The commissioner for this simulation – Colby Patnode from SoDo MoJo – and the player agent – or own Alan Carpenter – manage the event every year. They established rules team must follow to get their simulated deals approved. Without getting into minutia, the idea is realism.
Rebuilding teams should act like rebuilding teams; teams had to establish a general payroll bogie that matched their team’s history and stated goals; not a hard-and-fast number, but the general area of expected expenditure to start next season.
I set the limit for the faux Atlanta Braves at $142M.