I recently joined a random 100 cap league, but with the random pool of players I received I'm unable to spend 100 mm without going over what I need in IP and PA.  To be more specific, I have about 6mm surplus after making the best possible team I could with 5300+ PA and over 1500 IP.

What can I do to make the best team I can?  I considered playing in a + ballpark so that I actually use the excess PA and IP I end up buying, but I'm not convinced that this is going to give me a better chance to win each game, even though it might exhaust my opponents.

Does anyone have any team building suggestions or a strategy for situations like this?

1. Don't be too concerned about hitting the cap exactly.  In these random leagues I often find that people try too hard to get to $99.9m.  Often one of the lower salaried teams wins.
2. Pick the best players for your team.  If you have a choice between a 50IP reliever you would actually use for $1m and a 250IP mop-up scrub for $3.5m pick the reliever.
3. Pick the best stadium for your team.  Only go for a big + stadium if you think you will have a high average/HR team.  I find in these leagues everyone carries extra PAs/IP so a fatigue-based strategy would not be successful.

You may want to consider setting everyone's rest to 99% (since u will have more than enough IP and PA).

Draft the best team possible, don't worry about hitting the cap. When I play a $255m league, I usually field a team between $190-220m and I've never failed to make the playoffs.

Can you make trades? A few extra innings and PAs might not hurt if that's the case. But otherwise, yeah, just draft the best talent you can and hope for the best.

Yeah... no trades in this leage.  Thanks for your advice, guys.