southsider2k5

Man you have gotten easily offendable.

That's why I put both scenarios. The contract agencies can call it whatever they want, but if you look at the actual contract here, there is no scenario where the Sox pay $54 million over 3 years. it either happens over 4 years, or 13 years. That might be a luxury tax rate or something like that, but for the sake of the actual payroll there are exactly zero scenarios where this is $18 million a year over 3 years. None.

Its actually not 3/54 in any aspect. If he stays 4 years it is 4/54. If he only stays 3 years, the last $15 million pays out as $1.5 million a year (no interest) over 10 years making it a 13/54. The accepted present value in that case is $51.67m.

There is a legitimate reason for this if you understand his contract structure, which is not conventional.

I am actually a fan of the Cardinals because I think they are a well run organization and they are the Cubs primary rival. I like to see them win.

Not usually a huge fan of PPD, but the Sox are better off for this one.

Sometimes the jokes are just too easy.

We aren't in Chicago for one.

The Fort Wayne Tincaps.

Lane Ramsey hitting 99

This is a big one. The difference between leaving town up 3.5 games with no ground lost, and 4 more head to head games off of the schedule, or up 1.5 games.

The idea of trading Kopech isn't awful on the surface, but it has to look something like the time Kopech was traded where a superstar with control was the other side of the deal. Otherwise, you hold on to him and try to turn him into an ace.

Not fans. Just Ron.

The Sox have built their record by beating up on bad teams.

Typically this is via an informational error. Bad SSI, wrong spelling, etc. Call the IRS and see what is going on, and have your records ready close by to fix it.