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Still hard to parse Dana Brown’s comments but it seems like Houston might be done making moves this offseason....
https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/houston-astros-2023-organization-all-stars?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage Mostly pretty bland comments from farm...
If that’s the return it’s pretty weak and I would have liked Houston to beat that deal. Thats something like Glasnow and Margot for Kessinger and...
Agree. Hunsicker was excellent.
$113M/6yrs is a lot more than originally expected. Still could be a good signing but there’s risk there. Early in the offseason people were...
Edit: you appear to be correct...
No one can definitively say if he’s losing money unless they know for certain what other offers he has. Then it becomes a subjective argument...
Dude he signed with the Dodgers not the Angels. Jesus.
Not at all true. He secured the best financial situation. People’s perception of the deferred money is disconnected from reality.
Not unless he received other offers well in excess of $460M with no deferrals. Seems clear you’re not really grasping how this works. Here’s...
Ohtani is only giving up money if he received other offers in excess of $460M with no deferred money. And even then he likely would have needed...
Bichette has roughly equal value to Tucker, but Houston wouldn’t do that unless they were wanting to move on from Pena for some reason. So add in...
It all depends on his other offers. The CBT sees it as a $460M/10yr deal. If he didn’t receive any offers greater than that (with no deferred...
No, the entire amount hits during the life of the player contract (2024-2033), the tax amount is just discounted based on the present value of the...
At $5M or less the Astros cannot pass up Brantley. He’s too good of a teammate and too solid with the bat, even if he’s very limited defensively...
Yeah at this point I just think a trade of Bregman or Tucker is incredibly unlikely because it is almost certain to make Houston worse in 2024...
I can’t imagine a Bichette-Tucker trade making any sense. I think Bregman would make a more sensible target for Toronto. But I do understand if...
With Ohtani, the opinion of the contract’s value is tied up in very subjective concepts: scarcity, consolidation, and marketability. Looking at...
For those interested, the Ohtani signing article on Fangraphs explained how deferred money works in CBT calculations: “As a result, on contracts...
That’s very interesting. I didn’t know deferrals impacted the luxury tax calculations. Something to keep in mind as we look forward to a likely...
