Witz57

Harris trades those stars at the sunset of their careers, preserving the Skubal's trade value across a generation. Eventually that combination of player capital results in the acquisition of Skubal's son. As the second Skub they jokingly call him "Two-bal." It sticks when he wins consecutive World Series.

He's helpful now so it makes sense if they are trying to get to the playoffs, but if he plays well I think it also takes some of the public sting off the trading route. If he's perceived as a known quantity, it's easier to justify the Dingler, McGonigle, Melton, Clark, Green (for two years) group as something you'd want to prioritize augmenting rather than rolling the dice on a low odds run.

The numbers came out for Flukey. More than a quarter Mill of slot savings. https://x.com/i/status/2077907451400028392

Is it realistically possible for them to get under without a trade (like roster changes from people returning from injury)? Or would they need a team to take on a salary dump?

Article saying 4th round pick (high schooler) will sign. https://x.com/i/status/2076419601571754227

Edit for wrong thread.

Has there been any reporting on whether the contract structure allows them to stay under the luxury tax threshold? It would be great to stay below and not lose the competitive balance pick, international pool money, and have downgrades to any picks they get for whoever of Skubal/Mize/Flaherty is turns down a qualifying offer and signs elsewhere. Please don't take any of the above as being unhappy about the signing though.

I don't think it should be a financial transfer, just the ability to spend additional slot money. Sorry if that didn't come across.

I'd like to see teams get a slot money bonus based on total contract value of free agents lost. Say you lose players who sign 500 million in contacts. Maybe you get 1% of that and you can spread between draft and international signings. Maybe it's reduced by the team's own spending. So if you lose a 500m player and sign a 300m player it's calculated off the difference. If you want to tweak it further, there could be a minimum amount you don't get the difference for. So it's calculated after say the first 50m. So if a team spends zero-50m and loses a 500m guy they get the bonus for the 450 million. This would encourage a minimal level of FA spending you don't "lose" extra bonus money for.

In Kaiju movies, they never attack Michigan.

Boffo for Rocco.

Baseball America has been all over Hamm, lately and has been calling him one of the milb's fastest risers.