Cashman Budget Primer/Intro for New (or old) Players

[Minnesota Twins]

Cash Spent: money spent against the 90 mil cap so far for this yr (2024)
Cash Room: How much room under the 90 mil cap you have, this is how much you have available for bidding for Free Agent Auction currently
Salary Spent: Money spent including your Cash Spent above plus any money another team is paying you
Salary Room: Room under the hard cap of 110 mil that is your 90 plus 20 mil you can get from other teams.

Salary Calculations
For a standard 1,000,000 contract...
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2 YEARS

yr1 use .9 X 1mil = 900,000
yr2 use 1.1 X 1mil = 1,100,000

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3 YEARS

yr1 use .85 X 1mil = 850,000
yr2 use 1.0 X 1mil = 1,000,000
yr3 use 1.15 X 1mil = 1,150,000

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4 YEARS

yr1 use .85 X 1mil = 850,000
yr2 use .90 X 1mil = 900,000
yr3 use 1.1 X 1mil = 1,100,000
yr4 use 1.15 X 1mil = 1,150,000

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5 YEARS

yr1 use .80 X 1mil = 800,000
yr2 use .90 X 1mil = 900,000
yr3 use 1.0 X 1mil = 1,000,000
yr4 use 1.1 X 1mil = 1,100,000
yr5 use 1.2 X 1mil = 1,200,000

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