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Post by richard nationals on Jan 24, 2023 17:10:56 GMT -5
I propose that in order to keep up with the rising contracts in mlb that we take the average payroll for all the teams in mlb and adjust our cap to the avg. I would suggest rounding up or down to the nearest 5M. Example: if the avg. was 143M we would round up to 145M or if avg. was 142M we would round down to 140M. We could do this half way thru the season, that way everyone would have plenty of notice what the cap will be the following year. We could do this every year so we could keep up with the rising contracts in mlb.
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Post by visor on Jan 24, 2023 17:17:53 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of this as some of us build our teams around a certain budget and doing something half way through the season could screw over those teams.
I do however feel that we could set a cap at the beginning of every season. I would rather have a hard cap though since a lot of out contracts go 3+ years...
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Post by richard nationals on Jan 24, 2023 17:39:01 GMT -5
We would not change the cap half way thru the season, it would be changed for the following season.
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Post by Trey - Astros GM on Jan 24, 2023 19:43:15 GMT -5
Sounds good here as an alternative to the flex tag proposal.
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Post by Jay - Reds on Jan 25, 2023 8:08:35 GMT -5
If we up the cap again as suggested I’d like to move up the max bid from 25m to 30m
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Post by Monty-Cubs GM on Jan 25, 2023 8:45:19 GMT -5
My one word of caution of raising cap is lower cap levels spur player movements and help balance the league. Good teams are filled with good players who get expensive. They must then move some of them to balance their cap space. Struggling teams are often flush with cap space to take advantage, thus improving their team.
Before last season in my other league, I was able to pick up Lindor and Springer because I had tons of cap space. I was coming off a next to last place season, and used those two big moves to spring board a playoff run last year.
Not saying we should not adjust cap space, just expressing caution on what happens when we do it too much too fast. Big jumps allow good teams to stay on top and makes turning around bad teams much harder.
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Post by Jay - Reds on Jan 25, 2023 9:07:09 GMT -5
Agree with that
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Post by Braves GM (Mario) on Jan 25, 2023 14:23:24 GMT -5
I looked at the top teams from last season they all have very little cap and also looked at the bottom teams they all have plenty of cap. I think raising the cap only helps the top teams and the bottom will stay in the bottom
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Post by Phil - Rangers on Jan 25, 2023 21:57:20 GMT -5
I disagree with raising cap. Cubs said it well, raising cap allows the good teams to keep good players. The only connection between our cap and mlb is the Franchise tag. And since most owners have voted to change the F tag to a flex, I don't see the issue anymore.
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Post by Steve (Padres) on Jan 27, 2023 20:49:48 GMT -5
I agree with holding cap where it is - I still like changing the current tag setup to flex and keeping cap where it is. The only real spots where real-world economics are causing problems in our league's economy are when teams are trying to franchise players who's real-world contract is wildly bloated when translated here.
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