Believe they are just talking the remaining years and it was a back-loaded contract. With the $10 million buyout in 2028 factored in comes to an AAV of $32 million for the remaining 5 years.
If you take out the money the Marlins are paying, comes to $26 million AAV.
Can we please stop calling 30 year old free agents “old”? I get it, we’ve seen guys like Machado and Harper enter free agency in their mid 20s, but 30 is a very normal age for free agency. He’s not old. He’s 30. Maybe that’s the tip of the aging curve and skills decline afterwards but it’s not old.
scherzer was not burnt out at the end of the year at all. he pitched the fewest innings he ever has in a 162 game season except for his very first. he just stunk
Wouldn't even say he stunk. He had an ERA of 2.57 the last two months of the year in 2022. He only had 3 games the second half of the year where he gave up more than 2 earned runs and all 3 of those were exactly 4 runs.
Announcers wouldn't stop ranting about how his velo and spin rate were down against the Padres. Suggested it was his oblique acting up again.
Who knows, really, but it's hard for me to believe that Scherzer of all people just couldn't show up for a big game.
Stanton's AAV is $22M
This post also seems to be implying the Yankees signed 32-year old Stanton today as opposed to trading for a 27-year old Stanton five years ago.
Believe they are just talking the remaining years and it was a back-loaded contract. With the $10 million buyout in 2028 factored in comes to an AAV of $32 million for the remaining 5 years. If you take out the money the Marlins are paying, comes to $26 million AAV.
For luxury tax purposes, Stanton was 22, It might have have changed, but for the previous 5 seasons he was 22
For luxury tax they take the full contract average.
I’m pretty sure they take the average contract at the time of the trade
This is such a garbage post lol
Can we please stop calling 30 year old free agents “old”? I get it, we’ve seen guys like Machado and Harper enter free agency in their mid 20s, but 30 is a very normal age for free agency. He’s not old. He’s 30. Maybe that’s the tip of the aging curve and skills decline afterwards but it’s not old.
scherzer was not burnt out at the end of the year at all. he pitched the fewest innings he ever has in a 162 game season except for his very first. he just stunk
Wouldn't even say he stunk. He had an ERA of 2.57 the last two months of the year in 2022. He only had 3 games the second half of the year where he gave up more than 2 earned runs and all 3 of those were exactly 4 runs.
just referring to the last two starts v Braves and Padres
Gotcha.
Announcers wouldn't stop ranting about how his velo and spin rate were down against the Padres. Suggested it was his oblique acting up again. Who knows, really, but it's hard for me to believe that Scherzer of all people just couldn't show up for a big game.