SIM COMPLETE - 1985 - Offseason 3

[Guest]

Is there any way we can fix these ridiculous ass demands and get salaries back to how they would be in this time period?

[BradleyB]

Is there any way we can fix these ridiculous ass demands and get salaries back to how they would be in this time period?

demands are only ridiculous if nobody pays them....so far that hasn't been the case....though i think ardon might be a first.

[mahoney2]

I think the salaries are actually working pretty well right now. Guys are demanding a ton of cash and teams won't resign them. There's a lot of $ in the league right now, this is helping balance things out.

Is there any way we can fix these ridiculous ass demands and get salaries back to how they would be in this time period?

Sure, your budget is now $17mm.

1986 MLB Payrolls.

Team Average Total
1 Atlanta Braves $657,657 $17,940,286
2 New York Yankees $617,616 $17,248,360
3 Chicago Cubs $601,660 $16,904,832
4 Boston Red Sox $590,765 $16,003,236
5 Los Angeles Dodgers $496,765 $15,471,276
6 California Angels $526,020 $14,254,758
7 Kansas City Royals $482,233 $13,996,417
8 New York Mets $477,863 $13,597,780
9 Toronto Blue Jays $423,802 $12,447,880
10 Detroit Tigers $466,653 $12,254,047
11 Baltimore Orioles $449,291 $12,196,745
12 Montreal Expos $312,875 $11,937,394
13 San Diego Padres $478,719 $11,897,522
14 Cincinnati Reds $398,803 $11,785,036
15 Philadelphia Phillies $367,853 $11,715,166
16 Houston Astros $433,692 $10,368,276
17 Pittsburgh Pirates $299,481 $10,231,500
18 Chicago White Sox $324,337 $10,099,510
19 Oakland Athletics $335,641 $9,933,388
20 Minnesota Twins $364,708 $9,815,200
21 St. Louis Cardinals $346,847 $9,481,677
22 San Francisco Giants $284,804 $8,682,000
23 Milwaukee Brewers $355,714 $8,429,321
24 Cleveland Indians $269,868 $8,047,000
25 Texas Rangers $242,485 $6,892,218
26 Seattle Mariners $187,850 $6,382,309

[Ryan]

Holy shit, after losing Stiver and Dunlop, fan interest dropped 20 points! Apparently they wanted me to give Stiver $24mm for next year.

Mine has gone down 30+ points since losing Lamberts, Hinchy, Geake, and Adron.

I have no f'ing clue why Mike Hinchy was rated as a popular player. Dude wanted $7m+ per for like four years to resign. Not sure what he's smokin'.

I noticed that Ardon wants something like $29 million per to sign. I'm surprised that the Clown let him go given those modest demands.

Yeah, to think he wanted about $13m during the offseason. Once the season started, it crept up around $17m. I though for sure it would drop, so I waited. By seasons end he wanted $25m per for three years. I offered $21m for four, but he turned it down. Now he wants $31m per. Whatevah! I do what I want!!

[Guest]

I think the salaries are actually working pretty well right now. Guys are demanding a ton of cash and teams won't resign them. There's a lot of $ in the league right now, this is helping balance things out.



Sure, your budget is now $17mm.

1986 MLB Payrolls.

Team Average Total
1 Atlanta Braves $657,657 $17,940,286
2 New York Yankees $617,616 $17,248,360
3 Chicago Cubs $601,660 $16,904,832
4 Boston Red Sox $590,765 $16,003,236
5 Los Angeles Dodgers $496,765 $15,471,276
6 California Angels $526,020 $14,254,758
7 Kansas City Royals $482,233 $13,996,417
8 New York Mets $477,863 $13,597,780
9 Toronto Blue Jays $423,802 $12,447,880
10 Detroit Tigers $466,653 $12,254,047
11 Baltimore Orioles $449,291 $12,196,745
12 Montreal Expos $312,875 $11,937,394
13 San Diego Padres $478,719 $11,897,522
14 Cincinnati Reds $398,803 $11,785,036
15 Philadelphia Phillies $367,853 $11,715,166
16 Houston Astros $433,692 $10,368,276
17 Pittsburgh Pirates $299,481 $10,231,500
18 Chicago White Sox $324,337 $10,099,510
19 Oakland Athletics $335,641 $9,933,388
20 Minnesota Twins $364,708 $9,815,200
21 St. Louis Cardinals $346,847 $9,481,677
22 San Francisco Giants $284,804 $8,682,000
23 Milwaukee Brewers $355,714 $8,429,321
24 Cleveland Indians $269,868 $8,047,000
25 Texas Rangers $242,485 $6,892,218
26 Seattle Mariners $187,850 $6,382,309

That wouldn't be a problem to stay under, considering the highest paid player at that time was making like $4 million tops.

