Bellhorn04

Bring him up after Worcester season ends and let him get acclimated. It's a strategy that's been used many times. I hate to say it, but he's struggling mightily right now. No one is talking about trading him.

You stop that LOL

You're always going to be the only bidder when you sign a player to an extension. They thought it was a team-friendly deal, and I tend to think they were right, especially when you see what a lesser player like Lindor got. You're a fiscal conservative, I understand that too.

Wow, was not expecting this. Bloom is da man.

In 2013 the Dodgers signed a 25 year, $8.35 billion TV deal. They should be swimming in ridiculous amounts of money for a long time.

Agreed. My theory is that they brought in a new baseball this year with slightly higher seams. The combination of the higher seams and Spider Tack pushed the spin rates through the roof. Alex Cora said at one point he had never seen breaking pitches breaking so much. When they looked at the data they freaked out.

I did see it reported that MLB made a lot of attempts to warn players that action was coming and felt they were being ignored.

The last guy the Yankees pushed the envelope with was Corey Kluber.

Well, let's see. Nick Pivetta can be anagrammed into: Nate Pivtick

That's not good news!

Yeah, there's a reason they're paying him $36 million a year.

I don't think it's that so much as they prematurely anoint certain guys they like as can't-miss stars.

If it's 7 days, Duran is a bum. And now he's a bum with a possible health issue!

Duran has a .636 OPS in July, and was scratched from last night's game with lower back soreness.

That question has to be answered whether we trade our expiring contracts or not, of course. The interesting part is the effect on this year.

Are you in favor of it?

And I didn't mean to be snarky or dismissive if it sounded that way. A good real world example might be us trading Matt Barnes by the end of this month, as it's been raised as a possibility by more than one poster. To me trading Barnes would be sheer madness and an incredible affront to the fans.

Those two either-ors you presented are strongly biased toward waiting, unless you only have a year or two to live. As an accountant I often get asked by clients if they should start collecting their Canada Pension as early as possible, at age 60, or wait and collect a higher amount later. I almost invariably tell them to start collecting it right away, and enjoy it, because you never know what's going to happen in the future. The best laid plans of mice and men, and all that.

Absolutely. My policy has always been to count the Yankees out the day they're mathematically eliminated.

To me the thing is, if you never get the instant gratification of winning championships, what exactly is the point? You can fall a little too much in love with the future. To be a really good manager, you have to balance the present with the future.

Now I have to check out the thing about the interest rate, which confuses me a bit.

So I e-mailed Jeff at Cot's Contracts about the AAV thing. He nicely replied a few hours later. Here's the exchange: My Q: Hi Jeff Some sources indicate that Mookie's AAV is 25.55 million because deferred money reduces the present value of his contract to 306.5 million. But Cot's shows it as the unadjusted 30.42 million. Can you clarify? His A: Hi, I've done some digging on this because it came up when the Betts extension was announced. Here's what I've gleaned from sources around the game on Betts' AAV. For purposes of calculating the Competitive Balance Tax, the deferred salary is included at its stated value because the interest rate on the deferred money (0%) is within one and one-half percentage points of the imputed loan interest rate (.43%). The relevant rule in the labor deal is Article XXIII E. (6)((ii) page 123 of the CBA. So that makes Mookie's AAV for tax purposes a straight 365/12. But for purposes of calculating annual salaries, his salaries are discounted to reflect the present-day value. The Players Association calculates the deal's total present-day value at $306,657,882. I think the $25.55 million figure floating around is simply the present-day value divided by 12. His 2021 salary would usually be $17.5 million, plus $5,416,667 to account for a 1/12th share of his $65 million signing bonus, for a $22,916,667 total. But, factoring in the deferred money, that figure is discounted to $18,658,692. So that's the 2021 figure you see listed in some comprehensive 2021 MLB salary listings. Hope that helps! jeff

My guess is Bloom picks up a quality reliever who isn't necessarily a big name, and costs a middling prospect or two only.

Nestor the Molester is really stepping up for the Yankees.

You would do it, wouldn't you? Good thing you're not close to wanting to sell when we have the best record in the league though! LOL