The more I think about it, offering 2/32 right now is more than reasonable. The offer itself is reasonable, and the Red Sox would be taking on the risk of something bad happening.
Giolito has had a better career than Pivetta, is younger, and only got 2 years.
Not to mention, look at what happened to Snell and Montgomery. That might have been a sign of teams being less willing to risk a bundle on veteran starters.
I don't know, Pivetta is also a guy who's had a lot of ups and downs, and has been written off on a few occasions. Not really a guy who was on a clear path to a big free agent payday. I don't think 32 million guaranteed would be an insult in his case.
Too much waiting between games for basketball and hockey fans.
Just read that if there's a 7th game in the Stanley Cup finals it will be played on June 24. Now that's ridiculous.
Maybe Denny Galehouse will eventually graduate Pivetta from the ranks of the ham and eggers.
Nick's career numbers do look pretty average, but he has pitched a lot of damn good games over the last year. Today's performance was as ace-like as you could ask for.
The hit for tax purposes for 2024-2033 is actually $46 million.
The cash payments are $2 million a year 2024-2033 and $68 million 2034-2043 (feels crazy just typing that).
The tax hit is based on the estimated present value of the cash payments.
All you're saying is that in return for the $45 million salary relief on Price we got lesser prospects. That's pretty clear, but it has nothing to do with Betts.
And taking Price probably factored into the quality of the prospects the Dodgers were willing to give up.
But yeah, Betts was obviously going to the Dodgers with or without Price. Price was just a side piece.