December 19: Per Jon Heyman of The New York Post, the extension is actually valued at $111,562,500 over four years, with Glasnow to make $30MM from 2025 to 2027. The player option in 2028 is valued at $21,562,500, slightly higher than previous reporting. Heyman’s framing also suggests that Glasnow will choose on his option first. If he turns it down, then the Dodgers will get to decide whether or not to trigger a $30MM club option.
December 16, 3:33pm: USAToday’s Bob Nightengale relays the full contract breakdown for Glasnow, reporting that the 2028 player option is worth $21.5MM. This accounts for the previously unexplained $1.5MM discrepancy between the reported contract breakdown and the Dodgers’ announced $136.5MM figure.
12:08pm: The Dodgers and Rays finalized the four-player trade that will sent right-hander Tyler Glasnow, outfielder Manuel Margot, and $4MM in cash considerations to Los Angeles in exchange for right-hander Ryan Pepiot and outfielder Jonny Deluca. News of the trade first broke a few days ago, with the final hurdle being the Dodgers’ ability to sign Glasnow to a contract extension. That deal has now also been completed, with L.A. announcing that Glasnow has agreed to a new long-term pact worth $136.5MM. Glasnow is represented by Wasserman.
As per the terms reported yesterday by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the new contract will see Glasnow earn $110MM in new money over the course of the 2025-28 seasons. Glasnow was already slated to earn $25MM in 2024 according to the terms of his prior contract with the Rays, and the new deal with L.A. breaks down as $90MM in salary over the 2025-27 seasons, and then the Dodgers hold a $30MM club option on Glasnow’s services for 2028. If the team declines that option, Glasnow can exercise a $20MM player option for 2028. Since Passan’s numbers only add up to $135MM rather than the Dodgers’ announced figure of $136.5MM, that extra $1.5MM has yet to be accounted for, possibly a signing bonus or a bit of extra guaranteed money on one of the years.
Unlike Shohei Ohtani’s $700MM mega-deal with the Dodgers from last week, Glasnow’s extension doesn’t contain any deferred money. As such, it will be entirely portioned out onto the Dodgers’ luxury tax bills based on a $27.3MM average annual value over the next five seasons. According to Roster Resource’s calculations, Los Angeles has an estimated luxury tax number of roughly $253.7MM for 202 — still under the $257MM secondary CBT tier, thanks to all of Ohtani’s deferrals lowering his tax-related AAV to $46MM per season. Still, with a number of roster needs still be addressed, the Dodgers’ tax bill could certainly still approach or exceed the next penalty tier of $277MM between now and Opening Day.
Glasnow has been seen as a possible trade candidate basically since the moment he inked his previous two-year, $30.35MM extension with Tampa Bay during the 2022 season. Signed when Glasnow was recovering from Tommy John surgery, the deal saw $25MM of the salary backloaded into the 2024 season, making it likely that the cost-conscious Rays would try to unload the right-hander beforehand.
The 30-year-old’s availability dovetailed with the Dodgers’ need for pitching this winter, as the Los Angeles rotation is full of injury-related question marks (i.e. Walker Buehler, and possibly Dustin May at midseason), pitchers without much big league experience (Bobby Miller, Emmet Sheehan, Michael Grove, Gavin Stone), and a swingman in Ryan Yarbrough who may be best suited for bullpen duty. Pepiot was another member of that young crop of arms, but he’ll now head to Tampa Bay as he enters his third season of MLB duty.
In moving Glasnow and Margot and factoring in the $4MM in cash considerations, the Rays unloaded $33MM worth of salary for two players making the Major League minimum, in a move reminiscent of many budget-trimming, sell-high types of trades Tampa has become known for over the years. The Rays’ success rate in these deals is almost a cliche by this point, and even if Tampa Bay fans have become weary of the team’s continual roster churn and perpetually low-spending ways, the Rays’ ability to field competitive teams speaks for itself. Pepiot figures to step right into the rotation spot left open by Glasnow, while Deluca may not be guaranteed a spot in the Opening Day outfield, but he’ll at least be part of the shuttle heading back and forth between Triple-A since the outfielder has two minor league option years remaining.
The right-handed hitting Margot figures to move into a part-time role in the Dodgers’ outfield picture, acting as a complement to the left-handed James Outman and Jason Heyward. Margot has played primarily as a center fielder and right fielder, thus lining up well with Outman and Heyward’s projected positions. Mookie Betts will be taking over as the Dodgers’ new everyday second baseman in 2024, so it’s safe to guess that L.A. will aim to add more outfield depth if Betts will be spending most of his time on the dirt.
