Post by D'Backs GM (JT-Commish) on Jan 26, 2013 15:50:45 GMT -5
You may cut any player from your roster at any time. For any player cut, you must pay half of their salary for the rest of their contract spread out over the next 2 years, unless the player is on the last year of his deal, then you just pay the salary that year. If the player is cut before the All-Star Break, you will be charged a penalty on his full salary in 2012. After the All Star Break it would be 1/2 of his salary for the current year.
Examples:
You cut Player A in April, and he is owed 6M in the current year, and it is his final year. You would pay half of that salary the current year, a 3M penalty.
If you were to cut the same Player A in August, you would pay half of half his contract, making it a 1.5M penalty for that year.
Say you cut Player B in April, and he is owned 11M in 2013, 12M in 2014, and 13M in 2015. The total left on the contract is 36M, making it a 18M dollar penalty spread out over the current and next year (9M a year).
If you cut the same player in September, you would only be penalized for 5.5 of his 2013 contract, and 12M in '14, and 13 in '15. Making the total 30.5 and you would pay 15.25 the current year and the next.
If the player is due for prearb or arb, you act as though they are on a one year deal for releases.
Any questions, ask me