the only decent catcher other than the Hammers guy who's 33. I honestly don't see why you're not giving him a high trade value.
Why would you only start a catcher based on defence @Yankee151 ? Surely if it's a weak batting position you are giving your team a whole player advantage if you have one of the few that can bat?
They are the one position that affects Pitcher's ERA because of the way they call games, throw out runners, block wild pitches, etc. There's also pitch framing, but I don't think that matters in AI world where there are no human umps to fool. Obviously the ideal is one who can do both, but they are super rare
He’s on a good contract... but when I trade I’m typically looking for a GREAT contract! Usually a young player I know I can have on minimum for a few years
Blanken is the perfect example of what I look for in a C. Won 2 ships with him on ultra low salary making 1 WAR won.@hayvis heres a guy I could sign today: http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_6966.html
Ur right that he’s not as valuable as ur guy, but he’s probably ~2 WARS WON, whereas DJ is around 3.5. Not sure what this guy would ask for, but I’ll guess <$2m.
So with that extra $7m, I can DEFINITELY make up that extra 1.5 wins. And I don’t have to give up anything to get him
Fine, I’ll give you a 3rd round pick for him
Life favors the HAVES. But look at the history of the Flying Whites. There’s never been a better time to go from HAVE to HAVE NOT and back againMeh, I think the nature of our set up is forgiving to high budget teams, so it’s less about “how do I increase my budget” and more “how do I ever catch up?”
You should have money budgeted for draft picks and you can offer slot to players even if you are in the red.My salaries are ok. My owner for some reason is acting like a complete bastard. I actually don't know what I'm doing wrong to be honest. Winning games is all very well, but I have no money to fill the holes. I'm worried now this is a vicious circle and I won't have the money to sign my draft picks.
I will make you an offer for @pavl woodlandsky if notSend me a 1st round pick and I'll take Tom Pyke and his $8M salary for you and Include Three MINIMUM salary pitchers who are BLOCKED on my roster. You'll slightly improve 3 pitchers and you'll save $7M a year for the next 3 seasons.
Here are the pitchers on offer:
http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com/game/lgreports/players/player_6178.html
http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com/game/lgreports/players/player_10938.html
http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com/game/lgreports/players/player_4561.html
Those guys aren't going to make my roster, but they could replace Pyke/Jorge Martinez/Diego Bertrand/Jason Garner on ur roster and be an improvement.
Send me a 1st round pick and I'll take Tom Pyke and his $8M salary for you and Include Three MINIMUM salary pitchers who are BLOCKED on my roster. You'll slightly improve 3 pitchers and you'll save $7M a year for the next 3 seasons.
Here are the pitchers on offer:
http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com/game/lgreports/players/player_6178.html
http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com/game/lgreports/players/player_10938.html
http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com/game/lgreports/players/player_4561.html
Those guys aren't going to make my roster, but they could replace Pyke/Jorge Martinez/Diego Bertrand/Jason Garner on ur roster and be an improvement.
You gotta at least counter!Done. Is there any other salary you could take off my hands? In bed now so difficult to see. I'm pretty sure there isn't.
Yes..I can actually make you a real better offer of YOUNG GUNZ and take Pyke/Bleacher from you to help you clear up some financial wiggle room. Step into my PM office and lets WHEEL AND DEAL
You gotta at least counter!
Hope it's ok.Lets discuss more when I'm back from mawmaws funeral!