MLB Trade Rumors’ Steve Adams broke down the Glasnow extension in larger detail yesterday, while Darragh McDonald outlined the news of the four-player trade agreement for MLBTR on Thursday. Jack Azoulay-Haron of MLB Nerds and Bruce Kuntz of Dodgers Digest first reported the four principal players in the trade. Jon Heyman of The New York Post first relayed that a Glasnow extension was a possibility. Jeff Passan of ESPN relayed that the deal was agreed to, contingent on the extension. Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times first relayed the Rays’ inclusion of the $4MM in salary offset.
The poor Rays sent 2 Ohtani’s in cash to the Dodgers
And Glasnow was signed for 2 Ohtani deferrals.
You’re about three players late. Betts, Freeman are on deferrals. It’s almost like it was a thing before you all came down with Ohtaniitis and can’t stop spewing the word deferral as if it never happened before.
You Dodgers fans are so sensitive for what.
I know you’re not calling Dodger fans sensitive when for the last week every single fan base has been crying about deferrals and making lame jokes over it. The audacity
Just sensitive because they spend and spend and never have anything to show for it. Dodgerschoke2024
My team makes an effort. That’s all I ask for. But keep crying
This is one of the few trades which makes sense for both teams. I’m not a Dodger or Rays fan, but IF Glasnow stays healthy, Dodgers have an ace. The Rays picked up two very good prospects, one (Pepiot) who can help them immediately. Deluca could be up soon. Win-Win.
it’d just another way for the big markets to rule and MLB loves it.
@halloffamernobodycares Wow almost as if betts and freeman aren’t deferring 98 percent of their contract. Almost as if this is about the CBT not doing the one specific thing it was designed to do wow almost as if you have no situational awareness and reading comprehension skills wow.
To be fair… the big markets are the one’s who bring in the money. And help you guys out by kicking over money to the small markets
No team makes a trade that doesn’t make sense for them.
The CBT is and will continue to do the thing it’s designed to do.
But in this instance, one can immediately see the efficacy of the Dodger-Ray deal.
I wish my team tried.
I’d like to introduce you to the Chicago White Sox
To be fair, they would have to split up the big markets, and make them smaller.
But we all know the Haves will never agree to that.
All of you do realize that when YOU make fun of the Dodgers, you look like the one that is sensitive.
97% smart guy. And funny you bring up reading comprehension after making that comment directed at me, because clearly, punctuation took a vacation when you posted that amalgamation of words and tried to make a point.
Same thing that happened last year with the Mets and Padres… all the different people screaming about the same disparities and star-hogging; but, then they made fun of the Mets/Padres for thinking they could buy a WS.
Ironically, this year there are Padres fans who are in the naysayer category because they had to cut payroll. I guess it’s easy to switch sides?
Even more ironically, these same folks clamor for NFL rules, when in the NFL teams can defer up to 75% of a contract.
Not just fans, even MLBTR has to inform in each of their Dodgers’ articles now if their is any deferred money involved or not.
I have an unpaid mortgage, interested LAD? (you buy everything?)
Put money into owners pockets and not into small market payroll?
@Wrian. exactly.
Betts deferrals are 120M and Freeman is 57M.
Freeman deferral is 35% (57M of 162M) and Betts deferral is 32% (120M of 365M)
Ohtani deferral is 680M. Ohtani deferral is 97% (680M of 700M).
I think it’s time to change the rules for everyone. Deferrals, sure, but there should be a limit. This is not just about the Dodgers, this is for every team. Maybe then we’d get closer to true competition across the board.
at Ohtani’s request. Any team in the bidding was offered the same deal. This wasn’t the Dodgers wanting to defer all that money. The Giants accepted. The Dodgers accepted. The Angels did not. Ohtani wanted to be a Dodger, and then you all became whiners about deferrals.
“Never have anything to show for it”…I guess 10 division titles, a WS ring, BIGGEST crowds and TV ratings in MLB and a BOATLOAD of baseball revenues isn’t “”anything” to you?
I like Pete’sView ..
One WS in the last 35 years and in a year that nobody but the Dodgers regard as comparable.
WW
“almost as if betts and freeman aren’t deferring 98 percent of their contract. Almost as if this is about the CBT not doing the one specific thing it was designed to do wow almost as if you have no situational awareness and reading comprehension skills wow.”
Almost as if you don’t understand this contract at all. Almost as if you don’t understand finance at all.
LGDB
“Not just fans, even MLBTR has to inform in each of their Dodgers’ articles now if their is any deferred money involved or not.”
They should always discuss rhe contract structure and the CBT number and PV
Because it’s obvious that about 98% of their readers are clueless
Darkside, Maybe because The Angels come before Dodgers in the team name?
And the free agent winners for the 2024 season are…
Kleenex?…supporting all the sensitive dodgers fans from those criticizing thier team?
