Sox acquire Wade Miley for De La Rosa, Webster, and minor leaguer

[Bowlerman9]

 
It helps for 2017 but hurts for 2015 and 2016.  If the goal is to not be over for two straight years this deal only hurts them strictly from a luxury tax point of view.

 
This is undeniably true in 2015, but its questionable that it is true in 2016.
 
His 2015 salary was going to be either $3.4M, $4.3M, or somewhere close to the middle (let's say $3.8M).
 
His 2016 salary, assuming he doesnt crap the bed in 2015, will be a significant raise on his 2015 salary. So, argubaly somewhere between $5.5M and $7M. With an AAV of $6.4M for 2015-2017, it's probably around breakeven in 2016 had they gone one year at a time. Maybe a little more, maybe a little less, but hard to say it really hurts them in 2016.

 

[glennhoffmania]

 
This is undeniably true in 2015, but its questionable that it is true in 2016.
 
His 2015 salary was going to be either $3.4M, $4.3M, or somewhere close to the middle (let's say $3.8M).
 
His 2016 salary, assuming he doesnt crap the bed in 2015, will be a significant raise on his 2015 salary. So, argubaly somewhere between $5.5M and $7M. With an AAV of $6.4M for 2015-2017, it's probably around breakeven in 2016 had they gone one year at a time. Maybe a little more, maybe a little less, but hard to say it really hurts them in 2016.

 
You're right.  I was assuming that his second year arb number would be the $6m salary in his contract, but only because I was responding to Jake's hypothetical about them not getting any real dollar savings.  But in reality, your math is more accurate.