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tworoosters

Worst Contract in TSL ?

September 01, 2010 at 05:59PM View BBCode

OK so what's the worst contract in the league right now ?

I'm willing to nominate my own signings of [url=http://beta.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?player=nobody&mode=stats&id=59472]Oscar Hansen[/url] (4 years at $2 million per year) and [url=http://beta.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=59133]Phil Hawblitzel[/url] (3 years at $3 million per year).

Anyone else want to play ?
lumbercompany27

September 01, 2010 at 06:46PM View BBCode

I nominate the 70 extra guys I signed on Day 2.
BigMacAttack

September 01, 2010 at 07:42PM View BBCode

the 10 mil that Jumbo Danzig will be getting next year at os 36 may hurt me a bit http://beta.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?player=nobody&mode=stats&id=58892

The best contract by far is the 0.0 mil i'm paying Chris Carpenter http://beta.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?player=nobody&mode=stats&id=59117

apparently this has not corrected itself yet tyson, maybe because Baltimore signed him to a 2 year deal worth 0.0 mil? was he 1 of the mass signings that was just released?

[Edited on 9-1-2010 by BigMacAttack]
Hamilton2

September 01, 2010 at 08:32PM View BBCode

Leo Fisher! He certainly left money on the table, choosing to sign on day 1 of bidding instead of letting things escalate. We are appreciative and all that, but still, he ought to be earning 5M+ a season and we're paying him less than 4 a year for the next 8 seasons.

9.7M for [url=http://beta.topindustrynews.com/player.jsp?id=58909]Dom Crandall[/url] seems a bit high when there are similar hitters around the league making [url=http://beta.topindustrynews.com/player.jsp?player=nobody&mode=stats&id=58905]4.5M[/url], [url=http://beta.topindustrynews.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=58962]1.5M[/url] and even [url=http://beta.topindustrynews.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=58898]7M[/url]. The 4 of them OPS'd at .851, .856, .850 and .851, respectively, during last season.
tworoosters

September 01, 2010 at 09:25PM View BBCode

You have to pay a premium to attract free agents when you're in Pittsburgh, Crandall will earn every dime .

The Fisher signing was, in all honesty, a serious flaw. There is no way he leaves that much money on the table as a "hometown discount" for a team he played 55 games for.

Nice of you to reward his loyalty by benching him .
Hamilton2

September 01, 2010 at 10:43PM View BBCode

There were a lot of things at play to modify the Fisher contract.

A) His A+ leadership has a huge impact. I don't remember the final % difference that we settled on for A+ guys, but I think it was close to 20%. Maybe this is too steep, maybe not. It certainly doesn't happen very frequently that a player shows up with A+ leadership who is also worth investing in for the future of your franchise.

B) The length of contract adjustment slightly benefited me because I offered to pay him for 2 seasons into decline, while the other offers (6 seasons?) were slightly decreased because they release him immediately after his decline.

C) Because we won a lot of games last season and made it to the WS, we have a team prestige of 1.099, which is a positive modifier of nearly 10%. When combined with the negative prestige of some of the competing team's bids, it made a difference of greater than 8% certainly. (In the AML, we did not apply ANY prestige until the OS after 1955, the formula is supposed to look at the previous 5 seasons' results.)

To be honest, I just threw a number out there for Fisher that I could afford, since my team salary is so high. I really didn't expect him to stay in KC.

I am curious though, how much of a discounted salary did Joe Mauer take in order to stay with his hometown Twins? I don't recall every detail of that negotiation, but I think that on the open free bidding market, he would be making at least 30% more than he is making now; which is about what the modifier would have been without the prestige influence, which I think should be nil until after the first 5 seasons of play.

[Edited on 9-1-2010 by Hamilton2]
lumbercompany27

September 01, 2010 at 11:10PM View formatted

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[url=http://beta.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?player=nobody&mode=stats&id=58904]Marty Smoot[/url] did not earn his 8 mil last season in Philly.

So, naturally, I gave him more money for five years to come to Baltimore.

Mostly because I didn't check his stats before I bid on him.
tworoosters

September 02, 2010 at 12:47AM View BBCode

Originally posted by Hamilton2

I am curious though, how much of a discounted salary did Joe Mauer take in order to stay with his hometown Twins? I don't recall every detail of that negotiation, but I think that on the open free bidding market, he would be making at least 30% more than he is making now


Mauer is making $23 million per year on his new contract, a 30% premium would take it to $29.6 million per year or $2 million more per year than the currently highest paid player in baseball.

At $23 million per year Mauer is tied with CC Sabathia as the 3rd highest paid player in baseball, behind A-Rod and Ryan Howard. If Mauer took a "home town discount" it's not one you'd really notice too much, I'd say maybe 10%.
tworoosters

September 10, 2010 at 03:28PM View BBCode

Originally posted by Hamilton2

9.7M for [url=http://beta.topindustrynews.com/player.jsp?id=58909]Dom Crandall[/url] seems a bit high when there are similar hitters around the league making [url=http://beta.topindustrynews.com/player.jsp?player=nobody&mode=stats&id=58905]4.5M[/url], [url=http://beta.topindustrynews.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=58962]1.5M[/url] and even [url=http://beta.topindustrynews.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=58898]7M[/url].


Crandall was 4th in MVP voting, the starting All Star 1B and lead Pittsburgh to the post season in '52 - money well spent .

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