I would thinkthe drop at the top is too steep, though it is obvious that the previous values were a bit over the top. Maybe do more of a 9 8.5 8 7.5 7 6 and then follow the proposed structure?
I agree with you, the drop off is quite substantial. In reviewing it, I realized that a problem we have had in the past with RP extensions, is the effect of players who are SP/RP. I believe that the scale below deals with the concern about the big drop off at the top of the scale and also takes into account the effect of the SP/RP players.
I reviewed the current point rankings of RPs on Fantrax. I found there were ten players ranked above Aroldis Chapman, the player who was listed as the top RP contract in FGM. As I mentioned before, when I first put together the scale of contract extensions, I left out any players who were on (P-n/a) contracts. However, when I looked at the current Fantrax RP ranking, I went by points scored and placed those players in slots #1 - #10. Nine of those players were the SP/RPs that would have a negative effect on our extension scale.
Currently, for a position player, if that player is eligible at multiple positions, we have to extend his contract based on the highest position ranking. The same should hold true for SP/RP players. In order to understand the process, I am going to also list the top 30 rankings of a new proposal for SP salaries, so you can see that the impact of the SP/RP player is not as significant as in the past. Please note this, SP/RP Carlos Carrasco would be ranked #1 ($12.0m) as a RP but only #16 ($9.5m) as a SP. If he was going to be extended, he would have to given a $12.0m contract as a RP because it is higher. SP/RP Carlos Martinez would be ranked #2 ($10.5m) as a RP but only #26 ($7.0m) as a SP. He would have to sign for $10.5m as a RP.
This, is of course, up for discussion, so if you have questions or suggestions please add a reply.
Here are the scales:
OLD Rank NEW Relief Pitchers
$15.0 1 $12.0 Carrasco, Carlos, ARZ $13.5 2 $10.5 Martinez, Carlos, TEX $12.5 3 $9.0 Estrada, Marco, WAS
$12.5 4 $8.5 Warren, Adam, MIL
$12.0 5 $8.0 May, Trevor, PIT
$11.5 6 $7.5 Phelps, David, TOR
$10.5 7 $7.0 Betances, Dellin, LAD
$10.5 8 $6.5 Graveman, Kendall, ATL
$9.0 9 $6.0 Jungman, Taylor, ATL
$7.0 10 $5.5 Rodon, Carlos, LAA
$5.0 11 $5.0 Chapman, Aroldis, KC
$5.0 12 $5.0 Feliz, Neftali, WAS
$5.0 13 $4.5 Petit, Yusmeiro, SF
$4.5 14 $4.0 Clippard, Tyler, ATL
$4.0 15 $4.0 Papelbon, Jonathan, BOS
$4.0 16 $4.0 Kimbrel, Craig, CIN
$4.0 17 $3.5 Uehara, Koji, HOU
$4.0 18 $3.0 Jensen, Kenley, LAD
$4.0 19 $3.0 Romo, Sergio, SEA
$4.0 20 $3.0 Perkins, Glen, WAS
$4.0 21 $2.5 Hernandez, David, ATL
$3.5 22 $2.5 Banuelos, Manny, ATL
$3.5 23 $2.5 Davis, Wade, BAL