Have valid criticisms then maybe but I’ve not seen one valid argument on her either than crying because your team doesn’t do the same
What is so upsetting about the opt-out? It was agreeable to both sides. Opt-outs aren’t too uncommon.. the only difference with Ohtani is it has triggers instead of being at his full disretion.
same as every year. Yankees Dodgers
Ridiculous overpay for Glasnow. 8 seasons – highest war is 2.5. Lifetime war is 7.1. Makes about 10 starts per year. Waste of money.
Glasnow is commanding a lot for a 30-year-old coming off a career-high 120 innings. Great stuff. Terrible reliability.
But is the stuff really all that great? I mean his career ERA is almost 4.00. He seems a lot like Chris Archer or Jose Quintana. Always underperforming what the stats say you should be.
Glasnow is more like a Syndergaard
I’m sure Dodger fans will love hearing that comparison.
His ERA since coming to Tampa is 3.02.
Huge difference, presently much better than earlier in his career.
Top 15 SP.
Miles better than Quintana or Noah.
The Dodgers gave up 2 very good players to get him. They also took back an overpaid OF. So Glasnow needs to be healthy and an Ace or a #2 SP for them or this trade is a bust for LA. Rays always make out well on trades.
His stuff really is that great. Watch the sport more Einstein.
I live in Tampa tool, so I’ve seen him pitch a lot more than you. I also never questioned his stuff just his health. Open your eyes and learn to read.
That again? He wasn’t a starter with Pittsburgh. His innings have increased pretty much every year. No pitcher is guaranteed to stay healthy. Check out the Rangers.
actually he was a starter for his 2 first seasons with the pirates but they converted him to reliever when his era was pretty damn high and he was having trouble staying healthy if i remember right and his last season for them he was reliever.
He was a reliever for 2/3 of a season.
No, they haven’t. 111, 60. 57. 88, 6, 120. He lives on the IL.
The guy has no durability. He’s not going to last thru 2025 much less 2028. Remember this: Friedman is waaay overrated. Or He’s on ketamine infusion therapy.
Extension is kinda high for up to 120 innings but he’s still good when pitching. Pepiot might come back to haunt them though.
Wonderful, ugh. Hate life as a Padres fan. Tip cap to the Dodgers.Padres ownership does not seem to give a crap about Padres fans.
Last place finish for my Pads this year. 2024 is going to be bad.
Thanks DSG(Bally) and MLB For the cutting Padres Revenue .The teams with endless cash cows RSN get the players .
Bud Black and the Rockies entering the chat.
Maybe not last place. You still have 3 potent bats in the lineup. Colorado hasn’t made much noise in their attempt to claw from the basement.
Rockies have a pretty young team aside from Bryant and Blackmon. They should be a bit better just by being a year older. And not losing 27 starting pitchers to injury would help too. The Rockies should be good for 75-79 wins in 2024 and in the playoff hunt in 2025.
Spot on. People love to pile on the Rockies but no team would have done well with losing their top 6 (!) SP, and they have a lot of exciting youngsters with more on the way.
The fans of many teams can only dream of the effort the Padres put forth the past few seasons. Their cards just didn’t fall right.
That was last year. Ownership has pulled a full reverse. They don’t get a pass this year for last year effort.
There is no ownership right now.
couldnt the same be said for dipota, all those deals and scouring overseas or even eppler or cashman, or theo or friedman or zaidi or jeter/ng etc etc.
hmmm lot of dreaming going on out there.The only one i can think of not dreaming are probably the rockies.
“”Give a crap about Padres fans”. ..Exactly. All the late Peter Seidler did was search Heaven & earth for the best, most expensive baseball players in the world to bring a championship to S.D. It didn’t work out, but I really don’t see how anyone could say “does not seem to give a crap” when they spent a Gazillion dollars trying to get a championship.
They traded Soto and let half the team walk. They haven’t signed ONE free agent. Yeah, you judge by the here and now. They don’t give a crap about the fans. They did. Not now.
Lmao.
Borrow tens of millions to pay for famous players, or our fee fees will be hurt.
They were operating at an unsustainable level to try and get a championship before their owner died. That has to level off. If they could’ve unloaded Bogaerts and Machado they would’ve. Instead Soto was the only play.
They don’t have the money. I don’t know why fans think all baseball teams are swimming in pools of cash. They are businesses like any other, and they spend (not just on players) what they earn minus some profit. Padres’ owner subsidized them for a couple years, which is really rare, to try and win one before he died. Sadly didn’t work. You really sound feeble and entitled getting angry with them like that.
The owner passed and Tv revenue was dropped for the padres and Diamondbacks if al teams tv revenue was completely dropped just like that that’s a big hit on payroll.
Entitled haha. Come on man. All we want in SD is one major, pro championship. Entitled haha. I don’t care how they get a WS championship I just want one from SD. If they can win a WS with the lowest payroll in baseball, I am all in.
That doesn’t happen. The Padres aren’t allowed to win with the lowest or the highest payrolls.
