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Post by Commish_Ron on Oct 6, 2015 10:45:51 GMT -5
I only have two items to bring up this off season. 1) Hopefully we can look at the schedule early enough to get something done. This is easy for me to say since I don't have to do any actual work on it. 2) I would like to hear thoughts on what we can do about the comp eligible free agents. We start the draft as soon as the draft list becomes available in game. This is necessary to complete two rounds in time for the in game draft to happen without pausing the sim schedule. Comp eligible FAs get signed after we start the forum draft which affects the draft order. I get no notification that a comp FA has been signed. Picks on the forum are not altered unless I happen to notice or a GM steps up and notifies me. Additionally a comp signing could easily happen after the pick it affects has been made on the forum. The simple solution would be to drop the compensation tag off the FAs as soon as we start the forum draft. I am not sure if I like that though. It seems GMs would just hold off on signing those guys and whoever is up for a comp pick would get hosed. Maybe I just need to monitor all FA signings during the draft period. Or maybe we just continue on dealing with issues as they come up. Everything doesn't always have to be perfect right? Thoughts?
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Post by Sean_RedsGM on Oct 6, 2015 11:01:11 GMT -5
I only have two items to bring up this off season. 1) Hopefully we can look at the schedule early enough to get something done. This is easy for me to say since I don't have to do any actual work on it. 2) I would like to hear thoughts on what we can do about the comp eligible free agents. We start the draft as soon as the draft list becomes available in game. This is necessary to complete two rounds in time for the in game draft to happen without pausing the sim schedule. Comp eligible FAs get signed after we start the forum draft which affects the draft order. I get no notification that a comp FA has been signed. Picks on the forum are not altered unless I happen to notice or a GM steps up and notifies me. Additionally a comp signing could easily happen after the pick it affects has been made on the forum. The simple solution would be to drop the compensation tag off the FAs as soon as we start the forum draft. I am not sure if I like that though. It seems GMs would just hold off on signing those guys and whoever is up for a comp pick would get hosed. Maybe I just need to monitor all FA signings during the draft period. Or maybe we just continue on dealing with issues as they come up. Everything doesn't always have to be perfect right? Thoughts? I vote for the simple solution you mentioned above. A team may get "hosed" but the amount of players this effects is pretty minimal. The top FA's are getting signed, it's normally guys that are borderline or probably shouldn't have had compensation attached to begin with that are available at the begin of the season. I would support dropping the compensation at the start of the season. It will be better for the league overall to have the best talent on the field rather than sitting in FA and it will be better for those players (Zevin has to like that). In MLB right now, they are discussing this same issue and it appears they are leaning towards a similar ruling. It hurts the player more than the team when assigning compensation normally. Also, the Reds have quite a few comp eligible players this year and it would benefit me to keep the current rule as is but I believe making a change would be better for the PBL as a whole.
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Post by Dustin Ackley on Oct 6, 2015 11:49:11 GMT -5
I only have two items to bring up this off season. 1) Hopefully we can look at the schedule early enough to get something done. This is easy for me to say since I don't have to do any actual work on it. 2) I would like to hear thoughts on what we can do about the comp eligible free agents. We start the draft as soon as the draft list becomes available in game. This is necessary to complete two rounds in time for the in game draft to happen without pausing the sim schedule. Comp eligible FAs get signed after we start the forum draft which affects the draft order. I get no notification that a comp FA has been signed. Picks on the forum are not altered unless I happen to notice or a GM steps up and notifies me. Additionally a comp signing could easily happen after the pick it affects has been made on the forum. The simple solution would be to drop the compensation tag off the FAs as soon as we start the forum draft. I am not sure if I like that though. It seems GMs would just hold off on signing those guys and whoever is up for a comp pick would get hosed. Maybe I just need to monitor all FA signings during the draft period. Or maybe we just continue on dealing with issues as they come up. Everything doesn't always have to be perfect right? Thoughts? This is very easy to do. Once the season starts, Derek can edit the player. About halfway or so down the side is the option to remove compensation. Id also LOVE for us to evaluate the draft. 40+ picks in the 2nd and 3rd round is REDICULOUS. Teams not signing picks hoping next years crop will be better. Id love to see us give teams a warning and then just reset the draft order so we have 32 teams in each round and then obviously it will grow again.
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Post by Sean_RedsGM on Oct 7, 2015 8:23:17 GMT -5
Is it time to start actively recruiting for the teams that haven't responded to the roll call yet?
I realize life happens,but also don't want to not start recruiting if a GM hasn't been active on the forums or exporting.
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Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Oct 7, 2015 9:44:00 GMT -5
Yes, we are going to need some owners. I plan on reaching out to some of the guys today via email as I know some disappear during the playoffs but if anyone can help recruit it will be a HUGE plus to the league. I should know an exact number by end of day today or tomorrow. I'm guessing we will have at least 3 spots to fill.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 11:25:36 GMT -5
I think we should do something about budgets ... the Brewers will have 70 mill. for next season, a few others are in that neighborhood, and it's simply not much fun to play in a league of your own where 7 teams are at less than 80 mill. while 17 teams play with 118 mill. and more.
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Post by Luc_AZdbacks on Oct 7, 2015 14:20:17 GMT -5
Definitely would like to get a new schedule if possible, I think David has something drawn up from last year?
In terms of Comp Free Agents I really don't have any preference whatever we decide to do, and I will defer to whatever Ron feels is the best solution since he is the one running the draft who has to deal with the mess that they create.
In terms of budgets... I think everybody's budget is decreasing right now with OOTP 16 (correct me if I'm wrong, I just know mine decreased by $4M after making it to the World Series), and I know that it can be very difficult to try and contend with a small budget , but I would still be wary of changing anything with the budgets.
