Edman85

Serious Idiocracy vibes from Bondi.

Starting in 2030 does not give the schedule, @Tigermojo @Shelton AAV is way different for all paid out in 2030 or spread out over 5, 10, 20, 40 years. Without the actual precise schedule, the luxury tax hit is unknown for both deals.

I don't know where they are getting their AAV for Valdez and Verlander with the deferral schedule not announced yet. Even the bonus deferred for $1M per over 20 years is above their number for Valdez.

Player CBT Total Framber Valdez $37,359,710.27 Tarik Skubal $32,000,000.00 Javier Baez $23,333,333.33 Gleyber Torres $22,025,000.00 Jack Flaherty $17,500,000.00 Justin Verlander $11,393,521.95 Kenley Jansen $11,000,000.00 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 Beau Brieske $1,157,500.00 Reese Olson $800,000.00 Parker Meadows $800,000.00 Wenceel Perez $800,000.00 Dillon Dingler $800,000.00 Jahmai Jones $800,000.00 Brant Hurter $790,000.00 Brenan Hanifee $790,000.00 Jackson Jobe $785,000.00 Ty Madden $380,700.00 Sawyer Gipson-Long $372,053.00 Trey Sweeney $359,243.00 Keider Montero $238,347.00 Bailey Horn $150,084.00 Troy Melton $149,447.00 Jace Jung $127,100.00 Drew Sommers $127,100.00 Dylan Smith $127,100.00 Hao Yu Lee $63,600.00 Thayron Liranzo $63,600.00 Jake Miller $63,600.00 Eduardo Valencia $63,600.00 Trei Cruz $63,600.00 Justyn-Henry Malloy -$100,000.00 Eduardo Rodriguez -$933,333.33 Austin Slater Tomas Nido Burch Smith Tanner Rainey Phil Bickford Enmanuel De Jesus Bryan Sammons Konnor Pilkington Troy Watson Scott Effross Ricky Vanasco Corey Julks Jack Little Tyler Mattison Tyler Owens Sean Guenther Dugan Darnell Matt Seelinger $219,253,656.22 Pre-Arb Bonus Pool $1,666,666.67 Player Benefits $18,000,000.00 CBT Payroll $238,920,322.89 CBT Threshold $244,000,000.00 CBT Room $5,079,677.11 What I got for CBT Calculations. Still don't know the deferral schedule for JV and Valdez, but this assumes the entire deferral payments are in 2030 when both have been phrased to begin. The AAV's will go down from here. Every time a player is put on the IL and a minor leaguer is called up, this number will go up. Fangraphs overshoots that effect a bit in their calculation. I calculate as they go.

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On the downside, Ben Verlander tweets now...

None of the guys added since August 15 can be outrighted until March 6. That includes Cruz, Liranzo, Valencia. Somebody (probably Olsen) to the 60.

Still don't know CBT number for Verlander or Valdez until we know the deferral schedule.

Old takes exposed my Verlander and Valdez takes please.

I don't think the totallytigers woman is a real person. That site has all the makings of AI Slop.

Hulu Live/ESPN/Disney bundle for main cable. Netflix Prime HBO Max Peacock (MLB, Big Ten, and some golf) MLB.TV Paramount+ (close to cancelling but it is cheap) Apple TV (good shows and MLB games) Big Ten Plus (for my Big Ten volleyball and baseball) I get everything except local Bally channels, but those are going away. I might subscribe to the Rays/Marlins plans for a month to catch the Tigers when they play. I resisted before because I did not want to support Bally/FanDuel. Gambling sucks. My credit card (Amex Blue Preferred) gives me 6% cash back on all of the above, and an additional $10/month on the Disney Bundle, so that lightens the cost somewhat.

Unless you have been getting cable for free, sports has always been behind a paywall except for OTA broadcasts...

Thanks for the insight. May I ask why? The pendulum does appear to have swung too far in the other direction. There are some risks that were unknown before, and not nearly enough safeguards in place. Throw in the medicinal boondoggle (one of many such scams in the "wellness" industry), and there does need to be some reining in, even if people should be free to let loose as they desire.

My bad, it is a monthly fee... I would pay that in market. It looks like in past years it comes with a discounted MLB.TV bundle. Not sure how it will work with ESPN getting their mitts in everything.

Season, I believe.