Sticking with the Cubs didn't work out for Matt Garza, and now the Brewers starter wants to "kick their teeth in every time I get the chance," Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Garza isn't as angry as that makes it sound, though — he's just an energetic player looking for motivation. Wittenmyer notes that the Cubs had previously offered Garza a five-year extension that might have been worth around $65MM, but the two sides couldn't settle on a deal, and the Cubs ended up shipping him to the Rangers in the middle of last season. Here are more notes from the Central divisions.
- The Royals offered Carlos Beltran $42.5MM this offseason, CBS Sports' Jon Heyman tweets. That's only a bit below the $45MM Beltran received from the Yankees. (MLBTR's Steve Adams recently looked back the moves the Royals were able to make in an offseason that featured the departure of Ervin Santana but the additions of Omar Infante and Jason Vargas, both on four-year contracts.)
- The Indians plan to have Justin Sellers, who they recently acquired in a minor trade with the Dodgers, start at shortstop for Triple-A Columbus, writes Terry Pluto of the Plain Dealer. The Indians are fans of Sellers' fielding. Top prospect Francisco Lindor will start the season at Double-A Akron, perhaps bumping Sellers into a utility role at Triple-A if Lindor plays well enough to earn a promotion there.
Considering the state income tax, if it were about the money, Beltran would have signed with the Royals….I think.
6% vs 8.82%
Not really that big a difference if it’s a smaller offer. Although living in Missouri is way cheaper.
On a deal of 42.5mil that’s a 1mil difference…I’d say thats a pretty big difference.
Seeing as you only consider that rate for the games within your state it is $710,000 if you take the top tax rate, which it isn’t because MO has a flat tax, while NY’s top bracket starts at over a million. All for an offer that was $2.5MM smaller.
I think it was more than just the money.
I forgot about that vargas deal.
Royals would have needed to address the DH position with Beltran in the lineup multiple seasons. Would have likely meant Butler being dealt
Royals would have needed to address the DH position with Beltran in the lineup multiple seasons. Would have likely meant Butler being dealt
Beltran has wanted to be a Yankee for quite a while, he just wasn’t yet old enough.
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