Really curious where he goes from here. Seems to have really overplayed his market.Winker to the Mets has to spell the end of Alonso in NY.
I don't know how much of that Cleveland is still paying
You're not wrong, but I might be able to put up a league average ERA pitching for the Blue Jays with both Varsho and Straw in the outfield.I'd love it if Cleveland actually helped make Sasaki to Toronto happen. Regardless, getting rid of Straw – who is still guaranteed over $15.5M through next year – feels like a heist. I don't know how much of that Cleveland is still paying, but Straw's gold glove level defense isn't enough to make a major leaguer out of a guy who puts up sub-.300 slugging percentages.
Straw does seem to fit in with the apparent philosophy of the Jays "Let's win every game 0 to minus1". The bonus pool $$$ are quite nice though, Sasaki or not.You're not wrong, but I might be able to put up a league average ERA pitching for the Blue Jays with both Varsho and Straw in the outfield.
Good for them, but I mean, at some point it does get ridiculous, right?
I think we’re at that point now. One team has a $375M payroll, $75M over the closest team.Good for them, but I mean, at some point it does get ridiculous, right?
That only one team is spending? Yeah. A little bit.Good for them, but I mean, at some point it does get ridiculous, right?
Other teams are spending lots and lots of money. Nobody is spending like the Dodgers.That only one team is spending? Yeah. A little bit.
The "Boob is making shit up again" banner?
This seems to be the new thing for Dodgers contracts and I'm not sure I understand it. They give a big signing bonus and then defer about the same amount, so the CBT hit is basically the same as a standard 4 year, $72 million contract. They're just pulling the real cash flow into this year and pushing other years out into the future. There must be a reason they're doing it.
Yes, but I'm skeptical that things like the Saudi PIF would be interested in dinosaurs with as much future uncertainty as baseball teams. The gambling side definitely, but team ownership? I'm not seeing it.That tweet is way over my head. Is he suggesting foreign oil (Saudis?) will get more involved in baseball ownerships?
New CBA after 2026.This seems to be the new thing for Dodgers contracts and I'm not sure I understand it. They give a big signing bonus and then defer about the same amount, so the CBT hit is basically the same as a standard 4 year, $72 million contract. They're just pulling the real cash flow into this year and pushing other years out into the future. There must be a reason they're doing it.
Yes. Saudi sports washing on an “on steroids” scaleThat tweet is way over my head. Is he suggesting foreign oil (Saudis?) will get more involved in baseball ownerships?
The CBT is lower, but the player present value is roughly equivalent. CBT numbers just average bonus amounts over the life of the deal, theres no increase to the CBT number, while the deferral reduces it.This seems to be the new thing for Dodgers contracts and I'm not sure I understand it. They give a big signing bonus and then defer about the same amount, so the CBT hit is basically the same as a standard 4 year, $72 million contract. They're just pulling the real cash flow into this year and pushing other years out into the future. There must be a reason they're doing it.
As explained in the post above, it's a loophole in the current CBA - signing bonuses do not affect the CBT hit at all. The player maintains the present value of the contract with the signing bonus cancelling out the deferrals to an extent, while getting some state tax dodging, and the CBT hit for the team is lower than 18M.This seems to be the new thing for Dodgers contracts and I'm not sure I understand it. They give a big signing bonus and then defer about the same amount, so the CBT hit is basically the same as a standard 4 year, $72 million contract. They're just pulling the real cash flow into this year and pushing other years out into the future. There must be a reason they're doing it.
If you're the Dodgers, you crossed the line already well before Scott, there's absolutely no reason to stop from doing everything they can to keep getting better.So the Dodgers are really trying to break baseball aren't they?
But is it likely that deferred payments are going to get better treatment under a new CBA? That would surprise me.New CBA after 2026.
I meant it more from the point of exploiting the current system while they can.But is it likely that deferred payments are going to get better treatment under a new CBA? That would surprise me.
That said, unless the Dodgers just think the world is ending in the late 2020s (not out of the realm of possibility), there must be a reason they think these deferrals will serve them well, and the new CBA is as good a guess as any.
It also means when they are in CBT hell in a few years, it'll be easy to unload these contracts, since trades reset the AAV and signing bonuses aren't included. So in two years, they can dump Scott because likely someone will be willing to take on ~10-12m AAV.As explained in the post above, it's a loophole in the current CBA - signing bonuses do not affect the CBT hit at all. The player maintains the present value of the contract with the signing bonus cancelling out the deferrals to an extent, while getting some state tax dodging, and the CBT hit for the team is lower than 18M.
A signing bonus ought to count as an inflated amount on the CBT to counteract deferrals, or just start limiting deferrals
We appear to have reached the point where great players will take deferrals to play in L.A., and teams in less desirable markets, like Toronto, are being forced to overpay for lesser players.Wow, 5 years 90 million? I was expecting more like 2-3 years.