Doesn't he have a NTC because of the 10-5 rule? Not because the Astros gave him one. I didn't look back to see the details when he signed. Reports just keeps mentioning the 10-5 rule. *I guess when they made the offer they knew about the rule so I guess you can argue they technically gave him the ntc.
That's fair - but then people should blame MLB Owners for agreeing to that in the CBA. It's certainly not a knock on Pressly for him to use options offered to him in his contract.
"The Astros are under the CBT right now with Pressly’s 14M on the books." That is 100% false. The Astros are between 3 and 6.5 million over depending on whose numbers you trust. This year coming in below the CBT is a choice. The following season would be the third in a row and there will be no choosing.
Houston is moving Pressly to get below the CBT. It has nothing to do with signing anyone. It had to be done
I saw another comment where someone asked if she would still follow the Astros and she was like of course. And not sure if it's the same tweet or a different one but she was like I bleed blue and orange.
In MLB, players with 10 years of service and five consecutive years with the same team gets 10 and 5 rights. 10 and 5 rights allow the player the right to approve or deny trades.
The Astros would have been far more aggressive in getting a Pressly trade done earlier in free agency if their only goal was moving him to get under the CBT. It’s not a coincidence trade talks with Pressly moved quickly the moment reports started leaking that the Astros and Bregman were talking again.
Fair enough. I was wrong that they are still under the CBT for the time being. That said, they have until the end of the season to get under it, and I stand by my statement that they are doing this to add a significant player. There were other ways to move 3-7 million if they felt they had to be under when the season started than moving one of their three best relievers.
Is this his mom? Aren't they estranged? I thought I remember her tweeting a bunch of stuff a few years ago and him coming out and saying they didn't talk and she didn't know what she was talking about. I think it was during contract negotiations.
Welp, Detroit it is. In all seriousness, this guy was a stud for us and I would have rather he kept the ninth and Hader the 8th until it didn't work. But Hader would not have come here in that scenario.
Like any other season they need a little pocket change to deal with unexpected expenses. If you begin a season in the hole you will almost certainly be blindsided by reality.
I don’t disagree that the Crane would like to duck the CBT this season, but he has all season to do so, and if he identified Ryan Pressly as the guy he wanted Dana Brown to move to accomplish that goal, it doesn’t take more than two months to bring two separate trades to Pressly for his approval. @Nook has also made it clear that Pressly only wanted to leave if he could get an extension in exchange for accepting a trade. Furthermore, they made the Tucker trade in mid December with the same Cubs organization that Pressly is weighing whether to accept this trade to. Considering the Cubs have been looking for a closer the entire offseason (we know they offered 4 years, 66 million for Tanner Scott), he could have easily been asked if he would waive his no-trade clause as part of the Tucker trade, but he wasn’t. Now, it’s late January and the vast majority of good free agent relievers and outfielders have signed, but Crane decides now is the time for Brown to move heaven and earth to get a Pressly deal across the finish line? When the team’s options to replace him have dwindled, and the outfield upgrades the club really wanted signed earlier in the week? Suddenly, a day after reports surface that Bregman and the Astros are talking again and both parties are interested in a reunion, the Astros agree to trade parameters with the Cubs and Tigers for Pressly. It’s not a coincidence.
Pressley just needs to accept a trade. It’s only for one year and then he can sign with the rangers. I totally get that he doesn’t want to uproot his family.
I used to think that it worked like that but… In Major League Baseball's Competitive Balance Tax (CBT) calculation, the payroll for tax purposes includes the prorated portion of each player's salary based on the time they were on the team's active or disabled list. Here's how it works: - **Prorated Salaries**: If a player is traded during the season, only the portion of their salary that corresponds to the time they were with the team is counted towards that team's CBT payroll. This means: - The salary of a player before they are traded counts towards the original team's CBT calculation for that portion of the year. - After the trade, the salary for the remainder of the season counts towards the acquiring team's CBT payroll. - **Example**: If a player with a $10 million annual salary is traded halfway through the season, roughly $5 million would count towards the first team's CBT payroll, and another $5 million would count towards the new team's payroll. - **Deadline and Calculation**: The CBT is calculated at the end of the regular season, so any salary adjustments due to trades or other roster moves are reflected in the final payroll number used for tax purposes. Therefore, the CBT calculation does indeed take into account the time a high-salary player spent on the roster before being traded, prorating the salary accordingly. This offers teams some flexibility in managing their payroll and tax exposure throughout the season. plus pressley is a large salary and you couldnt replace him with really any other player so you couldn’t really risk him getting injured before the season so you’d have to trade him prior to the start of the season
