bmags Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 amazing story. The Yankees signed Adam Ottavino to a 3 year 27 mill deal. But in the third year his alotted salary was worth more to them than Ottavino's production, so they traded him, even though he wasn't that good. You can trade salary when all you need is the salary space. If they are your most talented asset AND most expensive is when you are in deep doo doo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Yankees shed $8 mill in salary, $9 mill luxury tax hit. I assume they will re-sign Gardner now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, bmags said: You can trade salary when all you need is the salary space. If they are your most talented asset AND most expensive is when you are in deep doo doo. I'm not quite sure I follow... is there a good read on this or an easier way to explain? I'd be interested NVM, I see that they also added in a prospect to it, makes sense to me now. Edited January 25, 2021 by iWiN4PreP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Ottavino nearly signed with us iirc. Forget what the final offer was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwest Sider Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 What happened to Ottavino? Wasn't he one of the best relievers for a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, South Sider said: What happened to Ottavino? Wasn't he one of the best relievers for a bit? I think he's still good personally, he just had bad luck last year. But when there are 100 decent relievers on the free agent market and probably more to trade, and you make market and had a bad year against lefties, you aren't going to find a market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChiSoxJon Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 What a strange move, good for BOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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