The mailbags this week entered the PTBNL deal, the recent trade history of brewers, the inactivity of the sailors and the issues related to players like the players Jordan Romano,,,,, Andy’s Pageand Brett Baty.
Scott asked:
How to determine which player or cash considerations occur when a transaction includes later-named player or cash considerations (such as cash considerations between the Red Sox and the Brewers)? It seems that it must be pre-determined to mitigate the negotiations, but does the title mean that this is a decision to be made later?
I asked Scott’s question to my team executive friend and he answered it very well. here it is:
“There are two most common PTBNL/cash structures. First, one of the clubs participating in the trade can select one or more players from the agreed list. The determined list is a list determined at the first trade. At the first trade, the club obtains the PTBNL’s club. The club receiving the PTBNL is entitled to be “a substitute for alternative cash” and if the alternative cash is obtained, it can only obtain competitors, not competitors. If one or more players suffer trade if the club no longer has the right to take ptbnl as ptbnl, then either of those players is no longer interested in the club, which is one or more clubs, can suffer losses from trade.
If the transaction is really just for cash, you’ll see that you see the second major structure of PTBNL or cash cash, but the team will get cash to want to “dress it up” a little bit. This can happen if the team trades a famous player and needs to make it look bigger than a simple reward. In these cases, the two clubs involved in the transaction may agree to represent the transaction in PTBNL or cash, although both clubs agree that the return is cash only.
PTBNL is not always a low-level player. The only limitation is that PTBNL can’t be the one who agrees to the trade and the time he was sent to his new club in an active major league roster. ”
Zach asked:
How long should the Philadelphian have with Jordan Romano? He lost speed on the fastball and sliders, and he looked shaky as he was on the mound. Maybe this is a mechanical problem he can solve? He looks like he is looking for form on the mound and I hope he can figure it out when we need it!
The hard thing is that Romano is not an effective mitigator since June 2023. Rob Thomson has not used Romano at the club’s highest rate so far, but he remains Dave Dombrowski’s main offseason.
Romano’s elbow inflammation surfaced in March 2024. He made his debut last year in mid-April, but once the injury surfaced, he finished after 15 appearances. He underwent arthroscopic elbow surgery in early July. The Blue Jays, who know Romano best, don’t want him back to what might be his 7.75mm salary. At the winter conference, Dombrowski gave Romano a box office of $750,000 more than that.
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