They don’t WANT to spend the money. Not that they don’t have it, they done WANT, to spend it.
Peter Seidler did want to spend it.
Um, he had to borrow 50 mil to make payroll.
How dare he not borrow more
Try holding your breathe til the new owners get you some famous players. Tell them you’re entitled to it.
MLB disparity sucks . where one team gets completely dropped TV money and others have 250 million a year endless cash cow from tv revenue and has enough money to completely pay the CBT with no problem . how does that make MLB better . MLB has a 10 Billion dollars a year revenue that would be like 350 million per team .
Tell me what Yankees and Dodgers fans would think if they’re teams traded their stars to gut payroll and didn’t reinvest the savings.
Yankees and Dodgers fans are entitled and it’s not their fault.
MLB is a mess. No salary cap has created this mess and allows owners to.hide behind the ‘we can’t spend to.keep up’ narrative.
The Padres new ownership sans Peter Seidler has not demonstrated that they want to win.
They are hiding behind a fallacy. No one knows how much the Padres truly have to spend. Open the books, let us see.
We simply buy the narrative about ‘the TV deal and loan.
The Padres ownership is built on the strength of its investors.
Peter Seidler was enthusiastic about bring the Padres a WS title.
The current group seems more concerned about turning a profit than bringing SD it’s first professional championship.
so what your saying is a team that is built on the strength of investors whom are worried about the profit return on their investment and not on whether the team does well or not? I dont believe you.
Haha, exactly!
Tom Werner, John Moores , Moorad and now post Seidler ownership group.
What do they all have in common…firesale.
Fool me once, fool me twice, in the Padres case fool me a thousand times.
Come on Padres! I.have seen this tired script before.
Cut off the Yankees and dodgers RSN endless cash cow money now that would be fun to watch them scramble see how they like it.
So… You don’t care about equity, only that your team is given more money to spend?
Jealousy is strong with this one
It’s only sustainable for teams like Dodgers and Yankees huh because of their markets . Padres sold out 2/3 games that’s great for baseball . If you put good players on teams the will come people will watch bring in more revenue but when cut the TV revenue completely off of course they will be cutting back.
Unless you make it so unfair to big markets that there are long stretches where they don’t win, like the NFL. Most of the fanbase comes from large markets, so take away their ability to acquire big stars? Then it will hurt the bigger markets and the game, because small markets cannot make up the difference with fans.
Regardless, how do you overcome nicer weather, lower taxes, cheaper housing, and other impactful decision makers to even out the teams’ draw to players?
Problem: it’s not just a matter of offering money. It’s how that money is taxed, spent, and the location too. You can’t isolate one variable and think all will be utopia if that one variable is even. It won’t. Decades of proof support this.
Yeah Towin, they went all in for the last few years and now they are out of money. Out of money!
Parity,yes. Let’s see how the Yankees and Dodgers would do with a salary cap.
There is a reason the NFL and NBA are lapping MLB. A salary cap.
MLB lacks parity.
They aren’t at all. The MLB has more parity than any of those you named. You’re just assuming it’s parity because of a cap – it isn’t.
If it is, why have 12 teams never won the Super Bowl? Why have four teams never been to the Super Bowl? And that’s with 50% of the league getting into the playoffs! Why did they do that if the cap was working so well? Because it wasn’t.
Why are the same teams winning year-in and year-out? Why are the same teams losing?
You’re talking about financial equity which isn’t at all equal with a salary cap. That’s not parity. It’s parody maybe…..
Last, why weren’t you fighting the good fight of “parity” last few seasons when your owner was spending like a drunken sailor?
“MLB lack parity” is a euphemism for jealousy about other teams acquisition of desirable free agents.
you cant blame MLB for lack of salary cap the MLBPA completely refuse it and is a non-starter in pretty much every conversation since it will limit the players. If the mlb players conceded to caps on salaries or non-fully guaranteed contracts then a cap might be feasible along with a floor and shared money.
The PAs in other sports are not as strong or want to limit salary potential.
So the Padres have a choice in baseball. To spend or not to spend being that baseball lacks a salary cap.
Teams can accumulate money distributed by MLB’s revenue sharing system BUT are NOT mandated to put that money back into payroll. That does not allow for or encourage parity.
MLB continues to shoot itself in the foot. The new lottery system further prevents a team finishing near the bottom from rebuilding it’s farm system.
Teams that finish near the bottom can now draft lower. Now teams can avoid spending on rebuilding their farms locking them into years of last place finishes and obscurity.
NBA and NFL do not have as an extensive minor league system as MLB. so yes they can choose to invest what money is given to them into either the minor leagues, scouting both international and domestic, multiple types of drafts including an international to expand the talent, etc etc.
