John_Havok

I think a good comparable of Teo, when you’re looking at risk profile is Chapman. High whiffs, high K, big power and loud contact when he does connect. Thing is, Chapman walks at double the rate,still runs the bases well and is a major plus on D. Teo is average D at best, (likely below average) and still bad baserunner. He’s a passable option if every other well of options runs dry but he wouldn’t be a priority get for me. I don’t even know if I’d want to give him Gurriel Jr money tbh. May end up having to, but I think a 1 year pillow deal might be the better option, with a club option or something.

It’s probably some nuance that’s missing from the explanation, you know how people listen to one thing but interpret it slightly different. To me it sounds like Whit was going to the plate with a 2 strike approach, whereas the Jays preached waiting until 2 strikes for that approach. That doesn’t seem overly egregious, but if that’s the mindset Whit has and it has been working (I didn’t look up any stats yet to see what his numbers actually are with RISP or “clutch” situations) then it would be foolish to mess with the mindset of its working. However, if it clearly wasn’t working, the coach needs to be able to show the numbers, “I see what you mean Whit but, look at these numbers, that approach hasn’t actually been working for you overall, so if you try it this way, we think you’ll be more successful” I’m not really a fan of a one-size-fits-all approach to hitting. There are general truths of course, but I certainly wouldn’t coach Espinal and Vlad Jr to try and do the same thing. same with Bichette, he’s just too different from everyone else in what works for him.

Being from Newfoundland is not a disability!

I guess it depends how much you believe in his career season being repeated a few more times. I'm not a believer personally, as I think his bat will be okay but his D will likely regress and baserunning will continue to be bad. He going into his age 30 season, but realistically he'll be 30 and a half before the season even starts. If that contact is what a 1.5 WAR projection is worth, I wish them luck. To me it seems like a playoff run overpay

We’re the Dodgers also suffering from desperation?

This board is part of his ongoing therapy regimen. Go easy on him.

Trade bait for the deadline, just like Will Smith and Stratton

Flaherty signing for 14 million to Detroit makes all the sense in the world for him, there’s no reason for the Jays to take that risk for Flaherty to be a #5. Manoah can be just as s***** for league minimum, or a shitload better with even a 50% return to previous form

Now I’ve seen everything, Tampa giving cash to the Dodgers in a trade. Friedman is a bigger GM ninja than AA.

I’d totally wear that jacket and shorts…it’s the shoes that really f*** up that look.

I think you missed the hint of sarcasm there

Teo also had the worst rates of all the bad hitters peripherals of his career last year. And for a guy with bad D and bad baserunning, it’s enough to create a lot of pause before signing him

Yeah watch it end up being 350 million in real dollars but like 210 for luxury tax purposes. Gotta hand it to them for taking advantage

He was placed on waivers and claimed 2 weeks ago.

Yeah but Sasaki won’t be like the usual postings we see since he would be under 25. He’d be subject to the annual international spending caps.

For Ohtani it’s about being paid little now in order to put a winning product on the field. The incredible side benefit being that he’s going to sidestep American income taxes on 97% of his salary over the next 20 years. For the Dodgers, it’s about paying a guy less and later for what he gives you now, and the side benefit is absolutely about boning the luxury tax system.

It does count, it's just spread out over more years

Not sure what the actual benefits are for a tennis player to have their residences in Dubai or wherever, but if they win prize money in a country, they pay taxes to that country on the winnings. Their residence country may have some tax agreements with certain countries that make tax rates different or something, but they do get taxed in the country they win any money in. I'm looking forward to the tax article someone is going to write in the next day or two explaining how this will work for Ohtani when he leaves California with 97% of his salary being unpaid and untaxed at the state and federal levels. Edit*** So, yes, places like Dubai and Monaco, they have 0 taxes to so they owe no additional taxes to those countries after they pay taxes to the country they won their money in.

If that’s the case, this is the kind of contract that gets politician’s attention and could lead to them taking a loooooonger look at some of the current incredible tax and business benefits MLB enjoys over other businesses. Not to mention MLB taking a loooooong look at the CBT circumvention taking place. This contract is not a good look.

That’s not how posting works. When a layer gets posted from Japan, they have 30 days to negotiate with any team in MLB they want. There’s no posting fee just to talk to the player. Teams then sign the players for whatever contract they agree to, and the team who posted him gets a piece of the contract, which has different %s based on total guaranteed money. The way you’re describing it hasn’t been done in years, for good reason. • For Major League contracts with a total guaranteed value of $25 million or less, the release fee will be 20 percent of the total guaranteed value of the contract. • For Major League contracts with a total guaranteed value between $25,000,001 and $50 million, the release fee will be 20 percent of the first $25 million plus 17.5 percent of the total guaranteed value exceeding $25 million. • For Major League contracts with a total guaranteed value of $50,000,001 or more, the release fee will be 20 percent of the first $25 million plus 17.5 percent of next $25 million plus 15 percent of the total guaranteed value exceeding $50 million. • For all Minor League contracts, the release fee will be 25 percent of the signing bonus. For Minor League contracts that contain Major League terms, a supplemental fee will be owed if the player is added to the 25-man roster. • If a posted player signs a Major League contract that contains bonuses, salary escalators or options, a Japanese team may receive a supplemental fee equal to 15 percent of any bonus or salary escalators actually earned by the player, and/or 15 percent of any option that is exercised.

The asylum

MLB needs to step in on that deferral. Deferring 97% of your salary is as blatant an attempt to circumvent of the spirit of the luxury tax as there is.

Except Varsho is even more of a dead pull hitter, just doesn’t have a kids power. Varsho trying no to go the other way last season was attempted and failed horribly. Guys like Whit, Espinal etc, those are the guys who should be looking the other way since they really don’t have pull power.

Oddly enough, I hope they win multiple WS as a result. Would be a crime to see a trio of MVP-level players not get at least 1

I'm guessing close to Richard Pryor or Dennis Leary in their primes kind of levels. Maybe up to Hunter S Thompson levels, but I doubt they'd have access to adrenochrome.