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[zjcvols]

Deferred 1/3 to enrage @zjcvols

I’m sure it will be fun to pay that contract in 2029

 

[Florida Stanley]

I’m sure it will be fun to pay that contract in 2029

Prolly not as much fun as the WS he just won ‘em. May win em another too.

this is a professional baseball team that prints money, high salaries are nothing to them. That’s just another operational cost.

 

[Florida Stanley]

Rather than looking at all the money Mad Max and Strassy are making, look at all the money they are making for their bosses. I promise, it’s more.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I’m sure it will be fun to pay that contract in 2029

There's no salary cap so it won't hurt at all. The Lerner family has over $5 billion.

 

[zjcvols]

Prolly not as much fun as the WS he just won ‘em. May win em another too.

this is a professional baseball team that prints money, high salaries are nothing to them. That’s just another operational cost.

Assuming the Nats don’t replace Rendon with a Donaldson/Bryant type they probably won’t even make the playoffs lol

 

[zjcvols]

There's no salary cap so it won't hurt at all. The Lerner family has over $5 billion.

That’s the beauty of baseball. But I do find it interesting how much they keep having to defer money if they are so rich. As far as I am aware it still counts all the same towards the luxury tax

 

[Florida Stanley]

Assuming the Nats don’t replace Rendon with a Donaldson/Bryant type they probably won’t even make the playoffs lol

I bet they do

 

[Florida Stanley]

There's no salary cap so it won't hurt at all. The Lerner family has over $5 billion.

And they don’t run it like a responsible middle aged couple planning for retirement.

 

[zjcvols]

I wish Whit Merrifield was like two years younger

 

[LotteryPick]

DOPE

You went??

 

[TBrown]

That’s the beauty of baseball. But I do find it interesting how much they keep having to defer money if they are so rich. As far as I am aware it still counts all the same towards the luxury tax

I don’t believe so on the LT

 

[zjcvols]

I don’t believe so on the LT

Based on my quick five minute research, the salary hit still counts based on the AAV

So Strasburg’s contract for the next 8 years will count as $35M towards the luxury tax. The deferred money from 2027-2029 is just paid out and has no effect on the payroll.

 

[zjcvols]

I am curious about one thing, so Acuna signed an 8 year/$90M extension (not including the options). That carries an AAV of $11.25M but obviously Acuna will make less for the first couple years. I wonder how that works toward the CBT. Does that mean Acuna will count as $11.25M for next year? I need to do more research

 

[TBrown]

Based on my quick five minute research, the salary hit still counts based on the AAV

So Strasburg’s contract for the next 8 years will count as $35M towards the luxury tax. The deferred money from 2027-2029 is just paid out and has no effect on the payroll.

I read something this morning about using the deferred money to still try to fit Rendon in under the tax. Been a long day tho

Either way, to echo earlier points, they have money.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

How good is Jabari Small?

 

[LotteryPick]

How good is Jabari Small?

Seems meh but I’m no professional

 

[TBrown]

Tier below Gray but a decent enough APB

 

[Florida Stanley]

How good is Jabari Small?

We’ve had worse package deals

 

[Vercingetorix]

That’s the beauty of baseball. But I do find it interesting how much they keep having to defer money if they are so rich.

It's not like stretching out payments on a car; they're earning interest on those deferred payments rather than paying it. They'd probably rather delay every dollar as long as possible.

 

[zjcvols]

The Phillies infield is gonna be a bunch of slapstick and Rhys Hoskins

 

[Wickman]

 

[zjcvols]

 

[Power T-Rev]

Any thoughts on what a package to get Bryant might look like/who you’d be willing to part with?

Riley, Waters, Wright

 

[Blake25p]

 

[zjcvols]