Post by Nationals GM (Preston - Old) on Feb 21, 2012 7:33:45 GMT -8
It has come to my attention that a lot of people generally have difficulty determining player salaries for their own teams, or have issues with understanding other teams' rosters and salaries. Hopefully I will address those concerns with this post.
- To begin, the minimum salary for all players is $500,000. If a minor leaguer is an original keeper or signed to an AAS deal $1,000,000 or less and has not played in a game, the player is eligible for the 10-man salary exempt list and their salaries will not count toward the salary cap.
- Minor leaguers who break into the big leagues will have their salary remain at the price it was at prior to breaking in. For example, although reliever Josh Spence will be paid a salary in excess of $400,000 for 2012, since he was signed to an AAS deal of $400,000 and has not had a qualified season, he will remain at $400,000 for the duration of 2012.
- Most players in the big leagues have set salaries. While some have specific contracts that can be easily found on Cot's (www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/), others have recently agreed to specific salaries with clubs or gone to arbitration this offseason and recently had their salary changed. When in doubt, always consult Cot's, but use the following website for arbitration players who may not have their salary updated on Cot's yet, though it should be (www.mlbtraderumors.com).
- Next, players in their first, second, or third year in the pros likely don't have their salaries determined before March. For now, go to Cot's and record their previous years salaries (and if no salary is listed, assume $500,000 for now), and indicate on your page that the salary is to be determined, but all salaries should be determined by March (though it may take awhile for the information to come out).
- Remember that we do not recognize options, unless of course you franchise the player from the year before and the real life team exercised the option, thus making that option a one year deal.
- If any franchised player signs a new contract by opening day, that is the contract to be used forward. For instance, Anibal Sanchez won his arbitration case at $8,000,000, but may agree to a long-term deal before opening day. If he does, that will be his contract, but if not and he agrees to anything after opening day, he will still be $8,000,000 and the rest of the contract can only be accessed if franchised again after the season.
- If anyone is still confused with what I've said, feel free to consult my roster page here: pbfantasybaseball.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=washingtonnationals&thread=76&page=1 as it should be correctly updated with the information described above.
I hope that this answers everyone's questions. Everyone must update their pages, as virtually every team (myself included before today) has some sort of error that needs to be adjusted for. If there is anything still confusing or something you think I've said wrong, please feel free to post a question.
- To begin, the minimum salary for all players is $500,000. If a minor leaguer is an original keeper or signed to an AAS deal $1,000,000 or less and has not played in a game, the player is eligible for the 10-man salary exempt list and their salaries will not count toward the salary cap.
- Minor leaguers who break into the big leagues will have their salary remain at the price it was at prior to breaking in. For example, although reliever Josh Spence will be paid a salary in excess of $400,000 for 2012, since he was signed to an AAS deal of $400,000 and has not had a qualified season, he will remain at $400,000 for the duration of 2012.
- Most players in the big leagues have set salaries. While some have specific contracts that can be easily found on Cot's (www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/), others have recently agreed to specific salaries with clubs or gone to arbitration this offseason and recently had their salary changed. When in doubt, always consult Cot's, but use the following website for arbitration players who may not have their salary updated on Cot's yet, though it should be (www.mlbtraderumors.com).
- Next, players in their first, second, or third year in the pros likely don't have their salaries determined before March. For now, go to Cot's and record their previous years salaries (and if no salary is listed, assume $500,000 for now), and indicate on your page that the salary is to be determined, but all salaries should be determined by March (though it may take awhile for the information to come out).
- Remember that we do not recognize options, unless of course you franchise the player from the year before and the real life team exercised the option, thus making that option a one year deal.
- If any franchised player signs a new contract by opening day, that is the contract to be used forward. For instance, Anibal Sanchez won his arbitration case at $8,000,000, but may agree to a long-term deal before opening day. If he does, that will be his contract, but if not and he agrees to anything after opening day, he will still be $8,000,000 and the rest of the contract can only be accessed if franchised again after the season.
- If anyone is still confused with what I've said, feel free to consult my roster page here: pbfantasybaseball.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=washingtonnationals&thread=76&page=1 as it should be correctly updated with the information described above.
I hope that this answers everyone's questions. Everyone must update their pages, as virtually every team (myself included before today) has some sort of error that needs to be adjusted for. If there is anything still confusing or something you think I've said wrong, please feel free to post a question.