The Dodgers make $330+ million per season on their TV deal. The Yankees make a piddly little $125 million. I have heard some rational discussions on the Score about this. They don't have a crazy rich owner like Steve Cohen, either. Tom doesn't talk that much in public for a reason, but he isn't a cheap skate. They need Jed to make better deals and stop paying guys to not play baseball.
I’m going to let this play out before I make a judgment on the trade. The Cubs have exclusive negotiating rights with Tucker for the next 10 months and I sure hope they take advantage of it. I do agree that if he is not signed beyond this season, it would be considered a major f@ck-up on the Cubs part…
I'm good either way. He'd certainly deepen the pen now and the Cubs have the flexibility now and going forward to take it on if they want to.
New cba has to do something about the Dodgers ridiculous payroll and deferred contracts.
It's up to the owners to stop this nonsense. Deferred money is bad for the game, and as a player I'd be leery of it. Oh, sure, supposedly there are safeguards, but to take what amounts to a promise you'll get paid decades down the line is a risk.
