Other Sports: Philadelphia Phillies: The Road To .500 Continues Into Red October (2024 Edition)

[ponder719]

I think this is the one that finally broke me. Bring on the hard cap and floor.

 

[DancingPanther]

Lolllll how much of that is deferred? 70mil?

The dodgers are what everyone thought those Yankees teams were

21mil deferred
20mil signing bonus

Surprise!!

Solution, since simply implementing a cap is pretty unreasonable: have a set number of deferred contract slots. Let's start at 2

 

[FLYguy3911]

A cap would only hurt the Phillies.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I don’t know why so many of them are accepting deferred money.

 

[DancingPanther]

I don’t know why so many of them are accepting deferred money.

To join a superteam and win. It's a positive feedback loop, like I said a while ago

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

To join a superteam and win. It's a positive feedback loop, like I said a while ago

But there’s other teams that present a chance to win & wont make you defer the money. I’m not even trying to be a hater but that wouldn’t be appealing to me if I was in their shoes. I want my money asap.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

But there’s other teams that present a chance to win & wont make you defer the money. I’m not even trying to be a hater but that wouldn’t be appealing to me if I was in their shoes. I want my money asap.

There's probably something appealing to pro athletes deferring money that guarantees they won't go broke shortly after retirement.

Though these Dodgers contracts are for players that are unlikely to fall into this problem...

 

[Flybynite]

I don’t know why so many of them are accepting deferred money.

When it comes to the Dodgers it's also a way to dodge California taxes. The signing bonus is taxed based on where the player legally resides when signing. I think Blake Snell got a large signing bonus and lives in Washington and it has no wage tax.

There are more complications with deferred,but I believe if the earner gets the deferred money 10 years later it bypasses state taxes from the employers state.

 

[Svechhammer]

A cap would only hurt the Phillies.

At this point I'm not sure I care. I want the league to survive long term and right now I don't think it will. What the Dodgers are doing will kill the sport in every smaller market, and it's not like it's thriving there as it is. The league needs to fix this or it's going to implode.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Cody Webster]

Just sign every FA available and call it an offseason.

Can MLB teams forfeit games against them? Just let them go 162-0 and make a mockery of it all

 

[deadhead]

Just sign every FA available and call it an offseason.

Can MLB teams forfeit games against them? Just let them go 162-0 and make a mockery of it all

Mets tried that two years ago . . .

 

[Danko]

Spring Training Flight booked, flying down at 6am on St. Patty's Day, hoping to catch that day game and then another one later in the week before coming back on Friday. Now i just got to book a hotel!

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Hide that f***ing kid. HIDE THEM.

 

[Danko]

What does this mean, is this like a charizard? I dont know shit about cards.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

What does this mean, is this like a charizard? I dont know shit about cards.

A good bit more than a generic Charizard.

The Pirates and others put out a bounty on this card including season tickets for thirty years among other things which will all pale in comparison to what it will auction off for.

 

[Cody Webster]

Do you think they'll try to defer his payments?

 

[trostol]

What does this mean, is this like a charizard? I dont know shit about cards.

 

[Svechhammer]

Yeah enjoy the next 2 seasons because we're about to have an extremely long lockout in 2027 at this rate.

 

[DancingPanther]

The pirates are already low balling that kid with things that don't include money

Hopefully he does the right thing and keeps it until he has a bank account then sells for a few mil

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Oh look. One person didn’t vote for Ichiro.

 

[Cody Webster]

What team is Wagner going to choose to go in under?

 

[Chinatown88]

f***ING CALLING THE YAKUZA RIGHT NOW. WHICH DUMBASS IS IT?

 

[DancingPanther]

f***ING CALLING THE YAKUZA RIGHT NOW. WHICH DUMBASS IS IT?

Told you!

It's either someone who a) didn't want to "waste" a vote on someone who was easily going to get in and give that vote to a player more on the fence, which is stupid. Or b) is a contrarian. Or c) is a terrible person for reasons we all can understand but I won't type out for fear of TOS