No, cot's is right. Alex Speier explained that because of deferred money Sale's AAV is 25.8 million. Sale did this to give the team a little extra payroll flexibility.
No reset, Henry would rather have good teams and pay the tax. He's the greatest owner ever, and very shrewd as well. What the hell does a little tax matter when you're winning titles and the market value of your team keeps going up?
Cashman hired a guy with no managerial experience and it seems clear Boone has learned little from his mistakes. His bullpen decisions are somewhat bizarre.
I don't disagree at all about Mookie.
But if we get into players getting paid strictly on what they deserve, you have to deal with the other side of it too-all the players who deserve pay cuts or termination without pay.