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  1. SeaBass
    Ok, that's fine but without the deferrals he'd have otherwise counted $70M per season. It's still an enormous benefit. They shouldn't be able to dodge $34M per season by deferring money. I don't think it's unreasonable for teams to get some tax relief for deferrals but maybe it shouldn't be that much. It seems reasonable to me that they could cap the deferral benefit at a smaller tax discount. I get that they're being charged at the current day value, all I'm saying is when one superstar's free agent contract extends beyond a $300M or $400M overall value at signing (which is a number that would change as salaries escalate) the deferral discount shouldn't be as high regardless of current day value.
  2. SeaBass
    When do those luxury tax hits begin? What I'm seeing is that the immediate benefit was lowering their initial luxury tax penalty which allowed them to sign other high profile players. I also got the numbers wrong, it's a $700M total contract and the $680M was the amount deferred.
  3. SeaBass
    Who's to say that the overall guarantee on their contract isn't already higher than it would be if there were no deferrals? Agents aren't stupid. We're just seeing the final number when salaries are reported.
  4. SeaBass
    I'm not saying to stop deferrals, that would never happen either, I'm only saying that there should be a limit for tax dodging. Defer as much salary as teams want and a player agrees to but only get a luxury tax benefit up to a certain threshold. Deferring 97% of a $680M contract and not having to pay luxury tax is a crime in my opinion. The Dodgers already have the most spending power in the game and this loophole just makes them even more bulletproof.
  5. SeaBass
    A salary cap is never going to happen. I'd be satisfied if their fixed system started and ended with salary deferrals not giving such a huge benefit to avoiding luxury tax thresholds. Call it the Ohtani rule.
  6. SeaBass
    A glance into Alex Bregman's Cubs future perhaps? Arenado had 7.9 bWAR in his age 31 season, Bregman is coming off of a 3.5 bWAR in his age 31 season.
  7. SeaBass
    Cardinals are tanking/doing a reset. They are reportedly shopping around Brendan Donovan as well. Pirates won't finish last in the division this season.
  8. SeaBass
    I think the idea that there isn't a good pool of HC candidates is folly. There will always be someone available in the ranks of football coaches that would make, and one day WILL make, a fantastic hire and successful HC. Just gotta find them. Also just because fans/media don't have insights into the potential coaching pool does not mean that football teams don't have insights. But I think the writing is on the wall, MLF will be coming back whether it's on a lame duck contract or an extension. If GB was going to fire him he'd be fired by now. There's still a chance they move on, obviously, I think it's just a very small chance at this point.
  9. SeaBass
    Craig Counsell is out there somewhere crying a single tear and thinking, "I helped make a difference in coaches' salary."
  10. SeaBass
    I've already said I'd keep Gute and that's still true for me. I do want them to move on from MLF. I can, however, see a way they'd keep him and it would be relatively ok. I think this was a pretty good football team this season and yeah I'm going to use injuries as the excuse for why they fell off a cliff the last 5 games. They held leads they didn't keep, that's ugly but they also have the ability to play well enough to build those leads. There was a clear drop off in defensive quality with all the injuries to key players. There were also problems with the defense when their key players were healthy. I can see a path to success by running it back with Gute and MLF, improving the roster and somehow cleaning up the horrid gaffes that happened over and over. I just hope it works because I also see a path where the same things keep going wrong.
  11. SeaBass
    I can't imagine the Yankees would even trade Schlittler. Full stop.
  12. SeaBass
    I would retain Gute. But if he gets fired so be it, I can be on board with a new guy. I just hope they pick someone with a different philosophy because the thing about Gute I'm not fond of is the Ted Thompson way of filling the special teams with bottom of roster nobodies that can't function like special teams should be able to function. Maybe it's weird that is the gripe I have but there it is.
  13. SeaBass
    I don't know what will happen with the coaching or GM decisions, I think it's more on the coach than the GM but at this point it won't bother me much if they're both gone.
  14. SeaBass
    I don't care one iota if Hafley gets hired away as a HC somewhere, he's done fine but by no means is he some irreplaceable guru.
  15. SeaBass
    Honestly, knew it right here.
  16. SeaBass
    Comedy of errors. Of course.
  17. SeaBass
    Catch the damn ball.
  18. SeaBass
    Up 21 - 3 at half and not one person didn't think this was coming. Pathetic.
  19. SeaBass
    I knew he wouldn't make it anyway.
  20. SeaBass
    This is fun. Classic good times.
  21. SeaBass
    Just let him run guys, sure.
  22. SeaBass
    Ugh that was in the air forever.
  23. SeaBass
    Lol why not miss the PAT. Keep doing you special teams.
  24. SeaBass
    Finally a TD for Golden!
  25. SeaBass
    It would be great if we could run from here to there without fumbling the ball.
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