BRASS
BASEBALL LEAGUE |
a free agency comparison
by Paul Weltz
Has one ever
wondered just how good or bad a deal you made in your free agency signings? Well, to help us evaluate some of our signings I
made a comparison of free agent contracts of the same players signed this year in BRASS
and Brassball. A few disclaimers here:
There is
no intention of making any owner appear bad (or good).
Just because a signing is higher in one league doesn’t necessarily make
it a bad signing. You can form your own
opinion in that area.
The
minimum 2 year contract in BRASS is 800k, whereas in Brassball it is 500k.
The
overall budget is indeed 35 million in both leagues.
BRASS has contract payments on a year to year basis. Brassball pays for the entire contract at the time
of signing. My hypothesis would be that
the year to year contracts would be more inflated since the “pain” of a big
contract is spread out.
What you
don’t see is also important but not factored into this report. There may have been more RFA’s and/or
UFA’s at certain positions in one league.
BRASS
bidders do have the advantage of the free agency process occurring during MLB spring
training, whereas the Brassball free agency process is in the winter.
OK. With that said, here are the numbers.
28 BRASS
contracts were signed at an annual salary less than a Brassball contract.
56 Brassball
contracts were signed at an annual salary less than a BRASS contract.
1 contract was identical. Kent Bottenfield was worth 2yrs/3.0m in both leagues.
| Player | BRASS
Contract, Team, Average Salary |
BRASSball
Contract, Team, Average Salary |
| D. Young | 4yr/10.7m Hpy Valley(2.675m) | 3yr/5.685m, Florida (1.895m) |
| S Dunston | 1yr/301k Meridian (301k) | 1yr/320k Hessville (320k) |
| JA McDonald | 1yr/202k Twin City (202k) | 1yr/200k
Hessville (200k) |
| B Johnson | 1yr/202k SoCal (202k) | 1yr/200k Hessville (200k) |
| D Weathers | 4yr/4.0m (Qeynos) (1.0m) | 2yr/1.3m
Minnesota (650k) |
| H Slocumb | 2yr/955k Washington (477k) | 1yr/250k
Minnesota (250k) |
| T Lampkin | 1yr/202k Meridian (202k) | 2yr/3.0m
Queens (1.5m) |
| J Franco | 2yr/2.611m Washington (1.305m) | 2yr/3.0m
Queens (1.5m) |
| T Womack | 2yr/2.5m Washington (1.25m) | 3yr/5.0m Queens (1.667m) |
| K Lofton | 3yr/9.0m Painful Gulch(3.0m) | 3yr/8.0m Box City (2.667m) |
| J Burkett | 2yr/1.65m Ashland (825k) | 1yr/801k
Box City (801k) |
| D Mlicki | 2yr/1.001m Meridian (500k) | 2yr/1.301m
Box City (650k) |
| M Morgan | 1yr/600k Ashland (600k) | 1yr/351k
Box City (351k) |
| O Oliveras | 2yr/1.001m Meridian (500k) | 2yr/1.201m
Box City (600k) |
| T Adams | 2yr/3.5m Dayton (1.75m) | 2yr/2.575m
Cook Co. (1.288m) |
| T Gordon | 2yr/1.02m Andover (510k) | 2yr/505k Cook Co (252k) |
| D Oliver | 2yr/805k Twin City (402k) | 2yr/520k Cook Co (260k) |
| J Jaha | 2yr/801k Leesburg (400k) | 2yr/505k
Cook Co (252k) |
| RN White | 4yr/10.555m Manhattan(2.638m) | 3yr/4.0m
Iowa (1.333m) |
| K Rogers | 3yr/11.75m Leesburg (3.916m) | 2yr/5.65m Iowa (2.825m) |
| E Young | 4yr/8.4m Leesburg (2.1m) | 3yr/8.15m Iowa (2.717m) |
| A Ochoa | 4yr/12.0 Qeynos (3.0m) | 3yr/4.84m Iowa (1.613m) |
| K Lockhart | 1yr/220k Twin City (220k) | 1yr/251k
Iowa (251k) |
| T Worrell | 1yr/615k Painful Gulch (615k) | 2yr/501k Iowa (250k) |
| A Benitez | 4yr/18.4m Happy Vly (4.6m) | 3yr/6.601m Plaza (2.2m) |
| RE Martinez | 3yr/2.1m Manhattan (700k) | 3yr/2.001m Plaza (667k) |
| B Chouinard | 2yr/800k Qeynos (400k) | MTM – 35k Plaza |
| A Telford | 2yr/1.95m Leesburg (975k) | 1yr/600k S Barbara (600k) |
| J Baldwin | 4yr/15.1m Timber Lake (3.775m) | 2yr/5.0m
St. Croix (2.5m) |
| S Hasegawa | 2yr/2.2m Painful Gulch (1.1m) | 2yr/2.96m
St. Croix (1.48m) |
| L Harris | 1yr/202k Twin City (202k) | 2yr/1.9m St. Croix (950k) |
