First year, and I had a huge payroll so my prospect payroll is only 6 million.



My minors are very depleted.



The question is this, I just had an international pitcher with projected ratings:

St 61

Ctrl 70

vL 57

vR 65

G/F 89

V 61

1p 100

2p 83

3p 58

4p 71

5p 44

Is he worth signing to a 1.1 million dollar bonus?

more than likely he is going to go for 3-5 million, so you will need to pass on him to sign all of your draft. After your draft, you will see where you sit on prospect payroll , probably 1-2 million, which won't get you much, except for low level talent to fill your minors for now.

Depending on your pick placement in the draft, I would always leave 6 million for draft picks.

You need to keep at least 4-5 million prospect cash for the draft. If your minors are really depleted, sign up all of your tryout camp pitchers. If you still need more minor league pitchers, you can sign a bunch of minor league free agents at no cost to your prospect cash. If you still have holes in your minors after depleting those resources, you will need to use IFAs to fill the holes. I would be conservative with that, and only sign the guys asking for 40,000-80,000. I think that pitcher looks like he's worth signing for 1.1 mil, but not by you.

Oh, I've already filled the minor league spots thru FA and WW. I'm in Spring Training now so I should be ok and I still have a little over a million to promote and sign minor league guys.



When it comes to the amateur draft (I think I have the 19th pick) how should I set my draft settings for the first couple of rounds and still be able to get some talent?

What do you mean? You will see a list of players you have scouted, and you will be able to rank your players 1-500 if you feel fit. You dont have total control, but if you rank the more talented players higher, you are more likely to draft the better players.

As far as aggresivness, if you dont mind potentially losing out on this years pick, go aggressive or very aggressive to sign a prospect that may be a risk. Some owners tend to avoid this players to take a sure thing.

I understand the list.



I was talking about signability.



With only 6 million I was wanting to know if the Aggressiveness I selected would effect the amount a player would want.



So if I picked very aggressive, does that mean he's going to be a whole lot harder to sign than somebody on a balanced setting? Or does the price on those guys vary?



Basically what I'm saying is does the aggressiveness setting have anything to do with how much it's going to cost to sign a player?

Yes it does, in the sense that aggressiveness determines whether or not you will select a signability risk, or pass for a "safer" player. Any player who says they will sign for slot will sign for slot (and sometimes a little less) pretty quickly. They will never not sign. Anyone who says anything else will either ask for more money, have a risk of not signing at all, or both.

The signability statements really tell the tale. "Wants to be drafted in X Round" generally means that if they are, they will sign, but may ask for more than slot (sometimes a couple of $mil more, though usually less than that). "Undecided, strongly considering playing X other sport" will generally ask for slot money only, but pose a very strong risk of not signing at all (in which case, upping the offer will not cause them to sign- they're just not signing). "May sign if the deal is right, otherwise going back to school" generally means "Will sign, but I'm going to totally bend you over on the signing bonus" though sometimes these guys will just turn you down. "Probably won't sign" means they're going to ask for a bunch of extra money, and are very likely (80%?) to turn you down anyway. "Probably won't sign" kids whose agent/rep is their Mother will ask for 300-500% of slot or more (which you will have to offer to get your Type D pick) and have almost no chance of signing no matter what.

Quote: Originally Posted By gjello10 on 3/10/2010
Yes it does, in the sense that aggressiveness determines whether or not you will select a signability risk, or pass for a "safer" player. Any player who says they will sign for slot will sign for slot (and sometimes a little less) pretty quickly. They will never not sign. Anyone who says anything else will either ask for more money, have a risk of not signing at all, or both.

The signability statements really tell the tale. "Wants to be drafted in X Round" generally means that if they are, they will sign, but may ask for more than slot (sometimes a couple of $mil more, though usually less than that). "Undecided, strongly considering playing X other sport" will generally ask for slot money only, but pose a very strong risk of not signing at all (in which case, upping the offer will not cause them to sign- they're just not signing). "May sign if the deal is right, otherwise going back to school" generally means "Will sign, but I'm going to totally bend you over on the signing bonus" though sometimes these guys will just turn you down. "Probably won't sign" means they're going to ask for a bunch of extra money, and are very likely (80%?) to turn you down anyway. "Probably won't sign" kids whose agent/rep is their Mother will ask for 300-500% of slot or more (which you will have to offer to get your Type D pick) and have almost no chance of signing no matter what.

I have drafted a couple of players who had undecided and they signed for slot. They waited a few days longer than the usual prospect, but they eventually signed for slot.

thanks guys

With only 6 million in prospect cash, you want to only draft openly signable players. You don't want to risk not having enough $$ to even meet the draftee's demands (which is key to getting at least a type D pick next season)