Mr.Bond said:

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Teoscar back to LA 3/66

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Outfielder Teoscar Hernández and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a three-year, $66 million contract, sources tell ESPN. The deal includes a fourth-year option for $15 million, a little more than $23 million in deferred money and a $23 million signing bonus.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 27, 2024

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Mr.Bond said:

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Teoscar back to LA 3/66

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Outfielder Teoscar Hernández and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a three-year, $66 million contract, sources tell ESPN. The deal includes a fourth-year option for $15 million, a little more than $23 million in deferred money and a $23 million signing bonus.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 27, 2024

Of course there's deferred money. Just rename the team to the luxury tax Dodgers

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JDUB08AG said:

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I don't feel an ounce of sympathy for Bregman. I know we all live in a totally different universe, but he turned down a guaranteed $160M with the organization that made him a star (4 WS appearances, 7 ALCS appearances, etc.)...I can't even begin to rationalize in my head turning that down. Totally his prerogative to chase a bigger deal, but this is the price you pay for greed.

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agproducer said:

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Tip your cap. Thank Breggy for all he's done, and wish him well.

He's accomplished more than hundreds of other MLB players. It's a shame it didn't work out for him to come back, but I'm not going to be mad he is chasing the cash. I'd do the same in his position. At this point, it has to be more than about baseball.

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The GOAT. pic.twitter.com/RMGMdzINTz

— Houston Astros (@astros) December 28, 2024

iamtheglove said:

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Mathguy64 said:

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I think it's mostly an LAD thing where players want to go there.

They get to play with a stacked team that can compete for a ring every year, and they get to play in LA. So they are willing to take the deferral to help the team get more than they actually can afford in terms of cash out and the CBT.

I think I saw that they have something like 1/2 of all deferred contracts.

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I noted this in a previous post, but the Dodgers caught lightning in a bottle with their RSN. The deal they got was huge ($200 M in rights per year) plus a guaranteed minimum additional distribution as a co-owner of the RSN. Their tv partner has to pay the Dodgers both fees regardless of the financial circumstances. No other team in MLB has this type of guaranteed money for the next 10+ years, nor anything close to the total dollars per year. And most other teams are receiving less from the RSN deals as of this year. It has given them an huge advantage for the next decade where many other teams are taking a significant haircut on their RSN rights fees. These deferred deals are really a loophole the Dodgers and only the Dodgers can exploit given their RSN deal.

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AggiEE said:

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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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agproducer said:

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Tip your cap. Thank Breggy for all he's done, and wish him well.

He's accomplished more than hundreds of other MLB players. It's a shame it didn't work out for him to come back, but I'm not going to be mad he is chasing the cash. I'd do the same in his position. At this point, it has to be more than about baseball.

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I'd personally still be willing to now offer that short contract option. 1-2/25 per year. Let him play here while he looks for options. It doesn't hurt us. Maybe he realizes next year playing in one place is worth it.


On your comment about you'd do the same thing, I just really don't think I would. I'd go the Altuve route, Get the max I can to make the team I helped build continue to be great. And go down in team history as one of the greats.

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Not how crane operates.

Correa ended up taking a short term deal and everyone wondered why the Astros didn't match.

I guess Crane either wants more certainty in terms of years (but not too many years), or it's an ego thing where once a player declines it's over regardless of the changed terms

Crane seems to like 3-5 year deals

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tjack16 said:

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AggiEE said:

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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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agproducer said:

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Tip your cap. Thank Breggy for all he's done, and wish him well.

He's accomplished more than hundreds of other MLB players. It's a shame it didn't work out for him to come back, but I'm not going to be mad he is chasing the cash. I'd do the same in his position. At this point, it has to be more than about baseball.

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I'd personally still be willing to now offer that short contract option. 1-2/25 per year. Let him play here while he looks for options. It doesn't hurt us. Maybe he realizes next year playing in one place is worth it.


On your comment about you'd do the same thing, I just really don't think I would. I'd go the Altuve route, Get the max I can to make the team I helped build continue to be great. And go down in team history as one of the greats.

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Not how crane operates.

Correa ended up taking a short term deal and everyone wondered why the Astros didn't match.

I guess Crane either wants more certainty in terms of years (but not too many years), or it's an ego thing where once a player declines it's over regardless of the changed terms

Crane seems to like 3-5 year deals

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2 year deal for Correa/Bregman? Nah

3 years for Montero or Abreu? Bring it on

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redline248 said:

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Choke artists

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