Spider 67 wrote:the ghost of roger maris wrote:IMO Minors will need a larger cap than $50 million
some folks have 2+ pretty good and $$ at the same position.
It makes more sense to play one in minors and others in majors rather than have one sitting on bench.
I agree with ghost. I think something like $53 mil would work. Terry's team will have about $20 mil more in salary than the lowest salaried team - therefore losing some of the "fun" of constructing a minor team with some players to promote in case of injury.
My teams will have ~$184 mil salary - which is a bit tight for promotions from minors and instructional leagues.
Because I started drafting at the pitchers' end of the draft table, my team salaries will be a bit lower than spider's -- probably $175 mil or so. There are fewer high-priced pitchers than high-priced batters, but that's okay. I believe the aspects other than salary can make up for a bit of that.
As to the three levels, I'd really like to see us have realistic competition in all three leagues. If going to $53 mil in the Minors is needed, then okay. I would be reluctant to go much higher than that, though, since that would allow managers to "game" the system a bit and not have solid competition.