Yeah. Time value of money suggests that backloading might be better in a strict financial sense, but having what are probably the worst years of the contract attached to the biggest financial commitment makes unloading those years a lot more difficult. There's also no reason to backload a deal that you can comfortably fit in at present without backloading. You have no idea what the financial state of your team will be in 4-8 years.
I think everyone has been caught off guard by how quickly awful framers have been purged from the league. Martin is going to have to hit more than we all thought he would to carry value for the length of his contract.
Martin and Tulo's contracts are a bit unsettling. Martin is owed another 3/60 for his age 34-36 season and Tulo another 4/78 for 32-35 seasons, and both are already projected as league-average hitters. This is why you don't follow the Yankees model on a mid-tier payroll.
I thought Edwin was in trouble last year when his K-rate was very high through two months, but he settled in back to normal. Hopefully this is just more of the same.
I don't actually believe I ever said that. I said the team should have enough depth that they're not relying on his knee holding up and not impacting his play. But you're trolling me, so plz die.
The 25-man needs to be purged of s*** that probably should have never been retained in the offseason: I never want to see any of Colabello, Smoak, Thole or Carrera after this season.
There are guys available every offseason. Just last year Flowers signed for cheap, Kratz and McKenry signed MiLB deals, and Conger was almost free via trade. It's so goddamn frustrating to be chained to Thole.