"Juan Soto has agreed to a 14-year, $700 contract with the Mets. He has further agreed to donate $1 million a year to the Braves Foundation."

Luxury tax is calculated by AAV, not actual year-by-year salaries -- same with Ohtani's deal, the deferrals aren't some sort of magic button that makes his salary disappear from the tax books

He'll earn roughly $1 for every full count he reaches over the life of the contract

Because McCarthy is a lot better, cheaper, and has many more years left of team control — I think McCarthy is much more valuable that Marte at this point of his career, so I’d much rather have McCarthy; no need to make things overly complicated.

Marte can definitely be unloaded if the Mets send enough cash — he can still hit and he’s got a great arm, there are teams that would take him if they didn’t have to pay much.

McCarthy is better than both of them and probably better than Marte, and Bader is also gone — I would much prefer to unload Taylor and Marte and have McCarthy in center, with Nimmo on one side along with whatever outfielder may be available on the other.

I have a longstanding grievance with the Mets never going out and getting the kind of toolsy guys that I love, so very much hoping for a change here.

Also key that in 2023 I interviewed him about being from Scranton and the attendant connection to The Office.

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Puts the ball in play, spectacular glove, one of the fastest guys in the majors…go get him!

My take on Abreu is that he’s not not a Hall of Famer because he was the best (although he was really good) — he’s a Hall of Famer because he was *unique.*

In terms of combined power/on base/base-stealing threats, he’s top 10 (maybe top 5) all-time.

I’ve been on this train for years

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