Sox ownership just met with the press and said that they intend to be under the $208m cap next year.
View: https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1177696283517161474
View: https://twitter.com/alexspeier/status/1177696241444106240
According to Spotrac, they have $151m in salaries (if you estimate minor league salaries and benefits) guaranteed for next year (Sale, Price, Eovaldi, Pedey, X, JDM and Vaz).
This has a lot of implications, including:
(1) re-signing Mookie and keeping JDM is almost impossible -- they'd be left with about $30m for 16 roster spots if you assume Mookie gets at least $27/year (which would be incredibly low).
(2) losing JDM by trade or opt-out would clear $22m from that $151, which would then give them room to re-sign Mookie, but then they'd still not have much room to sign any other guys to even medium-sized deals
(3) they almost assuredly can't bring JBJ back given what he'll get in arbitration if they're trying to get under the cap.
I hope this is all just pre-FA saber-rattling, otherwise...hold onto your butts. As RSS put it earlier today (his analysis must be built on some arbitration award assumptions):
View: https://twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/1177648839790125058
View: https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1177696283517161474
View: https://twitter.com/alexspeier/status/1177696241444106240
According to Spotrac, they have $151m in salaries (if you estimate minor league salaries and benefits) guaranteed for next year (Sale, Price, Eovaldi, Pedey, X, JDM and Vaz).
This has a lot of implications, including:
(1) re-signing Mookie and keeping JDM is almost impossible -- they'd be left with about $30m for 16 roster spots if you assume Mookie gets at least $27/year (which would be incredibly low).
(2) losing JDM by trade or opt-out would clear $22m from that $151, which would then give them room to re-sign Mookie, but then they'd still not have much room to sign any other guys to even medium-sized deals
(3) they almost assuredly can't bring JBJ back given what he'll get in arbitration if they're trying to get under the cap.
I hope this is all just pre-FA saber-rattling, otherwise...hold onto your butts. As RSS put it earlier today (his analysis must be built on some arbitration award assumptions):
View: https://twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/1177648839790125058