I believe the two material trade implications of second apron are:
1. You have to match exactly (or under)...e.g. no wiggle room or within $x
2. You cannot aggregate salaries
Those both net out to there being benefits to having some mid-size numbers on your books which you can trade for other assets/profiles, though. So I don't rule out that they sign Tillman, Hauser so they have those slots and realize that betwen those two, PP, KP they need to move a couple after the season.
Might you sign Hauser to the non-tax MLE number ($12.4) so you can swap for one of those? Tillman for at least the BAE (maybe even the room?) It's not my money, and they probably won't do both Hauser and Tillman, but I'd be thinking about matching as well as value when I signed them
1. You have to match exactly (or under)...e.g. no wiggle room or within $x
2. You cannot aggregate salaries
Those both net out to there being benefits to having some mid-size numbers on your books which you can trade for other assets/profiles, though. So I don't rule out that they sign Tillman, Hauser so they have those slots and realize that betwen those two, PP, KP they need to move a couple after the season.
Might you sign Hauser to the non-tax MLE number ($12.4) so you can swap for one of those? Tillman for at least the BAE (maybe even the room?) It's not my money, and they probably won't do both Hauser and Tillman, but I'd be thinking about matching as well as value when I signed them