Tampa Bay - Colorado

[browntown653]

Devil Rays trade:
OF Billy Pelaez (4.5 stars, $8,828,571)
$2,337,228 cash
Total: $6,491,343

Rockies trade:
1B/3B Ralph Earls (4.0 prospect stars, MLC)
Total: $0



I'm prepared to catch some heat for this deal, so here's my explanation.
Pelaez is a very talented and unique player, sure, and young. But there is no point in me keeping him when he's making nearly $9 mil and hitting .127. This isn't a straight salary dump because Earls is a decent player. But I can't afford to keep bringing back a guy who's going to hit 8th vs LHP at $9 mil. Colorado can afford him and he'll hit 50 HRs in Coors if he plays full-time. So that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[Providence A's]

considering only 1 guy has ever hit 50 homers (and he only did it once)...not very likely

oh, and this is an automatic fail as you do not have enough "cash" to send...$2,337,228...not enough

[browntown653]

OK, OrioleMagic and I agreed to send the most amount of cash I can, so change it to $2,337,228

[Providence A's]

so neither of you actually looked to see? regardless, he won't be hitting 50 homers with his 5 contact and 5 avoiding k's...

pass I suppose

[Hammer]

yea sure

[Hammer]

heres what i wanna know... just a random drunk rambling...

"$2,942,857"

howd you come to that total. was 2.5 or 3 mil just not easy enough? in the original deal that is, before prov said you coudlnt afford.

[Providence A's]

it's exactly 1/3 of the salary...you can only send 1/3 of a salary under $10 mil.

[Hammer]

oh i thought he had a 9 mil contract. turned out he said a "near 9 mil" contract. fair enough then.

[browntown653]

Haha yeah it was 1/3, I had a feeling someone would ask about that