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I don't think there is any closer left on the market who is arguably better than Hoffman.

They are keeping the name.

I'd assume he will be allowed to leave early if there is a chance to be commissioner. I'm not sure there was a chance he wouldn't be back even if not for the success this year. I think he was hired to upgrade the facilities and generate different streams of revenue, which he had been knocking out of the park. Atkins, on the other hand, I think was in real danger.

I'm not sure I am. Article XXIII.C.2.b.A of the CBA states "A. Assignee Club. If the assignment occurs between championship seasons, the Average Annual Value (“AAV”) of the Uniform Player’s Contract will be calculated pursuant to Section E below as if the Uniform Player’s Contract began with the season following the assignment. If the assignment occurs during the championship season, the AAV will be recalculated pursuant to Section (2)(c) below as if the Uniform Player’s Contract began with the day following the assignment. " and section E contains "Average Annual Value of Guaranteed Multi-Year Contracts A Uniform Player’s Contract with a term of more than one (1) championship season (“Multi-Year Contract”) shall be deemed to have a Salary in each Guaranteed Year equal to the “Average Annual Value” (“AAV”) of the Contract (plus any bonuses subsequently included by operation of Section E(4) below). The AAV shall be calculated as follows: the sum of (a) the Base Salary in each Guaranteed Year plus (b) any portion of a Signing Bonus (or any other payment that this Article deems to be a Signing Bonus) attributed to a Guaranteed Year in accordance with Section E(3) below plus (c) any deferred compensation or annuity compensation costs attributed to a Guaranteed Year in accordance with Section E(6) below shall be divided by the number of Guaranteed Years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Multi-Year Contract is signed after Opening Day of the championship season, the: (i) Base Salary in the first Guaranteed 131 Year for purposes of the AAV calculation shall be determined by multiplying that Base Salary by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of championship season days that the Player was paid the Base Salary, and the denominator shall be the number of championship season days in that championship season; and (ii) the first Guaranteed Year shall not be considered a full Guaranteed Year for purposes of the AAV calculation, but shall be considered a partial year equal to the fraction described in subsection (i) above." It's legalese, but that sure sounds like the remaining value of the contract should be what counts towards CBT.

yeah, I was going off of google AI and some old articles. Thinking more about it, Spotrac is a more reliable source than those.

I would guess that spotrac has that wrong.

The smart teams are making it look like their MLB teams are losing money while raking in profits through ownership stakes in TV networks and restaurants, bars, casinos and development deals near their stadiums.

zero chance this is legit

And this doesn't even include a bunch of others on the 40 man..Nance, Bruihl, Schullz, etc

Jays bullpen right now has Hoffman Yimi Varland * Little * Fisher *** Flu ** Lauer Francis * Potentially a starter as they have 6 right now. It's not a terrible bullpen and could last until a deadline acquisition. The number of options (*) makes for great flexibility but you have to imagine if they bring in another big name someone might be on the block as I can't see Little, Varland or Fish spending much time in the minors.

Because when you think veteran leader, Pete Alonso and his guard rail humping self immediately come to mind.

He was going to but had to pull out due to injury before it started.

Thanks, somehow I had already forgot about that trade.

two? what was the other one?

I have a strong feeling they are still in on Imai. They are definitely looking to gain a foothold in Japan judging by the ads they are running over there. It could be okamoto or Murakami too I suppose. rogers the media company I am sure is eyeing up SNNow revenue from Japan.

After year 2, so it essentially gave them flexibility in the first two years after Ohtani signed.

They want young, controllable pitchers from what I heard today. Jays hang up if they ask for Trey. Maybe they would be willing to build something around Ricky T&. Bowden but i doubt Ricky has value high enough to be the centrepiece in such a deal.

It sounds like they want to tweak things with Cease a bit too. Schneider mentions they asked him about evolving his fastball grip and talked about working on a change up with him to make it better and a pitch he uses.

There is a press conference on mlb.com right now with John Schneider. I didn't hear the start, but some tidbits from what I have heard. When asked if Ponce would be a starter "100% a starter" When asked about assistant hitting coach he said they have found a new one and it should be announced soon. Donnie's role is also being backfilled in a couple of ways. He mentioned there are 2 people coming in from other organizations and 1 internal promotion. He mentioned that Mattingly left to be closer to his family and work with his son.

Why even bother mentioning anything Bowden says? He's clueless.

Apparently Dombrowski said the Phils expect to have Donny Baseball as their bench coach next year. So Mattingly may have left to go work with his son.

Part of me wonders if we will see Diaz having got the second year salary low or with a big signing bonus so he gets paid even if there is a work stoppage.

Maybe he took less to get himself a ring?

That face though...Gorgeous.