How do franchise budgets work this year?

[MLBfanatic97]

I know that they switched to cash flow and a bank this year. You make a certain amount of money per week and it gets put into your bank. I get that part. But I got to the end of the year after the world series, and my bank is back to the base of $5M but my cash flow is up to $2.9M/week from around $1.1M/week. I'm assuming that's supposed to happen, but does anyone know if that's for sure how it works?

[Griffeykid03]

I noticed this as well and would like to know how to it works, too. I'm going to do another sim tonight and see if I'm missing something.

[zippy2212]

I'm not a huge fan of this change, at least until it's explained or I figure it out better. I have a personal goal of keeping my payroll under the luxury tax threshold. So far I can't find a screen that shows me my total payroll. I can see what it is per week but not the annual amount. I have to look at several different screens and get my calculator out to add up my player, coaches and scout salaries to get an annual amount. Unless I'm missing something.

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[MLBfanatic97]

Go to the scouts contracts screen, in the bottom left it shows the total payroll overall

Quote: Originally Posted by zippy2212

I have to look at several different screens and get my calculator out to add up my player, coaches and scout salaries to get an annual amount. Unless I'm missing something.

[zippy2212]

Thank you. I'll check that out. I wish they would have included it in the budget section. It seems like a weird thing not to be listed since they have the luxury tax shown as a yearly number.

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[Griffeykid03]

After doing an additional sim last night, I found that whatever you accumulate in the bank really means nothing as it just resets to $5 million for the next season. I'm not sure how the weekly cash flow gets generated the next year, but it certainly didn't take in to account what I had in the bank the previous the year.

This is rather disappointing as they went over this "feature" in the stream as if it had changed, but the budget is really the same as last year - they just present the financial situation on a weekly basis.

[Flaxseed Oil]

So you can't sign anyone for more than 5 million?? Thats going to be a game killer.

[Griffeykid03]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flaxseed Oil

So you can't sign anyone for more than 5 million?? Thats going to be a game killer.

You can sign someone over $5 million. The $5 million is in your bank which fluctuates depending on your weekly cash flow. The budget is broken down weekly this year rather than annually.

It was a nice idea, but I don't really understand what they were trying to accomplish if the bank just resets the next year. We'll just have to assume every team has greedy owners and they pocket the extra bank.