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  1. Terminator
    You keep pointing to supposed benefits and risks associated with deferrals, what specifically are these benefits and risks? You can probably point to something, but they are probably small risks for both player and the team. And in any event, that is A LOT different than caveman redditors who don't understand inflation at all and think the Dodgers are cheating the system. And even if you are right, the Pirates would actually have to sign someone to a multi-year deal long enough for any of this to even matter. But seeing as Ryan O'Hearn is one of the biggest FA deals in team history, I won't hold my breath.
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    Reported for politics Deserves a lifetime ban for repeated violations
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    You're technically right with this "we don't know exactly how much he'll get" due to the uncertainty regarding inflation, but let's not confuse the issue any further than it already is. We need to get these highly regarded financial illiterates on the board to understand the bare basics first, that way they can at least go to their boss and try to get a 3% cost of living wage increase each year.
  4. Terminator
    He’s receiving 460 million in today’s dollars
  5. Terminator
    Mitch Bannon says that the Jays recent pursuit of Tucker has become "more aggressive."
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    Well tbf he'd probably be the worst trade acquisition of all time. You'd probably have to give up your entire farm system for a guy who inexplicably turns into a pumpkin at age 30. Still a HoFer though.
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    The Dodgers literally have to take the 46 million a year and put it in an escrow account that they can't touch though. I swear MLB thought of every possible loophole and closed it.
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    That’s just a spending-capacity issue, not a deferral issue. MLB already accounts for deferrals by converting contracts to net present value for luxury-tax purposes. The team isn’t saving money, and they aren’t gaming the system. You could defer money on every player on the 26-man roster and it wouldn’t change competitive balance because the system normalizes it back to today’s dollars. The NHL comparison doesn’t really work because it operates under a completely different CBA that requires real-time accounting. Players are guaranteed exactly 50% of hockey-related revenue and there’s a hard cap, so timing of payments matters A LOT and why they have to limit accounting options like deferrals. MLB’s system is looser by design. There’s no hard cap and no fixed revenue split, so deferrals don’t distort the system. They just shift when money is paid, not how much is actually spent. And of course, it also gets rid of the income tax disparity between the various teams, something that the NHL struggles with.
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    Someone from the Jays subreddit I'm sure
  10. Terminator
    No one is lining up to play in Pitt or Colorado because they don't offer Free Agents good contracts, deferrals or not.
  11. Terminator
    This isn't true. The net present value calculations that are done essentially close off all potential loopholes that big spending teams could exploit. The only thing that needs to be addressed is that fans need to realize that the reported contract terms aren't that actual terms when deferrals are involved. The real dollar amounts are the net present value. Best example is Ohtani. He signed for a reported 10 years, 700 million but that number is all fugazi. He really signed for 10 years, 460 million, the terms of which fell in line with what he was projected to get. If MLB instituted a salary cap and got rid of deferrals, the Jays would be absolutely screwed and the Texas and Florida teams would gain a huge advantage.
  12. Terminator
    Deferrals and signing bonuses are a great way to level the income tax disparities between teams. MLB needs to keep those in place, despite the majority of fans not understanding how it all works.
  13. Terminator
    The fan in me wants Bo back but if we sign Tucker this team is a gauntlet. There's a chance the Jays can keep him healthy and he puts it all together for a 6+ WAR season.
  14. Terminator
    A couple of fun facts regarding Okamoto. His nickname is "The Young General" and he's the only player that the Yomiuri Giants have ever posted.
  15. Terminator
    Old Man Steinbrenner is rolling over in his grave. The second the Dylan Cease move was announced he would have signed Kyle Tucker before the ink could even dry on the Cease contract. The best Junior can do is bring back Rosario and Yarbrough. Pathetic.
  16. Terminator
    Andruw Jones gets docked points by me for the highly regarded way he spells his first name. Give me Jim Edmonds any day over him.
  17. Terminator
    DFA'ing Straw is a good idea in a similar sense as Yariel. Useful but you don't really mind if his money was freed up off the books either, so it would kind of be a win-win. That said, I think he has more service time than Yariel which makes keeping him after a DFA harder to do.
  18. Terminator
    Since he signed with the Jays* I'd like to go on record that I think this guy has it all: power, contact and good 3B defense. He's going to make the All-Star team. *If the Yankees signed him I would have said that he's a slap hitting DH
  19. Terminator
    The projection systems have readjusted after Okamoto signed. Steamer thinks he’s a 113 wRC+ hitter with 2.5 WAR in 130 games now.
  20. Terminator
    Ed Rogers friggin’ rules
  21. Terminator
    This team is friggin' stacked I bet we see a trade or two. Lots of cheap teams out there who could use Taters (eat some $$$), Berrios (eat some $$$), Lukes, Schneider, etc.
  22. Terminator
    Ross Atkins has signed the top FA starter, the top setup man, the best hitter in Japan the past few years, and the best starter in the Korean league last year. Brian Cashman brought back a side armer who throws 80 mph lmao
  23. Terminator
    I like the defensive versatility.
  24. Terminator
    Astros are trying to cut costs and they have a pricy closer...
  25. Terminator
    I highly doubt they sign all 3 but look at it this way. If they love Okamoto and can get him for 3/35M but they think he's more of a 4/72M player, do they really give a crap if they trade Taters and have to eat half his contract at that point? They'd still be coming out ahead on the total cost of Okamoto's contract.
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