Originally Posted by
moonslav59
I agree, but the premise was they needed to just cut $30M: Jeter chose to cut more.
They could have set their sites on 3 years from now while they still has Stanton as the foundation. However, that was not my reasoning for my suggestion. My reasoning was that Stanton hates losing, and would have widened the team list for trades to the point where Jeter could have maximized the return. I firmly believe this, but it is just conjecture on my part.
Jeter misplayed his hand, and coincidentally (I doubt it) it helped his ex-team immensely.