What I really want if we are floundering around at the beginning of July if we are merely competing for a wild card spot and are 9 games behind NY is to do what Cashman did a few years ago and become a realist - trading off assets at the deadline that can grab you some prospects and save you some money.
Betts and J.D. would be huge shots in the arm for teams in the playoff hunt come July. Their salaries wouldn't be much of an issue considering the Sox would have already paid half of it already.
A half a year of Betts, J.D. and Price off the books would be about 42 mil for this year, right? That would allow us to also send some money the other way to enhance the prospect packages and get under the threshold. Of course that would require Price to be healthy and performing. And also keep in mind as JA always says, we can always dive back into the Mookie sweepstakes in the offseason if we want.
Or Mookie and J.D. would be about a 25 mil savings if Price goes down with another injury which should put us under the threshold.
But maybe I don't know how this whole thing works with the cap and I'm wrong.
Betts and J.D. would be huge shots in the arm for teams in the playoff hunt come July. Their salaries wouldn't be much of an issue considering the Sox would have already paid half of it already.
A half a year of Betts, J.D. and Price off the books would be about 42 mil for this year, right? That would allow us to also send some money the other way to enhance the prospect packages and get under the threshold. Of course that would require Price to be healthy and performing. And also keep in mind as JA always says, we can always dive back into the Mookie sweepstakes in the offseason if we want.
Or Mookie and J.D. would be about a 25 mil savings if Price goes down with another injury which should put us under the threshold.
But maybe I don't know how this whole thing works with the cap and I'm wrong.