This is an argument being made by MLBPA and is not without merit but this money does have to be spent to MLB items and not pockets as profits. So if it goes to just salary then the owners will just cut the costs in the other areas such as analytics and scouting also probably making the team worse still.
Also i am 99% sure there are more players in a major league organization than in any of those major league sport organizations because MLB have what 4 or 5 individual teams per organizations each with atleast 20-25 people on it (im not sure if they have full roster for all the A teams).. Also there are twice the amount of games than the next of those sports. Guess what it costs money to handle those too.
The lottery was already in place in the NBA and MLB basically tried to mimic that with a few stipulations to make it more competitive and reduce tanking same way the NBA did otherwise you will have he likes of pirates and rockies and other teams that wont invest money to make the team better.
I am not sure which argument you are making now. Are you trying to stop teams that are always on the bottom that usually dont invest money but keep getting top picks every season or do you want to curb that so other teams that actually had a bad season have a shot at bettering themselves get the better pick?
In the end, if they put in a cap and floor which the owners seem to atleast be willing to listen on but they want both not one or the other and that could bring competitiveness. The issue is are the players willing to limit how much is available to them as caps on payroll also creates caps on salaries to be paid out. No 700 million contracts and most likely no deferred payments. Only affects a few individuals but those individuals seem to have the loudest voice.
Every Padre fan seemed to know that the spending was going to be unsustainable when it started. You had a nice ride, and hopefully enjoyed it. Now that the ride is changing, it doesn’t mean it’s over, just that it will be different. So stop the whining.
Haha nope, not going to happen. Not content with last place finishes.
No extention for Margot?
The only extensions he’ll get are if he wants longer hair
I can’t help but feel the reds dodged a bullet here
Seems like this same article gets posted every day
Seems like this site should be renamed: “Dodgers Trade Rumors” or “Dodgers and Royals Trade Rumors.”
Serioulsy though, they are spending their millions, so good for their fans.
Those millions aren’t going to into their own mobile app development! Why Tim?!
No I mean the exact same subject “Dodgers acquire Glasnow, Margot” keeps getting regurged. Usually when there is additional info mlbtr will just update the original article and keep the old comments. No big deal just an observation.
To be Frank, however, I’d be willing to bet that each Ohtani article has generated an unprecedented amount of comments. By the sheer volume of traffic it necessitates added articles.
This. I wouldn’t be surprised if this the most profitable offseason for MLBTR ever. Let them make their money.
@Yankee Clipper @Salzilla
I agree, I like MLBTR and if they’ve made a few dollars from traffic and/or adverts, good luck…
It has been a good fun couple of weeks with all of the debates. Of course I’m disappointed that Ohtani refused the A’s magic beans & didn’t believe about Jack and the Beanstalk, but we did all learn his cute doggies name, so win-win as far as I’m concerned…
Red Sox have reportedly offered over $300 mil to Yamamoto with incentives that “please both team and player.”
Following that tweet, new pitching coach / Breslow’s right hand man Andrew Bailey has just followed Yamamoto on Xitter!!
Carlos Correa also followed the Detroit Tigers on social media only to sign with the Twins and troll Tigers fans. It means nothing and is just a scheme to create headlines and click bait people for click revenue
I mentioned Bailey has followed the player, not vice versa. It’s also worthy to note Bailey has only followed Red Sox pitchers since joining the club
It doesn’t necessarily indicate Yamamoto is a Red Sock. It just might mean it’s a marketing strategy or tactic Bailey is utilizing to attract the player more to the Red Sox
Correa really should’ve taken the Tigers offer (10 years, $275 million). He overvalued himself and cost himself $75 million.
Way too much in terms of prospects and money
Most hated team right now
Why though? I’m a Dodger fan. The team isn’t brash. Don’t talk trash. And our superstars are very humble and easy to cheer for. I don’t get the hate. The Dodgers are doing everything by the book and more importantly every team can be doing the same thing they just don’t.
Your fans are a bunch of spoiled babies who don’t deserve anything. That’s why everyone hates you.
In what manner? That attack on your end with nothing to back it up sounds like spilled milk on your end. All baseball fans are the same. When you guys were winning the 3 titles everyone hated you guys. So what’s the issue? You should be mad at your team for not signing people.
Have you read the comments on this site?? pretty much every team has a fan base full of undereducated spoiled babies
The only difference between teams and publicly-trade companies is literally just that some MLB owners are diehard fans generous enough to blow throught profits to buy championships. Most fans say deals are overpays and then whine about their teams not overpaying for free agents. All fans are entitled brats. Get your own business and spend like that. See how that goes. Sure, Oakland is historically cheap, and Tampa is even said to be dangling Aroz in trade talks, but most teams should be judged like companies. We all complain about CEOs making an average of 300x the average salary, and yet players are somehow above that? Most of us make more than minor leaguers, and top MLB stars make way more than 300x. Fans are really fooled easily by the media.
