Post by Captain America on May 20, 2015 2:54:29 GMT -5
They say in life, Cash Rules Everything Around Me. Just like reality, the same concept can be applied here with board cash. It is such a valuable asset. It can improve players. It can be used to trade for players. It can reverse bad PD's. It can be traded for in-game cash. And best of all, there are so many ways to earn board cash!
So after 20 full seasons, how much board cash has each of us actually made? Where exactly did all this money come from? We're all about to find out!
To do this, I went through every GM's bank claim thread and added up every single claim they made and even categorized the claims appropriately. Anything a GM earned that has yet to be claimed (such as posts, for example) were not included. Board cash earned through trades with other teams were not included as well.
Some GM's of course will have an advantage here if they have been either around longer and/or been more active in certain areas. Hopefully, this should all end up balancing out though more or less.
Here are the ranks! To keep this a true 20-season ranking, no claims after May 9, 2015 will be included, being that this was when the file was last flipped.
*Note: NFL Pick-Em section includes Super Bowl pick-ems as well.
With no current Angels GM and Pineda recently joining to take over the Rangers, this unfortunately will only be a 12-team ranking in the NL.
12. Jacob
Post Money: $0
Article Money: $0
Team/Player Reward Money: $1,600,000
Export Money: $0
Trade Frenzy Money: $0
Preseason Prediction Money: $0
World Series Prediction Party Money: $0
NFL Pick-Em Money: $0
HOF Voting Money: $0
GM Awards Voting Money: $0
Job Money: $0
Misc Money: $0
Total Money: $1,600,000
Pretty much by default, Jacob is last among NL GM's for having been around for one full season thus far. He's made a few claims from in-game accomplishments, but probably isn't thoroughly aware of all the different ways to earn board cash. Hopefully with time, he'll learn more about earning board cash and will be able to stay on top of it.
11. CrazyMike
Post Money: $2,800,000
Article Money: $0
Team/Player Reward Money: $7,600,000
Export Money: $950,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $0
Preseason Prediction Money: $0
World Series Prediction Party Money: $0
NFL Pick-Em Money: $0
HOF Voting Money: $0
GM Awards Voting Money: $0
Job Money: $0
Misc Money: $5,000,000
Total Money: $16,350,000
Crazy Mike is next with just $16,350,000 claimed altogether. He hasn't posted in his bank though since last January. I really don't know what else to say here. Mike clearly has no interest in improving his players with TIA's and stuff, which is a shame.
10. Bosoxi
Post Money: $8,200,000
Article Money: $2,500,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $32,850,000
Export Money: $12,000,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $3,000,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $31,700,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $0
NFL Pick-Em Money: $13,900,000
HOF Voting Money: $1,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $4,000,000
Job Money: $0
Misc Money: $17,000,000
Total Money: $126,150,000
Bosoxi is quiet and usually saves most of his posts for his thoughts on the real life Red Sox or Patriots, among other things, but he's been efficient with managing his board cash and hopefully, one day, the Cardinals' drought will be over and they'll finally experience postseason baseball here.
9. Rooster Cogburn
Post Money: $31,600,000
Article Money: $1,000,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $15,750,000
Export Money: $19,725,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $8,000,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $28,500,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $4,900,000
NFL Pick-Em Money: $13,900,000
HOF Voting Money: $7,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $15,000,000
Job Money: $0
Misc Money: $14,750,000
Total Money: $160,125,000
Dale has been very active all the time and has done an excellent job with keeping track of his board cash. He posts quite a bit, exports nearly every sim and has participated in just about forum event he's seen. Keep up the good work, Dale!
8. Darell
Post Money: $34,400,000
Article Money: $27,000,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $24,200,000
Export Money: $11,800,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $20,000,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $32,300,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $8,350,000
NFL Pick-Em Money: $8,700,000
HOF Voting Money: $7,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $11,000,000
Job Money: $0
Misc Money: $10,000,000
Total Money: $194,750,000
Darell has always been one of those guys that waits til the end of the season to add everything up. I guess if you aren't broke you could wait to do all that, but I for one prefer everything up front. Anyway, Darell has posted a lot, has done some articles and has been a very active participant in most events. His in-game accomplishment is only that low because his Diamondbacks team came into the league in 2002. In fact, had expansion occurred earlier, all of Darell's numbers here would be noticeably higher.
7. StutterBomb
Post Money: $41,400,000
Article Money: $9,400,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $42,800,000
Export Money: $20,775,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $8,500,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $26,100,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $1,400,000
NFL Pick-Em Money: $8,500,000
HOF Voting Money: $8,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $16,000,000
Job Money: $0
Misc Money: $20,500,000
Total Money: $203,375,000
Our resident stoner comes in at [HASH]7. Stutter has been very active in event participation and bank management in general. He has also posted quite a bit and earned more generally speaking in recent time once his teams finally had some success.
