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If guys get back, we should be okay. It just may make it tough to upgrade at the deadline.

Player Framber Valdez $36,466,899.38 Tarik Skubal $32,000,000.00 Javier Baez $23,333,333.33 Gleyber Torres $22,025,000.00 Jack Flaherty $17,500,000.00 Kenley Jansen $11,000,000.00 Justin Verlander $10,013,204.43 Kyle Finnegan $9,500,000.00 Drew Anderson $7,000,000.00 Casey Mize $6,150,000.00 Riley Greene $5,000,000.00 Colt Keith $4,773,750.00 Zach McKinstry $4,200,000.00 Spencer Torkelson $4,075,000.00 Will Vest $3,950,000.00 Kerry Carpenter $3,275,000.00 Matt Vierling $3,255,000.00 Jake Rogers $3,050,000.00 Tyler Holton $1,575,000.00 Burch Smith $1,275,401.07 Enmanuel De Jesus $1,260,695.19 Beau Brieske $1,157,500.00 Dillon Dingler $834,900.00 Jahmai Jones $832,200.00 Reese Olson $818,100.00 Parker Meadows $805,300.00 Connor Seabold $800,000.00 Brant Hurter $796,200.00 Trey Sweeney $788,700.00 Troy Melton $785,500.00 Jackson Jobe $784,300.00 Bailey Horn $784,100.00 Kevin McGonigle $780,000.00 Wenceel Perez $767,631.02 Keider Montero $760,296.63 Ricky Vanasco $737,032.09 Brenan Hanifee $716,050.67 Ty Madden $695,688.77 Hao Yu Lee $691,886.63 Jace Jung $649,874.87 Sawyer Gipson-Long $391,112.76 Drew Sommers $127,100.00 Eduardo Valencia $117,400.00 Yoniel Curet $114,186.10 Thayron Liranzo $63,600.00 Jake Miller $63,600.00 Trei Cruz $63,600.00 Grant Holman $48,200.34 Zack Short $22,727.27 Tomas Nido $0.00 Tanner Rainey $0.00 Bryan Sammons $0.00 Konnor Pilkington $0.00 Troy Watson $0.00 Paul DeJong $0.00 Scott Effross $0.00 Corey Julks $0.00 Jack Little $0.00 Tyler Mattison $0.00 Tyler Owens $0.00 Sean Guenther $0.00 Dugan Darnell $0.00 Matt Seelinger $0.00 Gage Workman $0.00 Dylan Smith -$96,601.60 Justyn-Henry Malloy -$100,000.00 Eduardo Rodriguez -$933,333.33 Player Salaries $225,545,135.61 Pre-Arb Bonus Pool $1,666,666.67 Player Benefits $18,206,789.00 CBT Payroll $245,418,591.27 CBT Threshold $244,000,000.00 CBT Room -$1,418,591.27

Similar optimism on Skubal in Will Carroll's paywalled newsletter this morning. Still a lot to know going forward, and he gives a lot more detail why, but his conclusion was similar to Boras's. Could start throwing soon... And yes, if it is paywalled, I don't copy and paste. Just giving the highlights.

Tigers put their update out Friday afternoons. It will probably say he had successful surgery Thursday and is completing rehab daily.

Grain of salt from Heyman, who basically runs PR for Boras...

I believe the only unpaid suspensions are the PED ones, but would need to confirm.

For the Dodgers, Vesia, Hurt, Klein, Dreyer, and Eder are all dumpster dives. For the Yankees, Hill, Headrick, Blackburn, and Yarbrough are all similar. In-season FA after a release is literally what is being bemoaned, and that is what those Yankees are. DFA trade is a trade to bypass waivers. Smith and Hanifee have been really good this year by the way.

The Dodgers' current bullpen is: Tanner Scott, big time FA Alex Vesia, acquired in a trade for Dylan Floro Kyle Hurt, acquired in the same trade as Vesia Blake Treinen, bigish time FA Will Klein, DFA Trade Jack Dreyer, UDFA Edgardo Henriquez, international FA, small bonus Jake Eder, DFA Trade. I see a lot of dumpster diving there. Let's head to the Bronx... David Bednar, deadline trade last year Fernando Cruz, offseason trade for Jose Trevino Tim Hill, signed as in-season FA after being released Brent Headrick, waiver claim Camilo Doval, deadline trade last year Jake Bird, deadline trade last year. Ryan Yarbrough, signed last spring training after being released. Paul Blackburn, signed last summer after being released. Quite a bit of dumpster diving there too.

I'm sorry. Please stay awake.

Gleyber insurance...

Short is out of options, so probably hedging against him not making it through waivers or sticking around if he does.

It's been a necessity both times. In Toledo, Jake Miller, Troy Watson, and now SGL are out. In Erie, same with Sears, Hamm, Alba.

I noticed they went Bullpen Day instead of Madden yesterday. Maybe they wanted him ready just in case.

Only lefty left is DeJesus, and you have the three batter minimum.

I am intrigued by Vanasco...