From BB-Ref, which isn't fully up-to-date, we were at:I don't think it is either, the post i responded to said Danny is going to sign Smart, I took that as more than just taking the qualifying offer. I could be reading that wrong.
Though either way, if Smart is here and they use more than a small amount of the MLE, it'll put them in the tax without making other salary saving moves. I have it somewhere around 3M they could spend before hitting the tax if Smart takes qualifying offer and they waive Nader.
$107.4
+ $5.5 Baynes
+ $1.4 BobWill rookie scale
= $114.3. Luxury tax limit is $119.3.
And that is before:
- Monroe leaving, not replaced (Baynes, Bob Williams, Theis)
- Smart (QO was, what, $4.9?)
- Larkin
- Any Nader cut to save money
If Smart signs his QO, then I think we're pennies under the tax limit. Anything more than that and we blow by the tax limit, and might as well use the full MLE while we still have access to it.