6. DRowe
Post Money: $10,800,000
Article Money: $11,000,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $81,300,000
Export Money: $20,195,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $6,250,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $29,000,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $5,000,000
NFL Pick-Em Money: $12,400,000
HOF Voting Money: $8,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $13,000,000
Job Money: $0
Misc Money: $16,500,000
Total Money: $213,445,000
DRowe certainly stepped his game up over the past 10 seasons in comparison to the first 10. For a while, he had a pitching staff full of cash cows and all his success during his run atop the AL Central definitely helped him get paid more than ever before. He's been quite active with most events as well.
5. Broph
Post Money: $43,400,000
Article Money: $6,300,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $100,500,000
Export Money: $3,210,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $14,500,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $46,100,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $5,900,000
NFL Pick-Em Money: $8,500,000
HOF Voting Money: $6,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $9,000,000
Job Money: $0
Misc Money: $28,900,000
Total Money: $272,310,000
Broph really should be at [HASH]4 and I'm sure that after reading this, he'll realize exactly why he should be 1 spot higher. Regardless, Brophy has earned quite a bit from in-game accomplishments and clearly has done extremely well with season predictions over time. He also did well in some of the real life sports forum events that occurred in the past.
4. Greeme
Post Money: $26,400,000
Article Money: $67,500,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $60,000,000
Export Money: $16,220,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $24,000,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $20,000,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $5,900,000
NFL Pick-Em Money: $10,800,000
HOF Voting Money: $8,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $13,000,000
Job Money: $0
Misc Money: $21,500,000
Total Money: $273,320,000
Again, crazy how close 4 and 5 were in the NL. Greeme was here for a while with the Rays, then left for 2 months, then came back to take over the Padres. He's been very active in both stints in event participation, has written a good number of articles, has been consistent with exports, earned a good amount from trade frenzies and has participated in most seasonal poll votes. Not too bad for an expansion GM.
3. Play
Post Money: $56,800,000
Article Money: $4,500,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $155,750,000
Export Money: $51,025,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $16,500,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $43,000,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $6,800,000
NFL Pick-Em Money: $10,500,000
HOF Voting Money: $7,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $18,000,000
Job Money: $89,000,000
Misc Money: $27,300,000
Total Money: $486,175,000
No surprise at all that Play is way up on this list once again. Between in-game accomplishments, banking, draft modding, exporting, posting (when he actually feels like claiming those posts) and event participation, he's consistently earned a ton every season. And he pretty much only does claims at the very end of the season so he almost always has a ton of money to spend on TIA's before the next season. No wonder the Cubs are always insanely loaded. The way Play manages his own bank is a huge reason why.
2. Shale
Post Money: $99,200,000
Article Money: $191,000,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $66,600,000
Export Money: $45,100,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $22,750,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $34,700,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $7,300,000
NFL Pick-Em Money: $14,900,000
HOF Voting Money: $8,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $20,000,000
Job Money: $47,500,000
Misc Money: $28,750,000
Total Money: $585,800,000
I really thought I could hold off Spence to keep the [HASH]1 overall spot here, but clearly, that was not the case this time around. Ah well. I've still earned the most of anyone from articles and I'm 2nd in posts and exports. I really don't miss any events and try to be as active as possible. I've slacked on posts and articles more in recent time, but at this point, it's all about simply making sure I have at least $10 million board cash on me at all times. Always good to stay 1 step ahead.
1. Spencer
Post Money: $102,000,000
Article Money: $152,500,000
Team/Player Reward Money: $140,300,000
Export Money: $38,200,000
Trade Frenzy Money: $22,300,000
Preseason Prediction Money: $37,500,000
World Series Prediction Party Money: $6,600,000
NFL Pick-Em Money: $19,300,000
HOF Voting Money: $7,000,000
GM Awards Voting Money: $17,000,000
Job Money: $52,000,000
Misc Money: $19,000,000
Total Money: $613,700,000
The BBSBL Cash Cow GM title clearly goes to Spencer, who has by far the most posts of anyone here and is way up there in articles, in-game accomplishments, exports, and pick-em money. But it was his draft and player page tracking jobs in particular that really put him over the top to have earned more altogether than me. At the 10 season list, Spencer hadn't done any of that. It clearly made a huge difference this time around. Good job Spence! One day, I'll have more posts than you again. I don't know when, but at some point.
With that being said, it's time for the final overall rank!
26. Jacob - $1,600,000
25. CrazyMike - $16,350,000
24. Tempfooliz - $25,200,000
23. HeatFlash - $51,600,000
22. Danchevy - $78,850,000
21. Stooolfan - $108,550,000
20. Bosoxi - $126,150,000
19. D2ACollectables - $137,785,000
18. Kobe - $159,450,000
17. Rooster Cogburn - $160,125,000
16. JahAllStar - $163,510,000
15. Game - $180,050,000
14. Steve - $191,550,000
13. Darell - $194,750,000
12. StutterBomb - $203,375,000
11. Styro - $205,475,000
10. DRowe - $213,445,000
9. Broph - $272,310,000
8. Greeme - $273,320,000
7. Erbes - $333,900,000
6. BreakTheWalls - $345,150,000
5. Stevie B - $372,150,000
4. Ashes - $456,925,000
3. Play - $486,175,000
2. Shale - $585,800,000
1. Spencer - $613,700,000
Next editions coming 5 seasons from now!
