Moneyball Baseball Contract Thread

Thanks Phil

Would also like to know if a player is acquired via trade are we allowed to extend player if we want to.

If you trade before the April 30, 2020 deadline you are free to negotiate a new contract. After April 30, contracts are set and players are traded with their contracts. No changes allowed until the contract expires.

Phil

Gentleman,

Thanks to all of you for getting us through the initial draft and contract offers. This has been a learning process for me, but I think we have something special in place that will provide us all with a new and interesting way to model the challenges of general managing a major league baseball franchise while also enjoying the SOM game we love. In reviewing the draft I can see a few different approaches to building a franchise, with some owners drafting youth and preserving payroll, while others took a win now approach and chose to lock up veteran talent for years to come.

We have until APRIL 30th to finalize all contract offers.

I wanted to give you all an opportunity to see the cap space each team has committed for 2020:

Dharmabums $121,530,000
srh1200 $114,070,000
sociophil $111,740,000
paul j kiggins $108,190,000
baseballCFO $105,930,000
paul_long $105,720,000
Oldmansmith2 $99,780,000
Madal $94,890,000
Mykbr1 $90,870,000
hveed $87,280,000
teamnasty $63,640,000
chilliards ??????????????

It looks like there will be a lot of money available to chase highly sought after free agents come next winter, and that first class should be rich in talent given the number of undrafted prospects that may become available.

Phil

Sorry for the long delay on my contracts......was hard keeping up with the threads while on the road, thanks Phil for the assistance on questions.....here we go, let me know of any discrepancies

MINNESOTA WETSPOTS

6+ year players

Jacob Degrom - 5 years / $9,500,000
Chris Sale - 5 years / $4,000,000
Christian Yelich - 4 years / $10,940,000
JD Martinez - 4 years / $5,580,000
Danny Duffy - 3 years / $2,000,000
Kyle Seager - 3 years / $2,000,000
Yusmeiro Petit - 2 years / $4,080,000
Brandon Crawford - 2 years / $1,000,000
Khris Davis - 2 years / $1,000,000
Andrew McCutcheon - 1 year / $3,300,000


5 year players

Yimi Garcia - 1 year / $4,000,000


3-4 year players

Orlando Arcia - renew 1 year / $3,000,000
Domingo German - ARB1
Emilio Pagan - ARB1
Paul Dejong - ARB1


1-2 year players

Zach Plesac - renew $2,530,000
Jordan Yamamoto - renew $5,250,000
Freddy Peralta - renew $950,000
Tyler Beede - renew $600,000
Jose Suarez - renew $600,000
Nick Anderson - renew $2,420,000
Tyler Webb - renew $2,950,000
Zack Littell - renew $2,110,000
Darwinzon Hernandez - renew $820,000
Cam Gallagher - renew $1,400,000
Keston Hiura - renew $4,370,000
Nick Solak - renew $2,770,000
Yordan Alvarez - $8,440,000
Seth Brown - renew $3,710,000
Oscar Mercado - renew $3,000,000
Dylan Moore - renew $1,020,000


Release / Free Agents

Jeff Samardzija
Tommy Milone
Yadier Molina
Nelson Cruz
Ehire Adrianza
Curt Casali
Elias Diaz
Albert Almora
Mike Freeman

Ok, so after a few hours reading the chat discussion, here is my first go at it. If there is anything here that makes you point and laugh at my obvious misunderstanding of things, please let me know.

I have Story going to arbitration this year because I want to extend him for 5 years as a 5 year guy next season. I have Albies, who has 3 years of service, in arbitration because I would like to extend him for 4 years at the end of next season. I think this is ok, but please let me know if I have triggered something where I accidentally lose them at the end of the season.

6+ years of service
1 Freeman, Freddie 4 yrs X $9,740,000
2 Turner, Justin 2 yrs X $4,660,000
3 Jansen, Kenley 1 yr X $2,950,000
4 Grandal, Yasmani 2 yrs X $5,860,000
5 Ramirez, Jose 6 yrs x $5,000,000

5 years of service
6 Rodriguez, Eduardo 1 yr x $4,080,000 (Rule 9.6)

3-4 years of service
7 Benintendi, Andrew 4 yrs x $4,880,000 (top 50%)
8 Story, Trevor arb2
9 Boyd, Matthew 4 yrs x $5,110,000 (top 50%)
10 Mikolas, Miles 1 yr x $3,000,000 (Rule 9.6)
11 Albies, Ozzie arb1
12 Anderson, Brian 1 yr x $3,340,000 (Rule 9.6)
13 Jimenez, Joe 1 yr x $2,000,000 (Rule 9.6)

1-2 years of service
14 Voit, Luke 2,730,000
15 Hampson, Garrett 710,000
16 Verdugo, Alex 2,520,000
17 Kingery, Scott 2,500,000
18 Quinn, Roman 910,000
19 Tauchman, Mike 5,570,000
20 Calhoun, Willie 2,120,000
21 O'Neill, Tyler 770,000
22 Hudson, Dakota 3,110,000
23 Fried, Max 3,000,000
24 Pruitt, Austin 910,000
25 Hill, Tim 2,320,000
26 Buttrey, Ty 2,000,000
27 Castillo, Diego 1,860,000
28 James, Josh 1,570,000
29 Trivino, Lou 770,000
30 Long, Shed 2,350,000
31 Allen, Austin 600,000
32 Senzel, Nick 1,730,000
33 Reynolds, Bryan 5,440,000
34 Paddack, Chris 5,380,000
35 Urquidy, Jose 3,440,000

No longer in service
36 Cordero, Jimmy
37 Knapp, Andrew
38 Pivetta, Nick
39 Kendrick, Howie
40 Blevins, Jerry


Plus $3 million for 6 prospects = $110,930,000. Leaves me a lot of room but my 2 arbitration guys had combined salaries of over $20 million last year.

My contracts are the same except I will take Pivetta to arbitration instead of cutting him.

All contracts have been updated. Have a final check to make sure I didn't miss anything or make any errors.

Phil

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CAPE BEAR CUBBIES PLAYER MOVEMENT:

Sixto Sánchez SP (prospect) has been promoted to the 40 man roster to officially begin his MLB career.

HOPING HE IS A SOLID STARTER for years to come.

I'm going to release Hansel Robles, Tanner Roark and Jose Alvarez to make room for free agents. I will still be paying their salaries for 2020.

CAPE BEAR CUBBIES PLAYER MOVEMENT:

RELEASED PLAYERS:
1: OF Trey Mancini
2:SP Chris Archer
3: C Victor Caratini
4:OF Brett Phillips
5: SS Richard Urena