03-26-2024, 07:36 PM
(03-25-2024, 09:48 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: The top 51 salaries count towards the cap, so unless a PS player is in top 51, they are not relevant to the cap. They are relevant to a team' cash spend.
You also have to offset players being replaced in top 51. So, if Irwin cap hit is 2 million, he may offset a guy previously in top 51 making 900K. Net would be an additional 1.1 million to the cap, not 2 million.
Wrong. (Edit: or at least incomplete).
Top 51 is for the off-season only.
During the season, which is what counts, the top 53 count towards the cap and so does the PS. That is why I include them in my cap projections. That is what I am talking about when I say practical space.
They have to count differently in the off-season because everyone has 90 guys in camp. And there is no PS.
We have 50 signed guys who were on a 53 last year. The top 3 picks will cost around $2.3 mil more than a vet min guy for the last 3 spots. I estimate our PS costs higher, say $4.3 mil (mire vets). Leaves us around $16.9 mil.
Now, more picks making the team at the expense of higher paid guys (Carman, etc) could save us a little. But not much.
Chase/McPherson extensions could cost us a bit vs this year's cap. I'd flat out wait on Chase. Try to get him & JJ done next year. Maybe they take a slight haircut to play together.
Edit: Irwin's deal is already in at $1.4. OTC has the number.
