
Properly, this certain is a shitty Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza current for Dodger followers.
Yep. Walker Buehler is signing with the Pink Sox on a deal that’s precisely the equal of the qualifying provide the Dodgers didn’t provide Buehler previous to the deadline.
The longer he remained a free agent, the much less seemingly it appeared he was coming again. And after signing Blake Snell and nonetheless in pursuit of Roki Sasaki, the rotation was getting fairly full. Nonetheless, you’ll suppose the Dodgers would have discovered a strategy to carry again Buehler — particularly on a 1-year deal — as an alternative of letting him stroll.
I don’t actually need to be informed concerning the luxurious tax or the actual fact Buehler wasn’t superb for almost all of final season. My mind understands that, however my coronary heart doesn’t. After seeing the celebrating the fellows did throughout the parade, it’s laborious to not need to get the band again collectively. More often than not, that’s a recipe for failure. On this cases, although, the Dodgers may have discovered room for Walker — in the event that they wished to. Alas, they didn’t need to pay what would quantity to double due to the posh tax penalties.
Like I mentioned, I don’t actually need to hear about that nor do I care about Guggenheim’s cash. That is the mattress they’ve made, and so they’re going to be raking within the money for the subsequent 12 months after the World Collection win.
This have to be why they’re so insistent on deferrals in a possible Teoscar Hernandez contract. Talking of, can we get that executed, please? It’s one factor to lose this model Buehler, however to lose Hernandez — who fills two wants as an outfielder and right-handed energy bat — as a result of the Dodgers are nervous concerning the cash appears awfully silly. However I digress.
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Buehler has been with the Dodgers his complete profession after being the twenty fourth choice within the 2015 MLB Draft. He wanted Tommy John surgical procedure shortly after signing, which is the explanation he fell to No. 24 within the first place. He on the quick monitor to a $150 million-plus payday after robust showings from 2018 (together with the postseason) by means of 2021 earlier than issues went off the rails on account of accidents. He fought again and was an enormous purpose the Dodgers didn’t must play a sixth sport of the 2024 World Collection. If Buehler hadn’t been in a position to throw an inning on someday’s relaxation, who is aware of how Sport 5 would have turned out. I’m fairly assured they nonetheless would have received the sequence, however the diploma of issue would have been turned up only a bit.
It’s a bummer that Buehler might be donning one other workforce’s uniform. I’m comfortable he bought paid, I simply want it might have been with Los Angeles. With this transfer, it appears the Dodgers could be in “Sasaki or bust” mode, assuming they will’t get Corbin Burnes to comply with a short-term deal.
Right here’s hoping they will determine the payroll state of affairs, as a result of in the event that they’re going to make use of the posh tax implications as a purpose for not signing gamers with out securing deferrals, that’s going to be a bit disappointing. We’ll see how the remainder of the offseason performs out. There may be nonetheless fairly a bit of fine expertise available, and the Dodgers have the flexibility to accumulate them, irrespective of the posh tax implications.