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Post by Sean_RedsGM on Oct 7, 2015 16:08:13 GMT -5
Definitely would like to get a new schedule if possible, I think David has something drawn up from last year? In terms of Comp Free Agents I really don't have any preference whatever we decide to do, and I will defer to whatever Ron feels is the best solution since he is the one running the draft who has to deal with the mess that they create. In terms of budgets... I think everybody's budget is decreasing right now with OOTP 16 (correct me if I'm wrong, I just know mine decreased by $4M after making it to the World Series), and I know that it can be very difficult to try and contend with a small budget , but I would still be wary of changing anything with the budgets. My budget actually increased by over $10 mil this year. I had a small budget when I took over the Redd and have increased it by improving my team. I'd like to hear some more reasons or suggestions on how to improve the budget situation from teams that are having issues with it. I know that Ron has a cheap owner that doesn't increase his budget often but he still remains competitive.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 17:37:27 GMT -5
My budget is down to 69 million. But only 55 million for payroll
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 17:37:55 GMT -5
I just don't know how you compete with that
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Post by Sean_RedsGM on Oct 7, 2015 18:07:09 GMT -5
I just don't know how you compete with that You compete like every other small market team in real baseball...
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Post by Tim_KCRoyalsGM on Oct 7, 2015 21:47:34 GMT -5
For what it's worth guys. .. start winning, keep winning. .. that will get you there. KC had one of the low small market payrolls when I took over, now it's among the best. Winning cures budget issues eventually. Ask the padres what his famously stingy owner did with his budget this coming season.
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Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Oct 9, 2015 14:57:27 GMT -5
I got no problem with the market sizes right now. The answer to how you compete with that is to have patience and fiscal responsibility.
Milwaukee's owner is actually generous with his money but years of poor performance has led the fans to give up. The last 9 years they are yet to finish .500 or better and have a farm system in the bottom part of the league. Also ONLY 13,000 fans per night go to games. That is insanely low and I can see why the owner is not willing to spend. He needs to see something.....
In Montreal, this year was the best season in the past 4 years, the Expos had a winning percentage of .384 in 2035. This says A LOT! Only 17,000 fans a night are showing up to games. The farm system is one of the worst in baseball with not a single prospect in the top 100.
This is not to single out the performance of ANY GM but to point out the reasoning behind the owners unwillingness to spend has been justified.
Milwaukee has AVERAGE market size and get 13,000 fans per night Montreal has a SMALL market size and get 17,000 fans per night San Diego has a SMALL market size and get 39,000 fans per night Miami has a BELOW AVERAGE market size and get 35,000 fans per night
Put the talent on the field and the owners will spend the money. I promise.
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Post by Tim_GiantsGM on Oct 20, 2015 13:35:29 GMT -5
I posted the following in another thread, but it fits here, too. Budgets are a hot topic. Following are my thoughts:
Regarding budgets and money, I am close to being in a position to post in-depth thoughts on these subjects. I have been collecting data gathered from my solo league. For the time being...
The most important consideration regarding budgets and whether they increase or decrease seems to be "season profit/loss" per the accounting page. This number is the same number as the "balance" amount listed on the team history page. I wish OOTP developers would be consistent in their use of terms.
The bottom line is this: When a team loses money, the owner reduces the budget.
Regardless of other factors working into the mix (win-loss record; winning; fan interest; owner characteristics; owner goals), the most important consideration seems to be net profit/loss. If a team loses money, it is a near certainty that the owner will reduce the budget for the next season. If a team generates a profit, the owner usually will increase the budget or leave it unchanged. This is not guaranteed, but it almost always happens.
More on this after I sim a couple of additional seasons and compile the results.
Regarding my Giants, last season I gambled by signing a couple of veterans late in the season hoping to make a push down the stretch and make the playoffs. After the signings I still had budget room available, but based on the projection in the accounting screen I could see that if I did not make the playoffs and earn playoff revenue the team would lose money for the season. If the Giants made the playoffs, I am confident the owner would have retained the unchanged budget that was being projected. Unfortunately we did not make the playoffs, we lost a relatively small amount, and the owner cut our new budget by $4m. I gambled and lost. This season I will simply need to work within the new budget and adjust factors that impact "the bottom line" to ensure that the Giants earn a net profit.
How did your team fare last season? Did you lose money? Is your new budget less than it was in 2035? If so, I strongly suggest that you focus on net profit. It is important to win - we all want to - but maintaining strong financial health via a net profit also seems to be very important.
Regarding the money situation, I don't feel we need to inject any additional money into the league. Teams earning a net profit should almost always be rewarded by their owners with unchanged or increased budgets. As budgets increase, GM's should have more funds available to sign free agents, fund player development, etc.
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Post by David_ExposGM on Oct 20, 2015 17:28:53 GMT -5
My budget is down to 69 million. But only 55 million for payroll Just re-reading this thread because of Tim's comment above, but this Expos statement is curious. What accounts for the 14-million dollar difference in the budget and payroll allocation? IF it happens to be scouting money and/or player development money, an option IMMEDIATELY is to reduce that (even to ZERO) for the coming season. As I have gathered, you have traded almost everything (picks and players) in your minors. You will rarely "develop" a half-star player into anything int he minors and if you need the cash, then sacrifice any development for the cash? I know there is a GM salary component, but it should be negligible. And if you are paying big bucks to a scout just to "hope" to catch an international prospect, they seem even fewer and further between. I have let me scout walk and have put ZERO into scouting (as just my own example). You may view this differently... If it's something else, care to explain???
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