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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I'm hoping if they sign Vlad its a bit front loaded to make the ending years more tradeable or at least palatable.
EG. instead of $550 straight over 15 years something like
11x$45 and then 4x$13.75
Then send him to a team looking to avoid an MLBPA complaint for not having a compliant payroll with a prospect after the 11 years, since IIRC that calculation is based on luxury tax payroll not actual $ payroll, and in the last 4 years his luxury tax would be ~$20MM/year more than actual $.
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That’s exactly what I’m hoping for. Front load it to the max. It’s not about getting worked up about the future but not ruining future chances of being tied up in payroll on a dummy contract. You want a sustainable team so do sustainable things. And in the future if you have a generational talent and he’s shown it, lock him in early.