| L Sojo | 2yr/1.555m Washington (778k) | 2yr/2.1m St. Croix (1.05m) |
| T Martinez | 2yr/5.5m Qeynos (2.75m) | 2yr/4.0m Brooklyn (2.0m) |
| M Myers | 2yr/2.9m Happy Vly (1.45m) | 2yr/2.75m Brooklyn (1.375m) |
| M Benard | 3yr/4.311m Washington (1.437m) | 2yr/4.1m Brooklyn (2.05m) |
| J Oliver | 1yr/750k Ashland (750k) | 2yr/1.667m Toledo (834k) |
| J Burnitz | 6yr/14.837m Qeynos (2.473m) | 4yr/8.5m
Toledo (2.125m) |
| G Norton | 1yr/200k Meridian (200k) | 2yr/500k Toledo (250k) |
| J Olerud | 5yr/12.111m Washington (2.422m) | 4yr/4.0m Long Island (1.0m) |
| K Bottenfield | 2yr/3.0m Dayton (1.5m) | 2yr/3.0m Long Island (1.5m) |
| H Carrasco | 1yr/602k Andover (602k) | 1yr/205k
Long Island (205k) |
| R Springer | 2yr/826k SoCal (413k) | 1yr/205k
Long Island (205k) |
| M Cordova | 1yr/200k Iowa (200k) | 2yr/500k
Racine (250k) |
| A Osuna | 4yr/4.0m Qeynos (1.0m) | 2yr/3.12m
Racine (1.56m) |
| M Lewis | 1yr/205k Twin City (205k) | 1yr/250k
Racine (250k) |
| B Wickman | 3yr/8.945m Happy Vly (2.982m) | 3yr/6.001m Glen Allen (2.0m) |
| W Gomes | 2yr/1.6m Painful Gulch (800k) | 1yr/700k
Glen Allen (700k) |
| M Stanley | 1yr/801k Leesburg (801k) | 1yr/750k Glen Allen (750k) |
| M Wilkins | 1yr/202k Twin City (202k) | 2yr/540k Glen Allen (270k) |
| G Colbrunn | 2yr/2.5m East Lyme (1.25m) | 3yr/4.1m Glen Allen (1.367m) |
| C Ripken | 2yr/2.75m Timber Lake (1.375m) | 2yr/2.5m
Glen Allen (1.25m) |
| D Bautista | 1yr/1.2m Dayton (1.2m) | 3yr/2.01m
Glen Allen (667k) |
| R Velarde | 3yr/2.0m SoCal (667k) | 2yr/2.001m
Glen Allen (1.0m) |
| M Matheny | 2yr/3.6m Cream City (1.8m) | 3yr/3.6m
Bloomington (1.2m) |
| B Moehler | 2yr/5.5m Dayton (2.75m) | 4yr/5.069m
Stanley (1.267m) |
| J Fabregas | 1yr/375k Andover (375k) | 1yr/450k Stanley (450k) |
| K Osik | 2yr/801k Leesburg (400k) | 1yr/275k Stanley (275k) |
| S Hatteberg | 2yr/1.87m Happy Vly (935k) | 2yr/1.8m Stanley (900k) |
| V Castilla | 3yr/2.5m Manhattan (833k) | 3yr/2.2m Stanley (733k) |
| C Curtis | 2yr/2.0m East Lyme (1.0m) | 1yr/805k Fleetwood (805k) |
| C Grebeck | 2yr/1.25m Leesburg (625k) | 1yr/805k Fleetwood (805k) |
| M Jensen | 1yr/201k Iowa (201k) | 1yr/200k Fleetwood (200k) |
| D Patterson | 1yr/400k Happy Vly (400k) | 1yr/205k Fleetwood (205k) |
| B Higginson | 4yr/13.35m Happy Vly (3.337m) | 4yr/16.21m Columbus (4.053m) |
| M Dejean | 1yr/210k Leesburg (210k) | 1yr/251k
Columbus (251k) |
| S Green | 4yr/18.2m Andover (4.55m) | 3yr/11.82m
Ocala (3.94m) |
| S Sparks | 2yr/4.4m Ashland (2.2m) | 1yr/1.825m
Ocala (1.825m) |
| L Hawkins | 3yr/4.96m Plainsfield (1.653m) | 2yr/2.39m
Ocala (1.195m) |
| J Mouton | 2yr/801k Leesburg (400k) | 1yr/200k Ocala (200k) |
| D Jones | 1yr/1.05m Happy Vly (1.05m) | 1yr/411k
Ocala (411k) |
| B Groom | 1yr/1.0m East Lyme (1.0m) | 1yr/411k
Ocala (411k) |
| D Miceli | 2yr/1.45m Happy Vly (725k) | 2yr/890k
Ocala (445k) |
| J Mecir | 4yr/6.5m Qeynos (1.625m) | 2yr/4.005m N Georgia (2.003m) |
| B Haselman | 2yr/1.45m Boston (725k) | 1yr/2.224m
N Georgia (2.224m) |
| MI Williams | 3yr/9.5m Boise (3.166m) | 1yr/701k
N Georgia (701k) |
| K Stocker | 1yr/300k Twin City (300k) | 1yr/376k
Metropolis (376k) |
| De Bell | 2yr/2.6m Inyo (1.3m) | 1yr/376k
Metropolis (376k) |
| M Morandini | 1yr/444k Andover (444k) | 1yr/376k
Metropolis (376k) |
| BL Hunter | 2yr/1.3m Boston (650k) | 1yr/251k Metropolis (251k) |
| R. Reed | 3yr/7.626m Andover (2.542m) | 3yr/9.0m Gem City (3.0m) |
| R Becker | 1yr/310k Leesburg (310k) | 1yr/300k
Gem City (300k) |
| M Trombley | 1yr/750k Leesburg (750k) | 2yr/750k
Gem City (375k) |
| M Fetters | 2yr/2.0m East Lyme (1.0m) | 2yr/1.2m
Gem City (600k) |
| P Schourek | 1yr/1.15m Leesburg (1.15m) | 1yr/250k
Gem City (250k) |
| O Palmeiro | 2yr/1.75m Manhattan (875k) | 1yr/600k Gem City (600k) |