RIPPA Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Also - since he is signing with the Rakuten Golden Eagles, maybe that is how they will keep Tanaka WE WILL BRING THE MAJORS TO YOU!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Japan isn't closer to Greece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Balfour's deal with the Orioles is off because they think his shoulder is fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Balfour's deal with the Orioles is off because they think his shoulder is fucked. God no one reads my posts anymore :-( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Balfour's deal with the Orioles is off because they think his shoulder is fucked. God no one reads my posts anymore :-( He probably put you on Ignore after the Bombers signed Ellsbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Well dammit Phil, you said "in danger", and I said it's officially kaput! That counts for something, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Oh it amuses me so how much the Os are getting killed for backing away from the deal. Including Ken Rosenthal talking to the Reds and Rays team doctors and they are basically all "We have no fucking clue what the Os are thinking" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Two winters ago, I remember there being rumors that the Phillies agreed to a deal with Madson, but pulled back and signed Papelbon instead. That worked out pretty terribly for all parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Texas choo-choo-chooses Shin-Soo Choo. 7/130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 So he turns down 7/140 from the Yankees only to take 7/130 from the Rangers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Maybe the Yankees was incentive laden or something or severely back-ended in terms of how he's paid. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 There is no state income tax in Texas - so that alone makes up a lot of the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 There is no state income tax in Texas - so that alone makes up a lot of the difference Especially if you're planning on getting the fuck out in seven years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 There is no state income tax in Texas - so that alone makes up a lot of the differenceTo add to that, the Rangers play a lot of road games at Seattle and Houston - places where visiting players don't have to pay income tax on their earnings. According to Boras, Choo would have needed to get $148m from the Yankees to equal the $130m he got from Texas.Be honest: how many of you knew that players had to pay state income taxes on their away game checks (where applicable)? I'd read that before but had forgotten it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 There is no state income tax in Texas - so that alone makes up a lot of the differenceTo add to that, the Rangers play a lot of road games at Seattle and Houston - places where visiting players don't have to pay income tax on their earnings. According to Boras, Choo would have needed to get $148m from the Yankees to equal the $130m he got from Texas.Be honest: how many of you knew that players had to pay state income taxes on their away game checks (where applicable)? I'd read that before but had forgotten it. I think most people know that. Its a big thing the local sports teams in Toronto do now to ease concerns over the high taxation rate in Ontario and Canada when they are wooing a potential free agent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Yeah - actually the reason I knew it was because of the big issue of when guys play games in Canada (and free agents signing there) I remember being floored the first time I heard it And again made me wish I didn't hate math and I had become an accountant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 The tax thing would be one of the biggest issue facing the NFL in putting a team in London. Its why I laugh when people bring up the income tax line as why players wont go to x team instead of y team. They still have to pay when they play in those states anyway especially like basketball when you play all the other teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 There is no state income tax in Texas - so that alone makes up a lot of the differenceTo add to that, the Rangers play a lot of road games at Seattle and Houston - places where visiting players don't have to pay income tax on their earnings. According to Boras, Choo would have needed to get $148m from the Yankees to equal the $130m he got from Texas. Be honest: how many of you knew that players had to pay state income taxes on their away game checks (where applicable)? I'd read that before but had forgotten it. I had absolutely no idea that was the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Taxes are one of the reasons free agents dont want to play for the Habs in the NHL. Non-sports anecdote: one year in the 90s at SPX, we were talking to Jeff Smith (of Bone fame) and said we were from Delaware. He said, "i've never been there, but our company is incorporated there." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 AHHHHHHHHHH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Well it's a Christmas miracle or something. Tanaka is supposedly getting posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 So who gets him? Yankees, Rangers, Mariners, Angels, Diamondbacks or Dodgers? Much as I'd like to see the Ms get him (and I do think they have a legit shot) I have a feeling he's gonna wind up in pinstripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 He is using Casey Close as his agent so if you subscribe to the theory that his highest profile clients will want him directed to their clubs then that would mean the Yankees (Teixeira and Jeter) or Dodgers (Grienke and Kershaw) BTW - Trade Rumors agency database is so fucking helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Yankees have no pitching staff for next year if they don't get Tanaka. Sabathia isn't what he used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Melky Mesa signed by the Royals to a minor league deal. Which means KC could be one of two teams to employ every Melky in baseball history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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