Anyone have any suggestions for a range of prospect and coach payroll? I undertand the prospect payroll if only for bonuses when signing players? If you offer a free agent a $5 million bonus, does this come from the prospect payroll?
8/14/2010 11:23 PM

No.  FA bonuses come from player salary and paid out up front.  If you later trade the guy, his bonus doesn't count in regular salary.

8/15/2010 12:48 AM
For Coach payroll I usually go with 14 million.  I prefer to have top coaches at all levels for development and sacrifice in other areas to do this.  As for prospect payroll, I try to max it out at 20 million.  Dedicate 7-8 million for signing draft players, and the rest for international free agents.  Sometimes player payroll doesn't allow for high prospect payroll.....year by year case. 

With 12-13 million for internation free agents, sometimes you can pick up a fairly quailty Major leaguer if you don't get into a bidding war where the signing bonus goes through the roof.
8/15/2010 9:10 AM

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