Ironically I worked at PwC for 20 years. We did the Yankees books - which I saw multiple times in the early aughts.
You responded to a post where I SPECIFICALLY said 4 years ago with “to be fair, teams do this all of the time”. That was literally the whole point of my post. Not that teams don’t reset the tax to be active in free agency but that they don’t do it 4 seasons in advance for one specific player. Its in the first sentence of the post
Dude look at the post you quoted and replied to. Auger literally mentions four years and you chime in with “teams do this all the time.” Maybe if you just meant one year in advance you should have clarified in your post.
Maybe rename the thread to The Scintillating Taxes and Bookkeeping thread. At least until Soto signs somewhere.
For the record, the Sox went over in 2022. So it hasn't been a 4 year reset anyway.
You didn't talk about school systems in Boston with him? That was almost half of our discussion with Schilling if I recall.
Who was that guy in the gorilla costume taking notes on the tax issues?
And this is why people should actually read the entire thread, rather than being a few pages behind and just responding
Bingo. And on Thanksgiving of all days they're really going to panic about an anonymous report on Twitter? If he has it right, what's the reason for panic? Real reporters have managed to sniff out a signing before and it still takes days/weeks for the team to make it official. If he has it wrong, is it really going to spur them into some kind of wild action that can't wait until Monday?
I am actually of the mind that Mick is legit. The "You nailed it" quote from the Sox source just feels authentic.
I always enjoy taking you to school, Abs.
I tend to agree that the Rodriguez/Gomez reporting is close to the truth and that Passan is also correct that no deal is done.
If he was not speaking in hyperbole he should have prefaced his remark with something along the lines of “I’m an idiot”. Can you find me anyone in this thread claiming that the Scottish Trade was about pursuing Soto? Boston itself literally set up their ducks years in advance for the Yamamoto Sweepstakes. Just as the Giants did for Judge. Both teams lost their respective sweepstakes. The Dodgers had arranged their payroll, years in advance, to be ready for the Ohtani sweepstakes. It happens. Deal with it and let Mookie go.
Feels like there is too much smoke for the offer not to be real, but also highly likely that a deal isn’t done.
I mean the rumor that worked out to 13 years at 48 per (which would make him the highest paid player) does sound credible. I agree on that much. Won’t stop Boros from pushing for 50, though.
I was about to say pretty much exactly this. The Rodriguez 12/$600M + chat with Raffy and Gomez 13/$625 rumors seem broadly plausible given we already heard the Sox had made, and then improved, an offer. BeyondAvgMick claiming the deal is already done but the team is scared of his Twitter sleuthing superpowers is presumably who Passan was shooting down with prejudice in confirming there's no done deal.
The Glob posters are still cycling through 'full throttle' and JH as a skinflint. We haven't heard that here in, hmmmmm....at least 3 days.
I can buy this. I also expect that there will be a couple more weeks of this shit before it's settled. This thread is probably going to be doubled in length before he signs officially. I look forward to what kind of weird nonsense it takes to fill it. Perhaps more than I look forward to finding out where Soto ultimately ends up.
I think he's setting up a run for office, I'm just not sure if it's for grifting state legislator or mayor.
