Post by bgreene33 on Oct 6, 2008 12:33:57 GMT -5
The initial salary cap created for each team will moderately resemble the total salary spent by its professional affiliate during the 2008 season. There have been five tier groupings created. Each tier has its own specific salary cap assigned. Below is a brief summary of the tiers, the teams in each tier and the starting salary cap for the 2009 campaign.
• Tier 1 – Yankees
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 1 - $150 million
• 1 Franchise Option
• Tier 2 – Red Sox, Mets, Angels, White Sox, Cubs, Dodgers, Tigers, Mariners
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 2 - $125 million
• 1 Franchise Option
• 1 Restricted Option
• Tier 3 – Orioles, Giants, Cardinals, Braves, Phillies, Astros, Blue Jays
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 3 - $105 million
• 2 Franchise Options
• 1 Restricted Option
• Tier 4 – Brewers, Twins, Reds, Rangers, Indians, Padres, Rockies, Diamondbacks
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 4 - $95 million
• 2 Franchise Options
• 2 Restricted Options
• Tier 5 – Pirates, Nationals, Marlins, Rays, Royals, Athletics
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 5 - $85 million
• 3 Franchise Options
• 2 Restricted Options
Please note that this dynasty league was designed to create problems and friction so that managing your team is imperative. As an example, a few of the top tier teams will need to waive a player or players to free agency to make sure their team remains under the salary cap maximums. The same can be accomplished by trading high salaried players to teams with cap room on their teams. On the flip side, the lower tier teams will have to work to sign players to longer term deals at lower annual salaries to remain both competitive and efficient. They will most likely have to focus their time on prospecting to create their dynasty. These are just a couple of the issues that will eventually create a demand for trade negotiations and other league discussion items. Obviously the cost of player’s contracts does not stay stagnant. Inflation over the past 50 years has caused the annual salaries of players to steadily increase over time. With this in mind, Tiers can change. For example, if the Rays decided to spend 120 million dollars in 2009, their tier would change from Tier 5, to Tier 2. On the flip side, if the Yankees downgrade to an 80 million dollar payroll, their tier would be changed as well. Your tier changes as it does in real life. Changes to tiers will not happen during the season, only in the off-season, with plenty of notice.
* Your team must remain under the assigned salary cap at all times or face disciplinary action from the commissioner’s office. If a trade or FA signing pushes your team over the salary cap, you will have 72 hours from approval of the transaction to get back under the cap or your team will cease accumulating stats.
**The exception to this is during the offseason, when you will be allowed to exceed your assigned salary cap by up to 10 million and you will also be allowed to carry up to 5 additioinal players for a total of 55. This must be taken care of before opening day, or else rosters will be invalid and you will be unable to accumulate statistics.
• Tier 1 – Yankees
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 1 - $150 million
• 1 Franchise Option
• Tier 2 – Red Sox, Mets, Angels, White Sox, Cubs, Dodgers, Tigers, Mariners
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 2 - $125 million
• 1 Franchise Option
• 1 Restricted Option
• Tier 3 – Orioles, Giants, Cardinals, Braves, Phillies, Astros, Blue Jays
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 3 - $105 million
• 2 Franchise Options
• 1 Restricted Option
• Tier 4 – Brewers, Twins, Reds, Rangers, Indians, Padres, Rockies, Diamondbacks
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 4 - $95 million
• 2 Franchise Options
• 2 Restricted Options
• Tier 5 – Pirates, Nationals, Marlins, Rays, Royals, Athletics
• 2008 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 5 - $85 million
• 3 Franchise Options
• 2 Restricted Options
Please note that this dynasty league was designed to create problems and friction so that managing your team is imperative. As an example, a few of the top tier teams will need to waive a player or players to free agency to make sure their team remains under the salary cap maximums. The same can be accomplished by trading high salaried players to teams with cap room on their teams. On the flip side, the lower tier teams will have to work to sign players to longer term deals at lower annual salaries to remain both competitive and efficient. They will most likely have to focus their time on prospecting to create their dynasty. These are just a couple of the issues that will eventually create a demand for trade negotiations and other league discussion items. Obviously the cost of player’s contracts does not stay stagnant. Inflation over the past 50 years has caused the annual salaries of players to steadily increase over time. With this in mind, Tiers can change. For example, if the Rays decided to spend 120 million dollars in 2009, their tier would change from Tier 5, to Tier 2. On the flip side, if the Yankees downgrade to an 80 million dollar payroll, their tier would be changed as well. Your tier changes as it does in real life. Changes to tiers will not happen during the season, only in the off-season, with plenty of notice.
* Your team must remain under the assigned salary cap at all times or face disciplinary action from the commissioner’s office. If a trade or FA signing pushes your team over the salary cap, you will have 72 hours from approval of the transaction to get back under the cap or your team will cease accumulating stats.
**The exception to this is during the offseason, when you will be allowed to exceed your assigned salary cap by up to 10 million and you will also be allowed to carry up to 5 additioinal players for a total of 55. This must be taken care of before opening day, or else rosters will be invalid and you will be unable to accumulate statistics.