As far as I can tell from watching content creators and comments about the subject, nobody understands how budgets work in this game. Pretty sure the developers don't either. It would be nice if after all this time, they had a manual that explained how everything worked in the game, like in the olden days. 90% of the time it's just people guessing at it.
Dellin Betances makes over $10 million in the game and is not on the 40-man roster. He was the guy that I thought if I traded it would reduce my salaries but it didn’t.