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[Chinatown88]

Yeah this is gonna get reworked but not before they win two or three more rings.

 

[DancingPanther]

Deferred money you say?

Nobody here could have predicted this being abused. Apparently 1/3rd of the money is deferred. I believe that puts them close to 1 billion mark in deferred money now? Between Ohtani, this, Betts, Snell, and Freeman

Seems icky.

Lol at that massive Edman overpay though lol

 

[deadhead]

They're paying a supersub $14M a year from 30-34 years old?
He had one good season at 27, but otherwise is a slightly below average hitter with poor plate discipline.
Good utility player who can play 2B, 3B, RF, was a decent SS but probably has aged out at that spot.
Doesn't hit well enough to start at 3B or RF, and not sure his range will hold up at 2B.
Good depth in the age of short benches, but . . .

 

[Flybynite]

Nobody here could have predicted this being abused. Apparently 1/3rd of the month is deferred. I believe that puts them over the 1 billion mark in deferred money now?

Seems icky.

Lol at that massive Edman overpay though lol

I believe Dodgers are now over $1b in deferred money. I don't know anywhere near enough of tax code stuff, but generally when a player defers money (or someone accepts an annuity) you're giving up the ability of getting less of an immediate pay-out (which you could invest over time).

I wonder if some of this Dodgers stuff is to avoid paying California's high taxes? Blake Snell signed a 5/$182m deal

It has a $52m signing bonus and half of each yearly salary is deferred.

Apparently the signing bonus paid out is taxed by the state the player has residency in when they sign the contract. Blake Snell resides in Washington state and it has no income tax.

 

[Rebels57]

Baseball needs to fix their f***ing contract rules. This shit has jumped the shark.

 

[Ironmanrulez]

Baseball seems to be the most broken Sport in NA. What happened the last years is remarkable Bad with all the scandals and bad press. But as long as they get millions and millions nothing will change.

So lets go phillies

 

[Flybynite]

The Golden At-Bat rule could give MLB a new shine. But is it worth it?

What if a team could choose one at-bat to send its best hitter to the plate even if it wasn’t that guy’s turn to hit? MLB could test it out.

www.nytimes.com

Per Jayson Stark via the Athletic via the NY Times? I guess they own it now or something?

“There are a variety of (rule change ideas) that are being talked about out there,” Manfred said. “One of them — there was a little buzz around it at an owners’ meeting — was the idea of a Golden At-Bat.”

The Golden At-Bat? What the heck is that? That’s what you’re thinking, right? I can help with that.

OK, what is a Golden At-Bat?
What if a team could choose one at-bat in every game to send its best hitter to the plate even if it wasn’t that guy’s turn to hit? That’s the Golden At-Bat concept in a nutshell.

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Too gimmicky. I do wonder how it would work out in theory if that golden batter was already on base. Besides being too gimmicky I feel it would be exploited in some way and lead to much controversy. Part of the appeal of high tension baseball is seeing who can come through in the clutch and often non-star players do

 

[Ironmanrulez]

Too gimmicky. I do wonder how it would work out in theory if that golden batter was already on base. Besides being too gimmicky I feel it would be exploited in some way and lead to much controversy. Part of the appeal of high tension baseball is seeing who can come through in the clutch and often non-star players do

its contra any sport rules. Its a team sport. If you only want the stars to shine, play the game with 4 batters each team. Dont understand this shit! Maybe just play only 4 inings cause we only want to see the star pitchers..... its so stupid