UncommonSense;
That hit the nail on the head! Although I’d be willing to bet that 3/4 of the comments are from trolls just stirring the pot! Looks like their intelligence has been deferred!
These undereducated folk prefer to be called “journalists” instead. It makes them feel special.
Every team can afford a 270 million payroll?
Lmao
You need to tell them how.
@misfit
No, every team cannot do what the Dodgers do. The Dodgers have one of the largest markets, and the most resources, and revenue. How does Minneapolis, Cincinnati or Kansas City compete with that?
Easily. The owners are all billionaires. They can afford it. And if they can’t afford the payrolls or have to take out loans to make payroll they shouldn’t own the team. We once had a scumbag owner named Frank McCourt and MLB forced him to sell. In case anyone doesn’t know it hasn’t always been roses with The Dodgers. Don’t let the last ten years fool you. The 90’ and early part of this century were horrid times to be a fan but I stuck with them and now being rewarded for it. Baseball is a cycle every team has their ups and downs. For The Dodgers after 130 years we finally hit our golden age.
How many times do large market apologists need to be told that personal wealth has nothing to do with what income the BUSINESS brings in and how that covers expenses of running a baseball team.
Cohen is having too much influence on AF
Boston needs to do the exact same thing w Burnes and Adames.
Unlike Tampa, Milwaukee can afford those guys. I don’t think they’re available except for a ridiculous overpay.
Probably why Friedmann pivoted towards Glasnow
Fair point. Bos can reduce the number of prospects by taking Yelich and his contract along w Burnes and Adames. Wouldnt be terrible to just plant Yelich out in front of the monster and milk his last good years. As long as Burnes comes along and signs long-term.
“Since Passan’s numbers only add up to $135MM rather than the Dodgers’ announced figure of $136.5MM, that extra $1.5MM has yet to be accounted for”
Why would you assume Passan’s reporting is more likely to be correct than what the Dodgers are reporting? Weird take.
In essence, they’re saying Passan’s number is wrong. His figure needs adjusting to match the Dodger’s announcement.
Can we just get to where the Dodgers sign Yamamoto so we can close out the Hot Stove season?
They also need to sign Michael Brantley for LF
Then they can be done
Maybe
I’m surprised the Dodgers didn’t try harder to get Arozarena in the Glasnow trade. Sure, the cost would have been much steeper, but the Dodgers have more than enough talent to have gotten it done. Arozarena would have been that one final piece that they’re still missing on offense.
HB
You don’t know how hard they tried.
Maybe the cost was just too prohibitive
Or maybe they didn’t want him, or they didn’t try hard
None of us knows
Wow, Dodgers managed to not cheat the system. This time …
How did the Dodgers cheat the system when it was Ohtani’s idea. The same idea floated to SF? Either you do not follow the news of your reading comprehension is abysmally subpar.
*or
He has fan goggles on and can’t see the truth through them
Gaepi: Just curious, but do you feel MLB should model themselves after the NFL/NBA?
Pepiot will be the better value the next 5 seasons.
That is probably very true
Better Value – Sure.
Better Pitcher – Doubtful (and definitely not in 2024)
I feel very confident he will be better, and probably this year as well.
DS830
Ok
FanGraphs projects Glasnow for about a run less per 9 innings this year. And about the same number of innings. That’s a lot of ground to make up
Before you ask, no, I don’t think FG’s projections are gospel. I think they are much better than gospel, since they use actual scientific methodology and the gospel is just blah blah blah.
No, that doesn’t mean I think projections are perfect
Yes, I trust FG projections more than I trust internet randos
Ok, well that settles it then.
Did Manuel and Tyler agree only if they are given veto power over future personnel decisions like the aging shady sellout phony b***h ohtani has? Worst contract of all time and ohtani will average around 3 war and the fans will turn on him within 4 years.
Ummmm…no
Why are you so bitter? It’s not a good look
Can we flip Margot to some small market team don’t feel like he will produce much
Maybe they can trade them to Farmer John, and get better hotdogs
Hello Sweeney Todd!
You never answered the questions, blueskies
Blueskies, are you suggesting grinding up Margot and putting him IN the hot dogs…. Because I’m jealous I didn’t think about that first.
Hey I thought that’s what you meant, and was sorry that I hadn’t thought of it!
Hahaha, sounds like we need to write a screenplay together!
Let’s just give him to the Padres. For free, gratis, no pesos, etc., perhaps, that will calm the natives.
Great! Now all they have to do is re-sign Kershaw, sign Yamamoto and Giolito and pray nobody’s arm falls off.
Apparently, MBTR think we need five posts about every single move the Dodgers make this off-season.
MLBTR can you report more on how the Padres, Guardians, and Rockies are spending the offseason?