[Carlos]

I think his point is that we have more money than those guys, so salaries are merely meeting the financial liberties we have.

[Clay]

Is there any way we can fix these ridiculous ass demands and get salaries back to how they would be in this time period?

People need to stop giving monster contracts and extensions. Demands go down eventually.... but... there will be $20.0 men here for awhile.... so... it is what it is.

[mahoney2]

Doesn't it have more to do with money available rather than contracts given?

[Clay]

Doesn't it have more to do with money available rather than contracts given?

I don't know... but I'd be shocked if no one was making over say $12.0 if people would be asking for $30.0

[mahoney2]

I don't know. Harcourt is the top $ player in the league at $27mm and Stiver is asking for $26.7 from me anyways. I can't imagine that demand is based off current contracts considering he's washed up.

[Riverman]

I don't know... but I'd be shocked if no one was making over say $12.0 if people would be asking for $30.0

My opinion is that that the demands are related to all of the money that is out there sloshing around. As long as we have teams with $60 million in media revenue alone with minimum salaries of essentially nothing, contract demands will be high. If we increase the minimum salary, it would soak up some of that money and demands would go down IMO.

Like Clay though, I don't really know, but unlike him I wouldn't be shocked if it turned out I was wrong.

[Clay]

-- Media Contracts are lower now than they were two years ago
-- Less teams have available monies in Free Agency
-- The number of contracts over $20.0 has never been higher

I based my opinion and best guess on those facts... and I wouldn't be shocked if I were wrong, but I also wouldn't be a giant douche like River either way.

[Riverman]

-- Media Contracts are lower now than they were two years ago
-- Less teams have available monies in Free Agency
-- The number of contracts over $20.0 has never been higher

I based my opinion and best guess on those facts... and I wouldn't be shocked if I were wrong, but I also wouldn't be a giant douche like River either way.

LOL whatever.

You just wrote above that you would be shocked if you were wrong, now you write that you wouldn't be. All I did was point out how silly you are and somehow I'm the giant douche?

And BTW, media contracts are higher now than two years ago not lower since the low-end ones increased more than the high-end ones went down. You can look it up.

[Ryan]

LOL whatever.

You just wrote above that you would be shocked if you were wrong, now you write that you wouldn't be. All I did was point out how silly you are and somehow I'm the giant douche?

So, if you're the giant douche, does that make Clay the turd sandwich?

[Clay]

People need to stop giving monster contracts and extensions. Demands go down eventually.... but... there will be $20.0 men here for awhile.... so... it is what it is.

I don't know... but I'd be shocked if no one was making over say $12.0 if people would be asking for $30.0

-- Media Contracts are lower now than they were two years ago
-- Less teams have available monies in Free Agency
-- The number of contracts over $20.0 has never been higher

I based my opinion and best guess on those facts... and I wouldn't be shocked if I were wrong, but I also wouldn't be a giant douche like River either way.

LOL whatever.

You just wrote above that you would be shocked if you were wrong, now you write that you wouldn't be. All I did was point out how silly you are and somehow I'm the giant douche?

And BTW, media contracts are higher now than two years ago not lower since the low-end ones increased more than the high-end ones went down. You can look it up.

(A) Yes, you are the giant douche

(B) Where did I say I'd be surprised if I were wrong? I said "...I'd be shocked if no one was making over say $12.0 if people would be asking for $30.0" It's not a statement on whether or not my opinion is correct... it's a statement on how I think the game is setup. Not to mention the fact that I prefaced it with an "I don't know".

(C) Jeez stop taking yourself so seriously. Do I need to start putting smiley faces on everything so you won't get shitty?

(D) There's still less total money available per team than their was prior to the last expansion.