Favorite Cap Levels? Topic

Hey all,

Been playing for about a year now and experimenting with different Salary cap levels. I'm mainly a high ($200M / $180M) or mid cap ($120 - 160M) guy but I'm curious, what are YOUR favorite caps to play at?

Assuming the rules are fairly simple across the board without player restrictions. I'd like to start making a few more theme leagues but want to make sure they can get filled up in a reasonable amount of time.
7/28/2023 1:24 PM
Not a fan of the high caps, as I find they exclude the vast majority of player-seasons in baseball history. Above $150M, you really need to be drafting career-best seasons from inner circle Hall of Famers in order to be competitive, and I find that's a very small pool of options.

I generally don't play anything over $100M, although I'll sometimes play seasons at $110M or $120M if I'm really intrigued by the theme. (Usually helps if the theme dictates a very restrictive and differentiated player pool for each team so that you don't keep seeing the same studs over and over.)

I'd say my favorite caps tend be between $80M and $100M because to me they afford the maximum amount of flexibility in terms of strategy. A $90M cap can accommodate a $15M pitcher or an $9M hitter without either becoming a giant albatross, but at the same time, there are a ton of players in the $3M to $5M range that are highly competitive at this cap. Most of those guys get completely outclassed above $120M.

That said, I do play in a $70M cap league that I really like, because it forces you to make some really uncomfortable roster choices. A $70M team is guaranteed to have some flaws, so you just have to decide which ones you're willing to accept.

I've never played a cap below $70M, mostly because it feels to me like it would be hard to draft enough innings or at bats to keep fatigue from becoming a huge factor. I know some leagues address this by letting you have AAA players, but I really don't like AAA, so that's usually a non-starter for me.
7/28/2023 2:08 PM
I pretty much agree with everything jwillis said. $90M is my favorite theme cap, assuming no AAA. $80M, with average or below average AAA, would be my second favorite. Anything under $80M or over $100M I tend to avoid, unless the commish has come up with an exceptionally fun theme.
7/29/2023 2:07 PM
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