Whining?
The Padres, Guardians and Rockies are spending the offseason…not spending.
Like ESPN and MLB Network, they are following MLB HQs example of only highlighting large markets so no one notices how the game is declining elsewhere.
White Sox signed Chuckie Robinson
I hate when 1.5 million just goes unaccounted for. Happens to me all the time
Our Malinois shepherd thought my roll of bills totaling $500K that fell off the counter this morning was a squeaky toy, but ah, what’s the diff to me.
I feel ya
Malinois shepherd or a Nederlandse Kooikerhondje ?
I worked malinois in the Marines! I love those dogs!
I had to stay in a hotel on my way back from a deployment, I go to take a shower and hear a loud crash, my dog attacked his water bowl and jumped on the dresser after a plastic water cup. I take everything sitting out and put it in the bathroom, finish my shower and he’s laying on the bed pulling the stuffing out of all the pillows.
Gotta love that dog.
We’ve been through too many pillows and such, I’m learning to detect the insane look in her eyes when it’s about to start. She now thinks our large male shepsky is her personal bank turn.
Tampa sending money to the Dodgers. Lmfao.
At least FL has the better governor and better tax code. Props to the Dodgers for winning the offseason by mercy rule.
The Dodgers’ onslaught on baseball continues. Congrats to the scummiest franchise and phoniest city in America ruining the sport.
Hush now. Finish your juice box then it’s time for your nap.
What city do you live in to be this high and mighty?
San Francisco
you mean the city that’s so low in the dumps (pun clearly intended) that that’s the reason players are staying away ?
Please please please justify your comments without sounding like a child. I dare you to make a valid argument
I hope for his sake he is a child
The Dodgers obviously have a great front office but that’s a lot of money for a guy who is hurt a ton.
Yeah, very risky
Is his contract all deferred two..
Glasnow averages 58 inning of CY Young quality pitching per year. The Dodgers will likely end up paying just under $500,000 per inning pitched if he holds to his norms. That’s horrifically expensive, but if you can afford it why not?
Glasnow is basically the Wagyu steak or white truffles of pitching: you will get a tiny portion for huge money, but it will be the best meal you ever had.
Wonder if he will have to pay income tax or a tax cheat like Ohtani.
Do you get this outraged when players sign their contracts in texas or florida so as not to pay taxes on signing bonuses?
California cheats its citizens through high taxes and it’s still the most beautiful S-hole state in the lower 48.
Glasnow might be the sharper of the two major free agent signings for LAD. He’s getting his money immediately. 680m deferred sounds great until COVID -29 comes out in ten years and the team loses all income.
Obviously I’m being facetious but there is always risk of something bad happening including a bankruptcy of the team. Wonder if 68m a year is going into escrow. Kind of doubt it.
Has an mlb team ever gone bk? Maybe not but there’s always a first time. Ohtani should have deferred less than he did. The one robbing LAD is Glasarm and he’s doing it without a gun after LAD got fleeced by Tampa.
Man I can’t want till Dodgers sign Yamamoto. It will ruin all your pathetic lives. Let’s Go Dodgers!!!
Glass cannon Glasnow. A disappointment waiting to happen.
It’s interesting that the same people still making Astros trash can jokes 5 years later can’t stand people make Dodgers deferral jokes
Hmm. I wonder, who are these same people, and why do they haunt my dreams?
Both of these jokes have something in common: they are unoriginal, unfunny, and really old. So, I say, make them at the risk of having this pointed out.
Take the “jokes” is as a compliment to your team. It means fans of other teams are jealous and concerned.
The rich get richer but the Dodgers still will not win a World Series lol
It’s incredible to me that the Dodgers Farm system is always loaded with stud prospects.
It’s a luxury of riches, they can sign any free agent they want, and trade for any player they want because of a stacked Farm.
It’s not that easy of an answer it’s having a great front office who drafts smart! Remember all the guys we draft are late in rounds because we always draft late. These are guys other teams passed up on
山本:過去20年間で最も多くのワールドシリーズチャンピオンシップを獲得したチームが必要な場合は、ボストン・レッドソックスのみのチームです。我々には素晴らしい若いコアがいて、次のWSチャンピオンチームとダイナスティの再建はほぼ完了しています。日本人投手と選手との長い歴史を持ち、ピッチングコーチ、CBO、ピッチングディベロップメントプレジデントを全面的に刷新。どちらにしても。。。ボストンは、この次の10年間で複数のリングを獲得するでしょう!だから、ボストンのスターになることもできますし、年老いたスターのローテーションの別の人になることもできます。エースも増えるし、プロデュースも増える。しかし、レッドソックス・ネイションと吉田は、フェンウェイ・パークで君が支配するのを待っている…野球の本当のメッカ!
Let them make the playoffs first, then see about multiple rings.
