Salary Cap Issues

[virgonomic]

A new $160 floor / $310 ceiling for active rosters, implemented to limit large dump deals, have become an issue for me after making the biggest trade in the league so far.

Garza and Soriano can be FAABed Sunday night. In the past, the bottom feeders would blow their load and flip NL crossovers to a contending team. However, this year, an $80+ will render those players unrosterable.

I have $55 left and don't think there is much else to save it for. I'm in 4th and if a contending team got Soriano it would hurt me. I could play this two ways:

1) Put in a high but reasonable bid ($20-25) so I could still use the player, but would have to bench an expensive player ($21 Markakis, $21 Kendrick, $19 de Aza, $27 Altuve, $18 Lester - I need power and ratios).

2) Bid $35-40 to block other teams, and bench him. Another team could bid 50-60 and still roster him.

What would you do?

[Hornsby]

If you think that you can still get a shot at the title, I'd shoot the moon and bench him if necessary. Prevent defense is almost as good as adding a player to your active roster, and he's good depth if anyone gets hurt.

[Don Quixote]

If you think that you can still get a shot at the title, I'd shoot the moon and bench him if necessary. Prevent defense is almost as good as adding a player to your active roster, and he's good depth if anyone gets hurt.

Different game, but look how often the "prevent defense" has prevented victory.

[joncarlos]

I'd shoot the moon unless someone else comes over before the deadline. Worst case you have depth.

[virgonomic]

Soriano 43 and Garza 68 were the FAAB results. Both are on $5 contracts this year, so my plan was flawed. Garza went to a dumper, Soriano to a contender. Oh well.