MANAGER LEVEL, CAP & FACILITIES

Your manager level represents your long-term team progression. Managers start at Level 1 and can climb to a maximum of Level 10. Your manager level increases by 1 at the end of each completed season.

As your manager level increases, your salary cap also increases by roughly $500,000 to $700,000 per level, giving you room to keep improving your roster.

Your salary cap limits how much total player salary your team can carry. The salary cap exists to make roster-building meaningful. You can't simply fill your team with every superstar you find.

Instead, you have to make choices. You may need to decide between:

• a few expensive stars
• a deeper roster of cheaper players
• strong starters with a weaker bench
• balanced players across every position
• short-term upgrades
• long-term development projects

Good managers aren't just looking for the best players. They're looking for the best team they can build within the cap.

A player's salary can increase as they improve. When a player gains attributes or earns new talents, their salary may go up.

That means developing a player can make them better, but it can also make them more expensive to keep. Adding a new talent may even push your team to the salary cap.

If you're at the cap, you may not be able to:

• sign new recruits
• add new talents
• make certain roster upgrades

To create salary cap space, you may need to:

• wait for your manager level to increase
• drop a player
• replace an expensive player with a cheaper recruit
• make different roster-building trade-offs

The salary cap is one of the main strategy systems in Tiny Teams Baseball. It forces you to think like a manager. You might have to ask:

• Is this star worth the salary?
• Can I afford to develop this player further?
• Do I need a cheaper bench?
• Should I replace an expensive player with a younger recruit?
• Am I building for this season or future seasons?

There isn't always one correct answer. Some teams build around a few elite players. Others prefer depth, balance, or cheaper developing players.

At the end of each season, you can upgrade one training facility. Training facilities improve specific drills. When a facility is upgraded, players using that drill gain attributes faster.

For example, if you upgrade a facility tied to Batting Cages, every player assigned to Batting Cages benefits from improved training gains.

Facility upgrades are a long-term way to shape your team's development.

1. Remember that your cap increases each season.
2. Don't spend all your money or cap space without thinking.
3. Watch how player improvements affect salary.
4. Be careful when adding talents if you're close to the cap.
5. Use cheaper players when you need flexibility.
6. Upgrade facilities based on how you want your team to develop.

That's the whole guide. If something doesn't click, you want to swap strategies, or you just want to hang out with other managers, jump in the Discord. We're around.