World Series 2017 and starting the offseason
Oct 1, 2017 20:11:45 GMT -5
Post by Ben (Rays GM) on Oct 1, 2017 20:11:45 GMT -5
The Chicago Cubs are your 2017 Pro-GM World Series Champions! Congratulations Chris! The Cubs defeated the Blue Jays 8-4 in an epic comeback win: baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/165026/matchup?week=25&mid1=4&mid2=6
Now it's time to start preparing for the next challenge. The one most pressing thing to do is to finish choosing your post-draft additions, if you haven't already done so. Post-draft additions must be posted by the end of the day on Sunday, October 8: pro-gm.proboards.com/thread/5736/2017-post-draft-additions
Now is also the time when you can start applying for salary relief for players that qualified by missing the majority of the season to injury, or players who have retired: pro-gm.proboards.com/thread/23/salary-relief-retired-injured-players
We're not quite at the point of posting 2018 rosters yet, but feel free to post a preliminary 2017 roster in your clubhouse.
As you start to plan for the 2018 season, please keep a couple key changes in mind:
1) Salaries of cost controlled players will be changing next year! Salaries will be as follows:
1st year and minors: 0.5 million
2nd year: 1.0 million
3rd year: 1.5 million
4th year: 2.0 million
5th year: 2.5 million
6th year: 3.0 million
To help accommodate these higher salaries, the salary cap will be raised to $140 million for next season.
2) Pitching staffs will be reduced for next year. Each team will have four SP, four RP, and one additional P
Now it's time to start preparing for the next challenge. The one most pressing thing to do is to finish choosing your post-draft additions, if you haven't already done so. Post-draft additions must be posted by the end of the day on Sunday, October 8: pro-gm.proboards.com/thread/5736/2017-post-draft-additions
Now is also the time when you can start applying for salary relief for players that qualified by missing the majority of the season to injury, or players who have retired: pro-gm.proboards.com/thread/23/salary-relief-retired-injured-players
We're not quite at the point of posting 2018 rosters yet, but feel free to post a preliminary 2017 roster in your clubhouse.
As you start to plan for the 2018 season, please keep a couple key changes in mind:
1) Salaries of cost controlled players will be changing next year! Salaries will be as follows:
1st year and minors: 0.5 million
2nd year: 1.0 million
3rd year: 1.5 million
4th year: 2.0 million
5th year: 2.5 million
6th year: 3.0 million
To help accommodate these higher salaries, the salary cap will be raised to $140 million for next season.
2) Pitching staffs will be reduced for next year. Each team will have four SP, four RP, and one additional P