So in my initial search, it appears that he had Gerrit Cole a week before he signed (this is from Dec 6th, Cole signed on the 10th) and if you look in the comments nobody believes him:
Not if the plan is to put Anthony in RF, Soto in LF, move Abreu for a SP, and DH Teoscar.
IMO yes, but I'm curious why you ask. Do you think he's a better use of resources post a potential Soto signing than the rotation and bullpen? I'm assuming in any scenario where the Sox sign both you would definitely have to subsidize at least half of Yoshida's salary to fit both into the lineup. Let's be conservative and say Soto's at 40-42M per and Hernandez at let's say 21-23M per. Let's call the pair at 65M (IF you can land both), what do you see for the rest of the off season?
Trout was the best player on that list through age 25. But if you gave him a $600 million contract at that point, it would be a disaster. The Angels are merely on the hook for $425 million for Trout's yearly injury tour.
The CBA requires the present value of deferred compensation obligations to be funded at the time they’re incurred.
Remember when Manny was maybe gonna live in Lowell because he heard it had a decent-sized Dominican population.
Ha! Well presumably something close to all 30 ownership groups would have access to these kind of uber-rich guy securities wrinkles, but the up-front funding -- literally cash in an account?? -- that's probably just for the big teams. At least at Ohtani levels.
A big part of both Trout's value and injury history is his fielding (and baserunning) though. Since Soto's value is almost entirely tired to his bat, he carries less risk.
Or more risk, should he get an injury that severely impacts his hitting longterm
I'm certainly not the only person fearful of putting so much money into one player. That can happen. (Never mind, see others are already discussing.)
His sister wouldn't have to scout out apartments in Toronto. He could just stay in Robbie Alomar's old hotel suite
Suddenly If we take this as true, the random Twitter guy who said early on it was down to Bos/NYM looks pretty good.
Which puts him in company with dozens on this board who said (possibly even in this thread) that once the Red Sox were known to be involved, the Mets would likely be the toughest competition. Our poll thread ranked it Mets, Red Sox, Yankees.
This recent report notwithstanding, I’m not counting out the Yankees. Far from it.
Sure that's what he's looking to get, but there's no guarantee that the numbers get that high and I'm guessing the length of contract will play into all of this as well. Like I said, let's be conservative.
What I mean by "looking to get", is that seems like it's already on the table. Sox rumored to have offered either 13/$625 or 12/$600... which I tend to believe. AAVs of $48.1M and $50M.
I have a very strange, over-active imagination. And in my mind, essentially every Met fan looks and sounds like a depressed, self-loathing, Woody Allen look-a-like. I do not know why my brain works this way, but it just does.
Fair-ish? I sat in the upper deck at Shea in the 80s a couple times, so my version is very down-and-out Queens.
Thanks for taking the time to explain all of this to me.
My thoughts exactly. Give him 15 for $700,000,001 so he gets largest deal ever and largest AAV ever (46.66) and then watch him opt out in four or five years.
My over-active mind always thought of Mets fans as all being clones of John McEnroe blurting out “ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?” for all eternity.
If the team has to give an opt, then they should mitigate their cost by keeping the start of the contract low, then ramp it up. If he’s already looking at an opt out, make the decision harder by setting it against a pay raise in the back half. If he goes, you at least probably got surplus value out of the deal.
Mets fans are Jet fans and Jet fans are Mets fans.
I’m sure there are New Yorkers on this board who can explain it in geographic terms.
I have a buddy who is a Yankee/Jet/Ranger fan. Usually it's Mets/Jets/Islanders.
That’s like a cross between a Great Dane and a Pomeranian. You can conceptualize it, but you can’t conceive it.
