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Upton wasn't really like Zimmermann. His first year was bad until his hot finish. He had a .904 OPS in his scond year with the Tigers before he got traded.

OK, I am now reading the same thing. Apparently about 45 million per year goes towards the luxury tax calculation even though he doesn't get it until later. I guess I don't get to agree with KL2 anymore. 😀

I agree with KL2.

That was my impression too.

Wait until you see the waiver claim Harris makes this week. It will blow your mind.

absolutely true.

Harris continues to make the safe low risk moves. Shreve was in the mark down bin with all the crap nobody wants to buy. Fortunately, he stole his neighbor's Amazon mail on his way home and got Holton.

He doesn't want to win though.

OK, You're right. The 700 million had nothing to do wih it.

As are the Mariners and Blue Jays organizations.

The Blue Jays and Mariners have very good teams with young stars and would have gotten even better with Ohtani. They are not loser teams. You've been pushing the idea for years that nobody will sign with the Tigers because they are not a winner, but I don't think it applies here.

I don't know about lawsuits, but if the Dodgers defer a sustantial portion of the contract so that they can avoid going over the tax threshold each year, I can see other teams getting upset. I won't pretend to know what the CBA says about that, but it could be viewed as going against the spirit of the CBA.

Add Ohtani and the Blue Jays and Mariners are likely to make the playoffs. I really doubt he chose the Dodgers because they are more of a winner than those teams. It's not like they are the Athletics. I think he signed with the closest to home west coast team that offered him the most money. If the Dofgers offered 650 million and the Mariners offered 700 million, which team do you think he would have chosen?

750 million probably would have been enough. But if he really wants to win, then Toronto or Seattle would have been good choices. I doubt they offered him 700 million though.

I think the length is OK. The risk is that he getting paid as if he is two players and the the pitcher have may have peaked already.

Either that or he wanted 700 million.

700 million for a guy with a torn UCL. That doesn't sound smart.

yeah, this seems to be a problem all over the media. Media, in general, is losing credibility fast.

It's too bad. I liked him as a Tigers writer and his first several years as a national writer. At least he apologized for his mistake yesterday.

The idea that Trump is going to cheat in 2024 using tactics that he accused the Democrats of using is not news. I've assumed along that he's going to try it. In fact, he most likely tried it in 2020.

You have to understand that Republicans see illegal gun possession and tax evasion as good things.

Tigers sign a free agent!

So, that's what this is all about.