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Heyman adds:

Credit to Cohen: they are in 110 percent tax bracket so this costs $25M

Interesting
They musta saw my Vientos prediction

Martino:

Mets were always only going to sign JD Martinez if the deal became irresistible . If got there. Per league source: $4.5MM this year. $1.5MM a year deferred from 2034-38. Pending physical. @JonHeyman first reported that they were in agreement. This significantly reduces the luxury tax penalty for this year.

Whoah!

Yippie Kai Yay, Mister Falcon.*

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* = The cleaned up, dubbed, version from Die Hard 2

Love it. Lineup just got deeper and better.

Paying up from 2034-2038. That's some deferrin'.

Holy crap!

Also...

J. D. Martinez Day will be the new Bobby Bonilla Day.

Phun Fact: The Mets were about to go into a new season with their biggest winter acquisition being ... Harrison Bader?

I imagine that, had the offseason so concluded, it would have been their least brand-namey offseason since ... when? I guess the 2019-2020 offseason. Chasen Shreve, Rick Porcello, Michael Wacha, and Jake Marisnick weren't really names that lit up Times Square.

The Post continues to be the publication most likely to Photoshop a newly acquired player into a Mets uniform.

J.D. Martinez has worn uniform numbers 14 and 28 in the big leagues. Number 14 (which he obviously won't wear as a Met) with the Astros from 2011 to 2013, and 28 since then, with the Tigers, Diamondbacks, Red Sox, and Dodgers. With the Mets, that number is currently assigned to his manager, Carlos Mendoza. Hmmm...

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:32 pm Phun Fact: The Mets were about to go into a new season with their biggest winter acquisition being ... Harrison Bader?

Or Luis Severino, I guess. But your point is well taken.

Some creative accounting got this done. But the Mets are better for it.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:55 pm Paying up from 2034-2038. That's some deferrin'.

I have deferred payments but I need cash now
Call J. G. Wentworth!
877-CASH-NOW

I like this move at every angle. If the Mets really are a bubble team and JD is worth between 2 and 3 wins, that's huge. And if he misses 50-odd games like he did last year, we should be plenty covered with Vientos/DJ/Baty/Choi, etc. Plus it gives Vientos a little safety net to not be awesome right away. Good job, Steve and STOINS.

I imagine that this means that Choi (and Voit, the "oi" duo) will leave the organization, but Vientos and Stewart should still be around.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:26 pm I imagine that this means that Choi (and Voit, the "oi" duo) will leave the organization, but Vientos and Stewart should still be around.

The "oi" guys are on minor league contracts. I'm not sure if it is their option to leave the organization.
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According to Joel Sherman in the Post, Martinez will not be on the Opening Day roster. He's agreed to start the season in the minors with a rehab stint of about ten days.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/22/sports/j- ... e-at-bats/

MFS62 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:44 pm

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:26 pm I imagine that this means that Choi (and Voit, the "oi" duo) will leave the organization, but Vientos and Stewart should still be around.

The "oi" guys are on minor league contracts. I'm not sure if it is their option to leave the organization.
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I'm not sure about Choi, but Anthony DiComo's column from yesterday says that Voit has a March 23 opt-out in his contract.

see ya, Voit

They're also known as the 'oi' guys because that's the sound the scale says when they step on it.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:26 pm I imagine that this means that Choi (and Voit, the "oi" duo) will leave the organization, but Vientos and Stewart should still be around.

Very possible. Apparently Choi has a late March opt-out and Stewart has a minor league option, but that seems kinda unlikely.

We may have to wait on those moves because it was just announced that Martinez will be starting the season in the minors.
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Right, the 'deferred availability' clause in the contract kinda got
glossed over in the breaking news.

While this is going on, Mark Vientos hit his 5th homer in today's 5-3 loss to the MFYs.
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