IBC

Are we going to talk about this or not? I'm asking for a, uh, friend...

I don't understand getting as little in return as they got for him. I know adding Price was a salary dump but there had to have been something better out there not from LA

There's no way there was anything better out there. If there were, the Red Sox would've taken the better return. It seems only the Padres and Dodgers were in it at the end. If you think it's light, which I tend to think it is too, then shame on the other teams for not making a competitive offer. That's where the blame ought to go. Red Sox gave every signal that they were dealing him.

It's all about the money. Once LAD said they would take Price back all other teams offers took a backseat regardless of talent return.

Yeah, the $90M they shed had to easily outweigh the supposed superior packages, which I'm not sure even existed.

In the next CBA, the union needs to fight hard against the luxury tax. It's not helping competitive balance and this trade doesn't happen if it doesn't exist. The Cubs might trade Bryant for the same reason when they should be looking at extending him, it's gonna be painful when they trade him for a couple of A ballers at midseason.

The luxury tax was the concession for not having a Salary Cap like every other league. Not saying it's the best solution - but unless every team has a standard cap/floor - I cannot see it going away completely.

Boston didn't dump all the cash, but even eating what they did only put Price on par with what he would be worth in UFA which is like 3/45 or so.

And the luxury tax is only a problem because of how it builds up over multiple years, the major spenders wouldn't care if they had to shell out additional cash because they went over the limit for just one year, it is that if the next year they are over it they are taxed even more...yet there is revenue sharing.

Also, this luxury tax penalty messes with their international spending limits which now has a hard cap and there is no way they can exceed it.