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.
$156 mill. He sat out 2020 and was not paid at all that year.
Per FanGraphs his value for the years 2016-2019 was about $85 mill.
There have been much worse busts.
I'll take Price's WAR over Yoshida's and Grissom's, thank you very much!
Plus Price did come through big in the 2018 postseason. We might have had a problem without him, yes...