@baseballguru;
What you said there, wellllll, if you do, you’re cleaning it up!
Huh?
Pepiot will probably provide limited innings too in year one, but it’s certainly possible he’ll provide equal results to Glasnow at a cheaper price.
The author: “still under the $257MM secondary CBT tier, thanks to all of Ohtani’s deferrals lowering his tax-related AAV to $46MM per season.”
Tim D and the rest of the ‘media’: ‘Ohtani deal doesn’t undermine the luxury tax’
Correct. It does not.
I guess you have trouble reading or you are one of those people that like to change the meaning of words. Obviously what Ohtani and the tax Dodgers have done is ‘permissible’ under the CBA, but it makes a mockery of it and does undermine the intent of it. Sorry, but you are incorrect.
No, it’s a $460 million contract. That’s it. The extra money is to compensate for the fact that it’s deferred. It doesn’t make it worth more than $460 mil. The deferrals make it necessary to add money to keep the value at $460 mil.
My reading skills are awesome. Math skills not too shabby either.
So you’re carrying water for the tax Dodgers and ohtani sycophant crowd. Cool. But your reading skills suck because the author is specifically mentioning the deferrals and you are not reporting the contract accurately. It’s not a $460 M contract, full stop. You can’t do math, either.
Its VALUE is $460 mil. Don’t take my word for it. MLB, MLBPA, the Dodgers, Ohtani, his agent, and by their silence, every single other team in the league, including the ones that lost out on Ohtani, are in agreement. You and a select few other innumerate imbeciles on this site can’t seem to either A) follow along with simple explanations, or B) take the word of people significantly both smarter than you and more informed about the process.
Last time, it’s a salary deferral, not a tax deferral. If you can’t keep up that’s ok, but please be quiet about it.
Damn, still 3.5 months till opening day
Just change the site to dodgertraderumors.com
Mets unlikely to repeat as mlb offseason paper champions as dodgers overtake mlb 2024 offseason.
How exactly is this injury-prone pitcher worth that much? Dodgers are setting a new standard for stupid-money contracts.
It’s ok we’ll have fun hitting bomb after bomb after bomb against ERod
I’ll send you Andrew Friedman’s phone number so you can explain this to him.
New Concession pricing for 2024 Season at Dodger Stadium as follows: Hotdogs $68, Burgers $68, Popcorn $68, Drinks $68, Water $68, Pizza Slice $68, Nachos $68. There is a $2 fee for all purchases with a $100 minimum. So if you get anything, it’s $100, $68 per item, $2 fee, with the remaining $30 going to a special transaction tax to the Dodgers Foundation! Thank you for your service!…I mean your money! Oh yeah, I guess you can call it an Ohtani Tax!
AB23
If people were a willing to pay that, why wouldn’t the team have already been charging it?
Another person who doesn’t understand economics at even a high school level
Hotdogs $68,
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Obvious solution-Don’t pay it,
Less obvious solution-Don’t care about who pays what.
The Dodgers can afford to give away players with their developmental success in the last 5 years and spend stupid money on a pitcher that even for the 2020s is not durable enough as a stater. He finally goes over 100 innings and what do they think? That he’s going to turn into Wilbur Wood.
If you want to pay that for someone who might get you 150 innings at best. Since you will have to monitor him carefully well the Dodgers. Like only barely one handfull of teams can do that. They don’t give an F. They know even if he barely makes 15 starts they can blow money like this.
I don’t care about your semantics (it is actually an income tax dodge, too, btw). Simply put, it is a deferral of what? Oh yeah-money. 68M per year. It’s not a $460 M contract. Otherwise, once they get to $460M, theTaxDodgers would be done paying him. But they’re paying him $2M a year for 10 years and deferring 68M per year to be paid out starting 10 years from now. I never said it was 70M a year for the next ten years, but it is equally not true to be 46M a year over the next 10 years. You can spout out over and over that it is ‘valued’ at 460M, but It is more than that. And I’m never going to be quiet about this as it is going to ruin the sport for many. Glad you like uneven competitions.
It’s over your head, I get it.
I’ll be moving on.
You lost, you’re wrong, so go ahead move along.
That’s a lot of money for a SP averaging 4 innings per game.
This article won’t go away
Neither do we! They’ll update this again about Glasnow getting a road suite and the amount of alloted game tickets for family and friends. See you again soon, my friend!
Well they haven’t posted about the Dodgers in a day and that breaks their contract
Glassmeow a 30 year old with a career high 120ip gets nearly $30mil a season……Inflation and supply issues seriously hitting baseball
Money for Nothin and Your Chicks for Free
Way to go Tyler
How many time are we post this it old news
A Pittsburgh Pirates gift to the Rays that keeps on giving. Great for the Rays, bad for us Pirates fans that have to deal with the repercussions of that trade