Does DRS get paid separately for his opinion on each leg?You guys think we've exhausted this topic, but no one has yet asked about the possibility of transplanting Rusney's legs onto Pedroia's body.
Does DRS get paid separately for his opinion on each leg?You guys think we've exhausted this topic, but no one has yet asked about the possibility of transplanting Rusney's legs onto Pedroia's body.
How dare you!You guys think we've exhausted this topic, but no one has yet asked about the possibility of transplanting Rusney's legs onto Pedroia's body.
Wright has nothing to do with Pedroia since he had contract insurance, same with Prince Fielder, please look into Michael Cuddyer retiring due to injury and taking a 2.5 buy out of his 12.5 he was due.Could you cite a source on that because I don't believe a buy-out changes what is counted against the CBT one iota.
The Mets just did a buyout of David Wright last year. His full contract AAV is still counted against the Mets' payroll for luxury tax purposes through next season (when the original deal would have expired). Seems if the precedent is 20%, it would only be 20% of his AAV counting.
Apples and oranges.Wright has nothing to do with Pedroia since he had contract insurance, same with Prince Fielder, please look into Michael Cuddyer retiring due to injury and taking a 2.5 buy out of his 12.5 he was due.
https://nypost.com/2016/03/01/michael-cuddyers-retirement-didnt-save-mets-full-12-5-million/https://www.mlb.com/news/michael-cuddyer-mets-reach-buyout-agreement-c165936318https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-michael-cuddyer-explains-decision-to-retire-1.11221485
Not that I disagree exactly but what is the difference between leaving $25M on the table vs. $12.5M? Other than another $12.5M ... is it really “apples and oranges”?Apples and oranges.
Cuddyer retired. That's what got the Mets off the hook, not the buyout. Pedroia is unlikely to retire just to save the Red Sox money. Not with $25M on the table.
Give me $12.5M and I'll get back to you with my answer.Not that I disagree exactly but what is the difference between leaving $25M on the table vs. $12.5M? Other than another $12.5M ... is it really “apples and oranges”?
Well, we don’t know if there was an additional incentive beyond the reported buyout to encourage retirement. (Note: I will flat out guarantee you that there was.)Not that I disagree exactly but what is the difference between leaving $25M on the table vs. $12.5M? Other than another $12.5M ... is it really “apples and oranges”?
That's impossible. I think they should trade him to Oakland for a prospect, then Pedroia takes a buyout for 1/2 his salary and a gig as a team rep which he can do from home cause he's from there, and then John Henry gives the A's owner a part time job at one of his companies and pays him to make up for the other half of the salary.NEW ANGLE:
If Pedroia became a player-coach would only half his salary count against the cap?
Pedroia ain't from Oakland.That's impossible. I think they should trade him to Oakland for a prospect, then Pedroia takes a buyout for 1/2 his salary and a gig as a team rep which he can do from home cause he's from there, and then John Henry gives the A's owner a part time job at one of his companies and pays him to make up for the other half of the salary.
Then they trade JBJ for a closer and call up Rusney.
Ah, the old Paxton Crawford. Good idea!Can't they just plant a dead hooker in his bed and void his contract through the standard morality clause?
Can't sneak a thing past you.Pedroia ain't from Oakland.
I know you’re being facetious, but isn’t that kind of what the Phillies did with Harper’s 13 year deal? They agreed to overpay when he’s 36-39 and keep the AAV down now.After they get Pedroia’s extension done they can work on Mookie. He seems to want to test FA and see what’s he’s worth but if they offer him $500 million but spread it over 30 years they get to keep him as an assistant after he can’t play and his AAV would only be $16.67m which helps with the CBT problem. Who says no?
That makes no sense. If they do that, they have to worry about both the salary cap and the knee cap.What are the cap considerations if they replaced Pedey's knee with Wright's knee, then making Wright an Ambassador for the Sox as well as the Mets? Do the Sox and Mets share the CBT stuff at that point?
Can't sneak a thing past you.
In 10 years we`ll all be bitching about his contract and wishing he`d retire and save the club some money.I know you’re being facetious, but isn’t that kind of what the Phillies did with Harper’s 13 year deal? They agreed to overpay when he’s 36-39 and keep the AAV down now.
13 years would take Mookie to 41, but $360/13 is better than $360/10.
Headline: Laser Show Lightens Up Francis?If they can somehow time his return so that he goes up against a middling pitcher with the last name Francis, it could be truly monumental.
Tom Brady killed people for Aaron Hernandez and they still had to pay his salary.Can't they just plant a dead hooker in his bed and void his contract through the standard morality clause?
Let’s hope Machado doesn’t overslide 2B into the OF, taking out Mookie.In 10 years we`ll all be bitching about his contract and wishing he`d retire and save the club some money.