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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
If The Blue Jays were offering $600 milion with a more traditional payout. that would have been a far more valuable contract.
That article said the deferred money is to be paid out without interest, so the amount the Dodgers would need to set aside over the next 10 years to satisfy this liability is less than what other big stars will be making.
For example Judge makes $40 million, If you assume none of that is deferred, that $40 million would be worth $71 million in 10 years assuming a 6% discount rate.
It's incomprehensible to me he would defer 95% of his contract.
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It's almost like he is trying to justify taking less to go to the Dodgers by making it sound like he went for more. It's very odd. He also must have a lot of confidence that the MLB and Dodgers will still be solvent in 15-20 years, or risks other geopolitical factors when looking that far out.
I doubt it, but I wonder if there is a way to avoid paying state taxes if he moves out of California at the end.