Calling All Budgies - the Red Sox 2020 payroll thread

[Bellhorn04]

Trade Price. Non tender JBJ. Trade Eovaldi.

I'm guessing the offers they got for Eovaldi were dismal, ones that required us to eat a lot of money.

Also Bloom might not want to trade Eovaldi that much. Was it him who signed Eovaldi for the Rays?

He might also think we need a hard-throwing right hander in the rotation.

I'm just speculating there, really.

[mvp 78]

I just would construct my roster differently I guess.

[moonslav59]

Trade Price. Non tender JBJ. Trade Eovaldi.

Too late to non tender JBJ. Trading Eovaldi would mean we pay some of his contract, too.

[mvp 78]

Too late to non tender JBJ. Trading Eovaldi would mean we pay some of his contract, too.

No shit. I didn’t want to tender him in the first place.

[moonslav59]

No shit. I didn’t want to tender him in the first place.

I thought they had a deal in place for him when the tendered him.

I never expected this.

We could have reset by trading Price, assuming people are right about LA actually wanting him for $15M x 3 and replacing JBJ with a cheapy all glove CF'er.

We'd still be screwed losing Betts for nothing, so I think that's the real reason we decided to trade Betts and keep JBJ.

[Slasher9]

If you guys would be crying over paying him $38M a year, in essence, we'd really be paying him $57M a year (38 salary +19 tax).

add another $17MM to that number. the 45% surtax for being $40MM over 2 years in a row if they didnt reset.

Competitive Balance Tax:
Clubs that exceed the threshold by $20 million to $40 million are also subject to a 12 percent surtax. Meanwhile, those who exceed it by more than $40 million are taxed at a 42.5 percent rate the first time and a 45 percent rate if they exceed it by more than $40 million again the following year(s).

[moonslav59]

add another $17MM to that number. the 45% surtax for being $40MM over 2 years in a row if they didnt reset.

Competitive Balance Tax:
Clubs that exceed the threshold by $20 million to $40 million are also subject to a 12 percent surtax. Meanwhile, those who exceed it by more than $40 million are taxed at a 42.5 percent rate the first time and a 45 percent rate if they exceed it by more than $40 million again the following year(s).

Isn't that just on the money over the $40M line?

[mvp 78]

Bell, did you ever find the Budgies you were looking for?

[Bellhorn04]

Bell, did you ever find the Budgies you were looking for?

We have a few good Budgies here.

[mvp 78]

Good to hear.

[Bellhorn04]

Good to hear.

You seem pizzed.

[mvp 78]

You seem pizzed.

Nope. It's just a Friday and I don't want to do any work today. My boss is on a plane back to NY, so I'm likely to get through the day without being hassled.

[Slasher9]

Too late to non tender JBJ. Trading Eovaldi would mean we pay some of his contract, too.

i think they can DFA him in ST and only be on the books for a fraction of the $11MM?

[Slasher9]

Isn't that just on the money over the $40M line?

i believe the surtax is applied to anything over $208MM

[Bellhorn04]

i believe the surtax is applied to anything over $208MM

For third year over threshold:

208-228 mill rate is 50%
228-248 mill rate is 62%
248 and over rate is 95%