Pablo Reyes traded to the Mets for cash

SemperFidelisSox

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I would have done this trade for a handful of magic beans.

He did a decent job filling in last season. The walk-off grand slam against KC was a cool moment.
 

joe dokes

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Why is it "cash considerations" and not just "cash"? Hell, why is it even a "trade"? They sold him.
 

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Why is it "cash considerations" and not just "cash"? Hell, why is it even a "trade"? They sold him.
I think admitting to selling human beings has been problematic for about 160 years or so.

As for the term cash considerations, I think that's cover for a literal bag of balls.
 

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Do we get more from the Mets for Pablo Reyes than we sent them last month for Zack Short?
I hope it's like Italian soccer, nobody ever pays anyone anything, just shuffle around cash considerations in an ever growing list of transactions (but maybe without all the tax fraud).
 

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By my understanding, cash considerations means the receiving team is picking up the rest of the contract. Cash would be if the Mets were sending money the Red Sox' way.
The receiving team is picking up the rest of the contract regardless. So you're saying that cash considerations is code for giving him away for nothing? Every waiver claim is essentially a trade for "cash considerations" then?
 

katnado

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By my understanding, cash considerations means the receiving team is picking up the rest of the contract. Cash would be if the Mets were sending money the Red Sox' way.
I was always lead to believe it's litteral cash being sent from the receiving team in addition to picking up the contract. Everything I've found says that at least. If I'm wrong I'd definitely be curious what it actually means however haha
 

nvalvo

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I was always lead to believe it's litteral cash being sent from the receiving team in addition to picking up the contract. Everything I've found says that at least. If I'm wrong I'd definitely be curious what it actually means however haha
It’s also very possible that the media don’t scrupulously observe whatever distinction the league means to imply with the various nomenclature.