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Originally Posted by Walt Alston
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?
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I believe it's $1M total, so he gets paid that for whatever he plays. Just another reason that it's generally not a good idea to pick guys up off the scrapheap in August.
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Originally Posted by Walt Alston
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.
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Well, if a player was under contract with a major league team and was sent to the minors from there, he'll keep that Major League contract. If, however, his contract had run out and he'd become a Free Agent, then signed a Minor League deal with another team, he'll be making Minor League salary.
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Originally Posted by Walt Alston
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.
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It's not really random at all. Guys making the Major League minimum will either continue making the minimum, or become Free Agents. Players with a Minor League contract will either continue to be "free" (as OOTP doesn't take minor league salaries into account), or will become a Free Agent. There's no way for a player to switch between a Major League and Minor League contract, other than becoming a Major League player.