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Walt Alston · 06-26-2014, 10:49 AM

1) If you sign a player to a $1 million deal late in the season, are you offering a million dollars to finish the season, or are you offering to pay the rest of the season pro-rated so that, for the final weeks of the season, the player is getting a paycheck equal to a guy who had a $1 million deal for the entire season?

2) I'm looking at minor league players who used to play in the majors, and it seems pretty erratic whether they are making a major league salary, or a minor league salary.

Of course, if they signed a deal for a specific amount of money, that's simple, they get what was agreed to for the length of the contract. But how about a guy on the minimum major league salary. How can I know which ones must be released prior to the finances turning over on the arbitration date, if I want to avoid paying the salary, and which ones will be essentially free next year? As best as I can make out, it's pretty random.

06-26-2014, 10:49 AM	#1
Walt Alston Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 12	A couple contract questions 1) If you sign a player to a $1 million deal late in the season, are you offering a million dollars to finish the season, or are you offering to pay the rest of the season pro-rated so that, for the final weeks of the season, the player is getting a paycheck equal to a guy who had a $1 million deal for the entire season? 2) I'm looking at minor league players who used to play in the majors, and it seems pretty erratic whether they are making a major league salary, or a minor league salary. Of course, if they signed a deal for a specific amount of money, that's simple, they get what was agreed to for the length of the contract. But how about a guy on the minimum major league salary. How can I know which ones must be released prior to the finances turning over on the arbitration date, if I want to avoid paying the salary, and which ones will be essentially free next year? As best as I can make out, it's pretty random.