Will Tigers Pony up for Skubal

[Tiger337]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

I don’t think Bregman would want to have to hit in Comerica Park 81 games a year for the rest of his life. His career slash line here is .242/.309/.475, which runs 17% below his career average. If he has designs to get into the Hall of Fame—and I don’t see why he wouldn’t—he’ll probably want better back nine stats than that.

Comerica Park would suppress his home runs a bit (which isn't his strength anyway).  I don't see why it would hurt his ability to get hits, draw walks, avoid strikeouts which are his strengths.  He might lose some doubles, but make up for it in triples.  His 110 PA in Comerica don't tell me a lot.  

[oblong]

Unless they already play in Florida or AZ or even CA, I suspect most players 'commute' so the city itself is kind of irrelevant.  Especially those that command the types of salaries a FA would get.  I don't think a city, during the season, matters to them.  They are always working anyway.

[gehringer_2]

53 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

What are property taxes in or around Detroit?

People tend to forget to take into account property as another form of tax.

Property Taxes in New York, New Jersey, and California, for example, are wildly higher than PA/ FL... for example.

I don't know what they are in Texas or Michigan though... for comparison.

prop taxes are high in MI, but sales and income taxes are moderate, so overall MI is not a high tax state, but property taxes are a bitch. That said, there are safety valves for lower income people and retirees that have been in their houses for a long time to help prevent them getting taxed out of their homes. As long as you are in the same home, your prop taxes can't increase faster the lesser of 5% or the inflation rate, regardless of assessments, and there are other circuit breakers for lower income homeowners. If somebody bought my house today, they'd pay ~40 more in prop taxes than I do now as we have been here a longggggg time and assessments in A^2 have risen faster than inflation.

None of which is relevant to ballplayers -🙄- but that's the context.

Edited 3 hours ago by gehringer_2

[buddha]

3 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

just curious were you get that one. Michigan state taxes rank below average and the income tax in Detroit for a suburbanite is all of 1.2%. Not FLA or Tx but cheaper than a lot of places.

so state income taxes is a big deal for some folks.

[gehringer_2]

15 minutes ago, buddha said:

so state income taxes is a big deal for some folks.

as noted, FLA and Tx among MLB states have no IT. So that's an edge for them, but among the rest that do, MI at a flat 4.25% is one of the better ones for high earners.

Funny thing is that business taxes in MI used to be higher than a lot places, and when the GOP was in power in the ~90s or so a lot of taxes got cut. Of course, I'm also old enough to remember when we had good schools and good roads in MI. We have neither now. 

I'm just guessing there might be a connection.

Edited 1 hour ago by gehringer_2

[theroundsquare]

Just now, theroundsquare said:

the solution to these problems is tax cuts

 

[IdahoBert]

3 hours ago, oblong said:

Unless they already play in Florida or AZ or even CA, I suspect most players 'commute' so the city itself is kind of irrelevant.  Especially those that command the types of salaries a FA would get.  I don't think a city, during the season, matters to them.  They are always working anyway.

I’ve always wondered about this. From what I can tell, during the season, these guys don’t have a bushel load of free time that makes living in the city you play for that big of a deal.

If you have a wife and a family and you want to have some semblance of normalcy and be a good husband and a father, does the family live in the city you play for? At least when school is out for the summer?  I’m not sure if this is the norm or not.

And after a night home game, a player might have to psychologically unwind in some manner or other, then get the sleep they need then get the ballpark, from what I’ve read, four or five hours before the game begins. That doesn’t seem conducive to the city you play in being that big of a deal.

And your home city doesn’t mean anything when you’re on the road half the time.

It doesn’t sound like a congenial lifestyle unless you’re a young single man.