In my perfect world, they are subtracting Price regardless. Also, I don't expect much from Eovaldi, so that 17M in my opinion, is a complete waste.
When you look at it that way.....what team is better?
The team WITH Betts and without Price, JBJ, Eovaldi and Perez...........
or
The team WITHOUT Betts, Price and with Eovaldi, JBJ and Perez.
Either way, they have no pitching. One scenario is with Betts and average/below average pitching. The other is without Betts and average/below average pitching.