The Rockies draft and develop Arenado, sign him to a large contract until 2026 for $260 million, he plays one year of that contract (35 million), then they retain 35 million in salary in a trade to the Cardinals in which they get a bunch of players where only 1 is a top 100 prospect.
So they traded away $190 million in remaining salary and likely the best 3B in baseball, only to spend $182 million on Kris Bryant who is inferior in almost every way to Arenado.
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The Arenado trade absolutely enraged their fan base. So now they fired that GM and have to just look on that as a sunk cost. Moving forward with a new plan to plug that hole at 3B.
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• And finally, some in the sport expressed amusement — or was it exasperation?— that Rockies owner Dick Monfort, the chairman of baseball’s labor policy committee, awarded the most baffling free-agent contract of the winter, seven years and $182 million for Kris Bryant.
Part of Monfort’s mission on the owners’ negotiating committee was to hold down salaries. With the Bryant deal, he’s again giving the sport whiplash. Just 13 months ago, he traded Nolan Arenado to the Cardinals and included $51 million to cover his remaining guarantee.
Yes, Arenado wanted out, but let’s not forget why he was so eager to leave: Monfort fails to run his team with a coherent vision, as evidenced by his team’s nine losing seasons in the past 11 years.
Wow that’s a surprising contract on a lot of levels. First of all the Twins, second the term. I guess he is looking to bet on himself and perhaps opt out after the first year. I was very much expecting him to land a 300 plus million dollar contract.
Correa overplayed his hand and was left without a chair when the music stopped.
The Tigers and Orioles must feel pretty jaded right about now. They offered huge money/term and he spurned them both and ends up with basically a one year deal with another bad baseball team.
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Yes, but with the new playoff format, 4 teams can make it from the East, effectively eliminating the problem.
Also, the competition forces the Jays to be better
Very true.
Also, IIRC starting next season there is going to be a more balanced schedule, so the Jays will not have to play the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays as often, and vice versa.
José Ramirez and the Guardians have agreed on a five-year, $124M contract extension that includes a complete no-trade clause
Talk about being comfortable and scared of change.
The guy takes a huge discount to play for a small market team that's not even in a contention window. Doesn't care too much about winning apparently, and isn't overly greedy looking for a record contract either.
