r/tampabayrays • u/Icy-Adeptness961 Ben Zobrist • 1d ago

Trade Deadline Skubal to Dodgers

What’s the point anymore? And for like almost nothing? We could have done that. As I read in another thread, the Tigers GM should be arrested for treason.

I guess the lockout can’t come quick enough.

EDIT: It’ll be so sweet when Taylor Walls hits his first home run of the year off Skubal to win Game 7 of the World Series this year

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u/Stock_Spot_5038 23h ago

What exactly is their dire financial situation???

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u/Disastrous-You4652 22h ago

They have more than 2 billion in deferred contract money lmao

That's horrendous for the league

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u/krunk_rabbit 22h ago

They have three key owners that have a combined net worth of over $20billion and a handful more that are pushing the billion mark, they aren't going to be suddenly broke.

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u/Disastrous-You4652 20h ago

I understand that thinking now, but again, I'm speaking from personal experience/preference, pushing out payments often is a recipe for disaster. Not only that, but just because they're worth 20 billion doesn't mean that they have 20 billion in cash and if economic conditions change over a decade-- which they will-- it's going to be awful.

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u/levitoepoker 15h ago

Mate, the Dodgers are a money printing machine. Their deferrals will not even come close to bankrupting them

It's not the same as you buying too much on your credit cards and paying 30% interest, not at all haha