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Kapler's Coconut Oil
Out of curiosity, why would you include Knight’s 6yr 195 mil offer when there are three other sources unanimously saying no (Pavlovic, Shea, and Schulman) when on top of that Bill Shakin believes that is was LA that was second in the running for Greinke
Jeff Todd
Well, it was reported and she hasn’t backed down. Obviously, I was careful to make clear that report was called into question, but I’m really in no position to judge so I noted both sides.
Also, I’m not sure Shaikin was looking to report anything when he said “presumably … “
cardsgoingyard
Is Keith Law insane? Higher taxes in Missouri than Illinois, the tax capital of the country???!!!
Triteon
Highest rate — Missouri: 6%; Illinois 3.8%
cardsgoingyard
Well every other tax is astronomically higher. I live in IL. He’s better not plan on buying a house here. Property taxes are insane, gas tax, everything else.
haetor
I suppose if Jason Heyward aka Hank Aaron wants max salary then he’s all lined up for that. StL has to figure out how to replace 15 HR and 60 RBI and plus defense for less than $23 mil per.
A'sfaninUK
Jason Heyward is an elite player in every facet of the game except power. Alex Gordon doesn’t have the same scrutiny/hate – why?
Do you understand that players can be very good without hitting tons of homers or having a high batting average?
addison1971
.293 BA, .797 OPS, 23 SB, 33 doubles, 4 triples, gold glove defense.. sounds like your grapes have gone sour, haetor. Good luck with Alex Gordon, if the Cardinals can even manage signing him.
Ken M.
Great write-up, Jeff.
Jeff Todd
Thanks!
enricopallazzo
Heyward is only 13 years old? Impressive.
Jeff Todd
Serious coin for the youngster, eh? Fixed.
enricopallazzo
Imagine once he is finished with puberty…jk
encarnacionsparrot
I’m pretty sure all these players own homes in Florida to evade the tax % of the state they play in, so Law’s point is possibly not even valid.
Jeff Todd
I can’t assess Law’s point fully, as there are lots of layers of factors here, but owning a home in FL wouldn’t shield a player from all income tax liability in the state in which they are employed.
jedihoyer
this is incorrect, they pay taxes where they play for the games they play in that state, and they pay taxes in the states they play in on road trips. they file like 20-25 tax returns. look up the jock tax. quite interesting.
eilexx
Actually, players have to pay taxes in the cities/states they play—and earn their money—in. Most of the tax money a player pays goes toward the city/state his home team plays in, but he most also pay taxes for the games they play on the road. At $23M per year, Heyward will earn about $141K per game…if he plays 9 games in California, he’ll have to pay CA taxes on about $1.2M in earnings. And he (and all players) have to do that everywhere they play. Makes their tax returns probably a thousand pages long, but Uncle Sam always gets his money.
cards1
If I had to predict today, I really don’t think he’ll opt out in 2018. The free agents possibly coming off the books are insane (Harper, Machado, Price, Kershaw, McCutcheon, etc.). Some of those guys will resign but dang. Heyward would go from being the most coveted position player this year, to possibly the 4th or 5th in line in 2018. Even so, he’ll still demand north of $30MM AAV.
As for the Cards, replacing his defense will be tough but his bat shouldn’t be. Gordon (although older) seems like a great fit. Kenta Maeda would be ideal. Don’t lose a draft pick that way.
bkbkbk
Your prediction contradicts itself and Gordon will cost you a draft pick
amishthunderak
If Heyward produces at or slightly below where he has the last few years and his defense doesn’t regress (at 29 it shouldn’t; at 32 or so it could start to) he’ll opt out and get paid more. Even if the AAV doesn’t increase at that point he will be able to tack on a couple more years on the back end for his age 35-37 seasons.
Great deal for the Cubs…unless he gets hurt.
A'sfaninUK
MLB being the massive entity that it is, one would think they would create a way to base its HQ in whatever state has the lowest tax and filter all player salaries through that, not the individual state they play in. Why don’t they do this? State and country taxes are wildly different and most NTC’s are based on this, wouldnt it make sense to level the playing field?
Deke
That link in the story about that track the top 50 free agents is taking me to a login page. I’m already logged in to leave comments and when I type in my username and PW again it says “you don’t have permission to access that page”? Is that a bug? I’d really like to see the list and see who’s left!