All conjecture.
As I've said before, Eovaldi's last two extended absences were needed to remove 'loose bodies' which were likely related to the last TJ surgery. I've never heard of this happening to any other player. It could be just bad luck or sloppy surgery?
His arm might or might not be perfectly sound now.
Same with Sale.
It's not a terrible idea. But I think if you're paying a guy $17 million you should be trying to get more for your money. And he's an injury risk whether he's starting or relieving.
And I disagree with both of you, or at least I'm much more in the middle. I think he made some very good moves, but he wasn't great in the building back department.
The absolute cost matters to Henry too, I think. I'm sure he didn't feel great about Castillo's salary just because it was no longer included in the tax numbers.
But why get a raise for playing worse?
Obviously there's an automatic increase factor built into the arbitration calculations.
And arguably E-Rod should be entitled to it too.
Ha, I can never get enough of hearing about Nathan's under water contract.
BTW, if every negative contract is described as under water, what should we call positive contracts - hovercrafts?