Trade deadline salary contest

SCBucco · Post by **SCBucco** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:25 pm

716A67666F636C020 wrote: EcBucs +$7 million

skinnyhorse - +$5 million

Mouse -$5 million

Doc -8.25 million

fjk090852-7 -$9.25 million

Wildwood Dave -$10.5 million

Shedman -$13.3 million

I don't see anything significant being moved ... 4.5 million.
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Positive or negative?

He will move 4.5 million in salary. So, negative.

shedman · Post by **shedman** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:29 pm

EcBucs +$7 million

skinnyhorse - +$5 million

SCBucco -$4.5 million

Mouse -$5 million

Doc -8.25 million

fjk090852-7 -$9.25 million

Wildwood Dave -$10.5 million

Shedman -$13.3 million

shedman · Post by **shedman** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:32 pm

EcBucs +$7 million

skinnyhorse +$5 million

Greenweenie - 0

SCBucco -$4.5 million

Mouse -$5 million

Doc -8.25 million

fjk090852-7 -$9.25 million

Wildwood Dave -$10.5 million

Shedman -$13.3 million

mouse · Post by **mouse** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:23 pm

If you have a P2 subscription, there is an article today calculating how much can be saved by trades. The number is much lower than I thought.

BenM · Post by **BenM** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:54 pm

23213B3D2B4E0 wrote: If you have a P2 subscription, there is an article today calculating how much can be saved by trades. The number is much lower than I thought.

Any savings this year would be pro-rated for a shortened season and pro-rated number of games left. The trade deadline is about halfway through the "season". So even if the Pirates found a taker for Polanco, their highest paid player, they would only save about $1.7 million this year.

His salary for next year ($11 million) would be off the books. But assuming the Pirates buy out Archer (almost a given), everyone else is arb or pre-arb. So outside of Bell getting on fire and getting a major raise from his current arb salary ($4.8 full season) there's not a lot of money to be saved, even counting future commitments.

shedman · Post by **shedman** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:34 pm

The Pirates have traded for Austin Davis from the Phillies at a salary of $565,000. As of now Greenweenie has the lead with his prediction of $0.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:53 pm

405B56575E525D330 wrote: The Pirates have traded for Austin Davis from the Phillies at a salary of $565,000. As of now Greenweenie has the lead with his prediction of $0.
It was his ERA of 21.00 that they couldn't resist.

2drfischer@gmail.c · Post by **2drfischer@gmail.c** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:37 pm

465D505158545B350 wrote: The Pirates have traded for Austin Davis from the Phillies at a salary of $565,000. As of now Greenweenie has the lead with his prediction of $0.

So is this a good thing or not? BC got off his hands, stopped looking out his window, and made a trade. Is it bad because this guy looks worse than what we have, or is it good because he made a trade? Help me understand.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:25 pm

I see that Alvy got Doc's password again. (Sigh.)

shedman · Post by **shedman** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:04 am

2375637778627279746351767C70787D3F72110 wrote: The Pirates have traded for Austin Davis from the Phillies at a salary of $565,000. As of now Greenweenie has the lead with his prediction of $0.

So is this a good thing or not? BC got off his hands, stopped looking out his window, and made a trade. Is it bad because this guy looks worse than what we have, or is it good because he made a trade? Help me understand.
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Are you intentionally trying to be obtuse. I make no comment on whether acquiring Davis is good or bad but rather that he acquired another LMG for a $565,000 addition to the salary level. As soon as Cherington acquires a major league ball player, I will rush to my keyboard to commend him. In the meantime, I will tabulate additions or subtractions to the team salary for the purpose of this contest.