$3.5 24 $2.5 Britton, Zach, LAD
$3.5 25 $2.5 Robertson, David, MIN
$3.0 26 $2.5 Holland, Greg, NYY
$3.0 27 $2.0 Marshall, Evan, CLE
$2.5 28 $2.0 Hunter, Tommy, MIN
$2.5 29 $2.0 Quackenbush, Kevin, MIN
$2.5 30 $2.0 Miller, Andrew, SEA
$2.5 31 $2.0 Kintzler, Brandon, WAS
$2.5 32 $1.5 Gomez, Jeanmar, ARZ
$2.5 33 $1.5 Rodriguez, Francisco, ARZ
$2.5 34 $1.5 Santos, Sergio, ATL
$2.0 35 $1.5 Gregerson, Luke, BAL
$2.0 36 $1.5 Motte, Jason, BOS
$2.0 37 $1.5 Rondon, Bruce, CHW
$2.0 38 $1.5 O'Day, Darren, CLE
$2.0 39 $1.5 Ziegler, Brad, CLE
$2.0 40 $1.5 Janssen, Casey, DET
$2.0 41 $1.5 Cishek, Pat, HOU
$2.0 42 $1.5 Grilli, Jason, HOU
$2.0 43 $1.5 Smith, Joe, HOU
$1.5 44 $1.5 Soria, Joakim, HOU
$1.5 45 $1.5 McGee, Jake, KC
$1.5 46 $1.5 Webb, Ryan, KC
$1.5 47 $1.5 Duke, Zach, MIL
$1.5 48 $1.5 Firbush, Charlie, MIN
$1.5 49 $1.5 Otero, Dan, MIN
$1.5 50 $1.5 Benoit, Joaquin, NYY
$1.5 51 $1.5 Soriano, Rafael, NYY
$1.5 52 $1.5 Tazawa, Junichi, NYY
$1.5 53 $1.5 Maurer, Brandon, OAK
$1.5 54 $1.5 Shaw, Bryan, PHI
$1.5 55 $1.5 Martin, Cody, TOR
$1.5 56 $1.5 Stauffer, Tim, TOR
$1.5 57 $1.0 Stammen, Craig, ARZ
$1.5 58 $1.0 Badenhop, Burke, ATL
$1.5 59 $1.0 Putnam, Zach, ATL
$1.5 60 $1.0 Watson, Tony, BAL
$1.5 61 $1.0 Strop, Pedro, BOS
$1.5 62 $1.0 Russell, James, CLE
$1.5 63 $1.0 Neshek, Pat, HOU
$1.5 64 $1.0 Dunn, Mike, KC
$1.0 65 $1.0 Hawkins, Latroy, MIN
$1.0 66 $1.0 Villanueva, Carlos, MIN
$1.0 67 $1.0 Rodney, Fernando, NYY
$1.0 68 $1.0 Wilson, Brian, NYY
$1.0 69 $1.0 Chamberlain, Joba, SD
$1.0 70 $1.0 Affeldt, Jeremy, SF
$1.0 71 $1.0 Casilla, Santiago, SF
$1.0 72 $1.0 Torres, Carlos, TOR
$1.0 73 $0.5 Peralta, Joel, ARZ
$1.0 74 $0.5 Johnson, Jim, ATL
$1.0 75 $0.5 O'Flaherty, Eric, ATL
OLD Rank NEW Starting Pitchers
$23.0 1 $23.0 Hernandez, Felix, SD
$23.0 2 $18.5 Wainwright, Adam, SEA
$18.5 3 $17.0 Kershaw, Clayton, DET
$18.0 4 $15.0 Darvish, Yu, CHC
$18.0 5 $14.5 Samardzija, Jeff, NYY
$18.0 6 $14.5 Hamels, Cole, SEA
$16.5 7 $14.0 Price, David, NYY
$15.5 8 $13.0 Lester, Jon, MIL
$15.0 9 $11.5 Scherzer, Max, ARZ
$14.5 10 $11.0 Shields, James, NYM
$14.5 11 $11.0 Greinke, Zack, STL
$14.0 12 $10.5 Tanaka, Masahiro, TOR
$14.0 13 $10.0 Verlander, Justin, PIT
$14.0 14 $9.5 Weaver, Jered, ATL
$13.5 15 $9.5 Cain, Matt, CIN
$13.5 16 $9.5 Salazar, Danny, CLE $13.0 17 $9.5 Rodriguez, Wandy, HOU
$13.0 18 $9.0 Ross, Tyson, ATL
$12.5 19 $9.0 Dickey, R.A, CLE
$12.0 20 $8.5 Bumgarner, Madison, SF
$12.0 21 $8.0 Cueto, Johnny, NYY
$12.0 22 $7.5 Sanchez, Anibal, PHI
$11.5 23 $7.0 Buehrle, Mark, ARZ
$11.0 24 $7.0 Gallardo, Yovani, BOS
$11.0 25 $7.0 Masterson, Justin, CHW
$10.5 26 $7.0 Morrow, Brandon, CIN $10.5 27 $7.0 Latos, Mat, LAD
$10.0 28 $7.0 Lee, Cliff, MIL
$10.0 29 $7.0 Kennedy, Ian, NYM
$10.0 30 $7.0 McCarthy, Brandon, NYM
