Bellhorn04
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Kimmi you are so pragmatic!
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The optimist's take is that he's a freak like Willie Mays, who was still excellent when he was 40.
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Yes, I think Bloom has been given the dual assignment of getting under the cap and fielding a competitive team. It's a lot to ask, but he just might be up to it.
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I'd say no question. Not even Gary Sanchez can be as much of a stunned bunny as he looked on a lot of pitches last year.
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He's never said anything that wasn't good about playing in Boston. The guy is just a cool customer, I think. He says his mother impressed on him the importance of not letting emotions play heavily in decisions.
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The thing is, the money Mookie is looking for is stratospheric. The biggest contract the Red Sox have ever given out is Price's 217 million. Mookie is looking for nearly double that. We've gotten used to these insane numbers to the point we're kind of desensitized to them now, I think.
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50% tax on payroll over the limit, up to 20 million over. 62% tax on payroll 20-40 million over the limit. 95% tax on payroll more than 40 million over the limit.
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That's not really the case. Prior to 2018, the team always hovered around the tax threshold. 2018 was the first year they blew way past it. And the new (2017-2021) rules brought in the accelerating tax rates and re-set structure.
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The drop of 10 spots only applies if you exceed the first threshold by more than 40 million. So we were hit with that penalty for 2018, but not for 2019. And as it stands we wouldn't be hit with it for 2020. And the loss of International Pool money only applies if you sign a free agent who rejected a QO.
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As I said, Speier pointed out that there are other penalties in withheld revenue-sharing money. All money.
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Those penalties are negligible. Your Budgie license is hereby revoked.
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Huh? If the luxury tax payments are the smallest part of it, what's the big deal about re-setting?
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I think a lot of it has to do with the lux tax structure and the fact that Year 3 is deadly. Alex Speier also pointed out that there are other penalties in withheld revenue-sharing money for teams who go over the threshold 3 years in a row.
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I'm referring more to the entertainment here on the forum.
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One thing that gets overlooked a bit about trading Mookie is that it will actually save the team $40 million or so, including the tax, assuming that if we kept Mookie we'd be over the limit by about $20-25 million.
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I want the Clay man too. Though I admit a lot of it is for entertainment purposes.
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One of your better humor efforts.
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Al Hartz drives the truck and has for a long time. Just found that out this morning.
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Yep. He'll be back in NE.
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LOL. And I promise I will never again disparage the team doctors.
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Hey Lawrence, remember when you said this?
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You are too much, Lawrence.
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That's the $400 million question.
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I'll say this, if it comes to Mookie being a free agent and we're in on it, as a fan I'll certainly be hoping we have the highest bid.
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But you probably won't like the $35 million AAV for those last 6 years so much, when those years inevitably arrive.
